| Event: | Cycling Track – Women's tandem sprint B |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Anna Meares Velodrome |
| Dates: | 5 April 2018 |
| Competitors: | 3 |
| Nations: | 3 |
| Gold: | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) |
| Goldcga: | ENG |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.
As only three nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, no silver or bronze medal was available.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 11.045 | Montichiari, Italy | 20 March 2016 | ||
| Games record | 11.277 | Glasgow, Scotland | 24 July 2014 |
The schedule is as follows:[1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 14:32 | Qualifying | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 19:02 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
The two fastest tandems advance to the gold medal final.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Riders | Time | Behind | Average speed (km/h) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) | 10.609 | 67.867 | WR | |||
| 2 | Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot) | 10.954 | +0.345 | 65.729 | |||
| 3 | Aileen McGlynn Louise Haston (pilot) | 11.157 | +0.548 | 64.533 |
| Rank | Nation | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) | X | X | ||||
| 2 | Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot) | +0.167 | +0.207 |