Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit explained

Event:	Women's team pursuit
Games:	2024 Summer
Venues:	Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates:	6–7 August 2024
Competitors:	44
Nations:	10
Teams:	10
Win Value:	4:04.306
Gold:	Chloé Dygert Kristen Faulkner Jennifer Valente Lily Williams
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Bryony Botha Emily Shearman Nicole Shields Ally Wollaston
Silvernoc:	NZL
Bronze:	Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

The women's team pursuit event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 7 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Background

This was the 4th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since its introduction in 2012.

Qualification

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format

A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.

The tournament consists of three rounds:

• Qualifying round: Each team does a time trial for seeding. Only the top 4 teams are able to compete for the gold medal; the 5th place and lower teams can do no better than bronze.
• First round: Four heats of 2 teams each. The top 4 teams are seeded against each other (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3) while the bottom 4 teams are seeded against each other (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7). The winners of the top bracket advance to the gold medal final. The other 6 teams are ranked by time and advance to finals based on those rankings.
• Finals: Four finals, each with 2 teams. There is a gold medal final (gold and silver medals), a bronze medal final (bronze medal and 4th place), and 5th/6th and 7th/8th classification finals.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)^[1]

Date	Time	Round
6 August	17:30	Qualifying
7 August	13:52	First round
	18:57	Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Nation	Time^[2]	Notes
1		4:04.679	Q
2		4:05.238	Q
3		4:06.710	Q
4		4:07.579	Q
5		4:08.313	q
6		4:08.612	q
7		4:08.797	q
8		4:12.205
9		4:12.447
10		4:13.818

First round

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time^[3]	Notes
1	1		4:08.292
1	2		4:09.975
2	1		4:07.908
2	2		4:10.471
3	1		4:04.629
3	2		4:04.908
4	1		4:04.818
4	2		4:07.491

Finals

Rank	Nation	Time^[4]	Notes
Gold medal final
		4:04.306
		4:04.927
Bronze medal final
		4:06.382
4		4:08.961
Fifth place final
5		4:06.987
6		4:08.349
Seventh place final
7		4:11.548
8		4:12.097

Officiating error

In the qualifying round the Canadian team had to do two extra laps because the bell that indicates the last lap was not rung on time.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
2. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
3. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – First Round – Results. olympics.com. 7 August 2024. 7 August 2024.
4. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – Final Classification. olympics.com. 7 August 2024. 7 August 2024.
5. Web site: Extra laps . www.eurosport.com . 8 August 2024 . 6 August 2024.