2023 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint explained

Event:	Women's sprint
Championship:	2023 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:	Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen
Dates:	9–10 February
Competitors:	21
Nations:	12
Gold:	Lea Sophie Friedrich
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Pauline Grabosch
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Sophie Capewell
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's sprint competition at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships was held on 9 and 10 February 2023.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The top 11 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals, 12th to 21st places qualified for the 1/16 finals.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			10.524		Q
2			10.565	+0.041	Q
3			10.570	+0.046	Q
4			10.606	+0.082	Q
5			10.639	+0.115	Q
6			10.743	+0.219	Q
7			10.777	+0.253	Q
8			10.832	+0.308	Q
9			10.862	+0.338	Q
10			10.888	+0.364	Q
11			10.909	+0.385	Q
12			10.912	+0.388	q
13			11.026	+0.502	q
14			11.081	+0.557	q
15			11.100	+0.576	q
16			11.159	+0.635	q
17			11.272	+0.748	q
18			11.349	+0.825	q
19			11.352	+0.828	q
20			11.371	+0.847	q
21			11.425	+0.901	q

1/16 finals

Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1			X	Q
1	2			+0.312
2	1			X	Q
2	2			+0.082
3	1			X	Q
3	2			+0.630
4	1			X	Q
4	2			+0.060
5	1			X	Q
5	2			+0.070

1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1			X	Q
1	2			+0.077
2	1			X	Q
2	2			+0.089
3	1			X	Q
3	2			+0.094
4	1			X	Q
4	2			+0.316
5	1			X	Q
5	2			+0.125
6	1			X	Q
6	2			+0.000
7	1			X	Q
7	2			+0.050
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.148

Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[6]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.044	+0.084
2	1			X	X		Q
2	2			+0.083	+0.135
3	1			X	X		Q
3	2			+0.028	+0.005
4	1			X	X		Q
4	2			+0.101	+0.119

Semifinals

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[7]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1			+0.030	X	X	QG
1	2			X	+0.053	+0.036	QB
2	1			X	X		QG
2	2			+0.129	+0.118		QB

Finals

Rank^[8]	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider
Gold medal final
			X	X
			+0.088	+0.110
Bronze medal final
			X	X
4			+0.098	+0.122

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. UEC. 2 February 2023. 7 February 2023.
2. Web site: Women's Sprint – Qualifying – Start List. tissottiming.com. 8 February 2023. 8 February 2023.
3. Web site: Women's Sprint – Qualifying – Results. tissottiming.com. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
4. Web site: Women's Sprint – 1/16 Finals – Results. tissottiming.com. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
5. Web site: Women's Sprint – 1/8 Finals – Results. tissottiming.com. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
6. Web site: Women's Sprint – Quarterfinals – Results. tissottiming.com. 10 February 2023. 10 February 2023.
7. Web site: Women's Sprint – Semifinals – Results. tissottiming.com. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
8. Web site: Women's Sprint – Final Classification. tissottiming.com. 10 February 2023. 10 February 2023.