| Event: | Cycling Track – Women's sprint |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Anna Meares Velodrome |
| Dates: | 6 April |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Stephanie Morton |
| Goldcga: | AUS |
| Silver: | Natasha Hansen |
| Silvercga: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Kaarle McCulloch |
| Bronzecga: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The women's sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 6 April 2018.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 10.384 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 7 December 2013 | ||
| Games record | 10.984 | Glasgow, Scotland | 26 July 2014 |
The schedule is as follows:[1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 6 April 2018 | 13:02 | Qualifying | ||
| 14:32 | 1/8 Finals | |||
| 15:01 | Quarterfinals | |||
| 19:22 | Semifinals | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 20:48 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
All 16 riders will be seeded for the 1/8 finals according to their times in qualification.[2]
| Rank | Riders | Time | Behind | Average speed (km/h) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.524 | 68.415 | GR | |||
| 2 | 10.757 | +0.233 | 66.933 | |||
| 3 | 10.760 | +0.236 | 66.914 | |||
| 4 | 10.777 | +0.253 | 66.809 | |||
| 5 | 10.985 | +0.461 | 65.544 | |||
| 6 | 11.039 | +0.515 | 65.223 | |||
| 7 | 11.043 | +0.519 | 65.200 | |||
| 8 | 11.079 | +0.555 | 64.988 | |||
| 9 | 11.082 | +0.558 | 64.970 | |||
| 10 | 11.127 | +0.603 | 64.707 | |||
| 11 | 11.142 | +0.618 | 64.620 | |||
| 12 | 11.229 | +0.705 | 64.120 | |||
| 13 | 11.484 | +0.960 | 62.696 | |||
| 14 | 11.533 | +1.009 | 62.430 | |||
| 15 | 11.585 | +1.061 | 62.149 | |||
| 16 | 12.207 | +1.683 | 58.983 |
Heat winners advance to the quarterfinals.[3]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Time (Gap) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.106 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | +0.131 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +1.864 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | +0.117 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | +0.179 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | +0.095 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | +0.006 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | +0.082 |
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.[4]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.810 | +0.509 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | +0.039 | +0.043 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +0.548 | +0.014 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | +0.070 | +0.035 |
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.[5]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | QG | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.109 | +0.488 | QB | |||
| 2 | 1 | X | +0.012 | X | QG | ||
| 2 | 2 | +0.052 | X | +0.001 | QB |
The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[6]
| Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze medal final | |||||
| X | X | ||||
| 4 | +0.071 | +1.031 | |||
| Gold medal final | |||||
| X | X | ||||
| +0.089 | +1.286 | ||||