Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint explained

Event:Women's cycling sprint
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date:14–16 August 2016
Competitors:27
Nations:17
Gold:Kristina Vogel
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Becky James
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Katy Marchant
Bronzenoc:GBR
Prev:2012
Next:2020

The women's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 14–16 August 2016.[1]

The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Competition format

The event is a single-elimination tournament after the qualifying phase via time trial. Each match pitted two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races base on their seeding in the qualifying phase. Each race was three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

Date Time Round
Sunday, 14 August 2016 16:00 Qualifications / heats
Sunday, 14 August 2016 17:12 First round
Monday, 15 August 2016 10:00 Second round
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 10:00 Quarter-finals
style=background:lemonchiffonTuesday, 16 August 2016 style=background:lemonchiffon16:00
17:44 		style=background:lemonchiffonSemi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

RankRiderTimeAvg Speed (km/h)Notes
110.72167.158Q,
210.78766.747Q
310.80066.667Q
410.80366.648Q
510.82066.543Q
610.86566.268Q
710.87166.231Q
810.87566.207Q
910.94765.771Q
1010.97865.586Q
1110.98565.544Q
1211.02065.336Q
1311.02365.318Q
1411.03865.229Q
1511.06865.052Q
1611.09964.871Q
1711.14364.615Q
1811.15264.562Q
1911.16264.505
2011.17164.453
2111.20764.246
2211.23064.114
2311.31563.632
2411.50562.581
2511.51762.516
2611.70761.502
2711.92060.403
[2]

First round

Heat 1
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.367 63.285
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.165
Heat 3
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.355 63.408
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.089
Heat 5
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.310 63.660
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.499
Heat 7
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.400 63.157
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.183
Heat 9
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.308 63.671
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.408
[3]
Heat 2
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.499 62.614
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.150
Heat 4
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.425 63.019
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.104
Heat 6
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.279 63.835
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.179
Heat 8
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.503 62.592
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.097

First round Repechage

Heat 1
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.716 61.454
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.065
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.072
[4]
Heat 2
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.466 62.794
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.061
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.154
Heat 3
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.496 62.630
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.012
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.188

Second round

Heat 1
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.375 63.296
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.037
Heat 3
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.551 62.332
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.081
Heat 5
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.271 63.880
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.001
[5]
Heat 2
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
12.247 58.789
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.343
Heat 4
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.360 63.380
bgcolor=wheat +0.033 bgcolor=wheat +0.025
Heat 6
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.197 64.302
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.092

Second round Repechage

Match 1
NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)
11.614 61.994
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.001
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.150
[6]
Match 2
NameTimeAverage speed (km/h)
11.557 62.299
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.082
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+1.766

9th–12th place classifications

NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)Rank
11.852 61.042 9
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.068 10
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.174 11
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.181 12
[7]

Quarterfinals

Heat 1
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.289 11.243
bgcolor=wheat+0.025 bgcolor=wheat+0.016
Heat 3
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.225 11.342
bgcolor=wheat+1.139 bgcolor=wheat+0.232
[8]
Heat 2
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.230 11.373
bgcolor=wheat +0.044 bgcolor=wheat +0.189
Heat 4
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.405 11.391
bgcolor=wheat +0.033 bgcolor=wheat +0.007

5th–8th place classifications

NameTimeAvg speed (km/h)Rank
11.197 64.302 5
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.005 6
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.203 7
bgcolor=wheat colspan=2+0.353 8
[9]

Semifinals

Heat 1
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.246 10.970
bgcolor=wheat+0.038 bgcolor=wheat+0.400
[10]
Heat 2
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.302 11.153
bgcolor=wheat+0.065 bgcolor=wheat+0.089

Finals

Bronze medal match
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.237 11.424
bgcolor=wheat+0.087 bgcolor=wheat+0.007
Gold medal match
NameTime (Race 1)Time (Race 2)
11.237 11.312
bgcolor=wheat+0.016 bgcolor=wheat+0.004
[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint . 15 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829020938/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-track-standings-ct-womens-sprint . 29 August 2016 .
  2. Web site: Qualifying . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010153354/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001900_Results_2016_08_14_bd176631_eb7d_4362_9bac_e1253512ff77.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  3. Web site: 1/16 Finals . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010152330/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001800_Results_2016_08_14_25709a69_6200_4ebe_9f78_f35b02a5b21b.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  4. Web site: 1/16 Finals Repechages . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010154419/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001850_Results_2016_08_14_54b09998_1079_4e15_a099_8c097d4787b0.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  5. Web site: 1/8 Finals . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010160455/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001400_Results_2016_08_15_4d48e7cb_20a5_4e08_8fa4_8f97f5bb6ef0.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  6. Web site: 1/8 Finals Repechages . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010155225/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001450_Results_2016_08_15_9a99ce6c_4715_46ce_a57a_b17c00f48ed5.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  7. Web site: Race for 9th-12th Places . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010145330/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001104_Results_2016_08_15_9bd2369f_8900_42ca_ac9e_5bf973991921.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  8. Web site: Quarterfinals . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010160757/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001300_Results_2016_08_16_f69a4304_6ecf_4935_b4ab_c445fa91b146.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  9. Web site: Race for 5th-8th Places . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010154952/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001103_Results_2016_08_16_09a8e252_a49d_42db_a02a_9567524b8bf8.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  10. Web site: Semifinals . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010155044/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001200_Results_2016_08_16_36925fcd_7d2e_481b_8b0b_c27c2213f506.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .
  11. Web site: Results and Final Classification . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010155653/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTW001100_Results_2016_08_16_c4f0e10e_ac05_4d71_bc3b_625bf62086e6.pdf . 2016-10-10 . live .

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