# 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

The Women's team pursuit event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 and 4 March 2016. The United States beat Canada in the final to win the gold medal.

## Results
### Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 13:00.
| Rank | Athletes | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente | United States | 4:16.180 | Q |
| 2 | Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling | Canada | 4:20.664 | Q |
| 3 | Lauren Ellis Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen Racquel Sheath | New Zealand | 4:20.673 | Q |
| 4 | Annette Edmondson Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure | Australia | 4:20.830 | Q |
| 5 | Laura Trott Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell Shand | Great Britain | 4:21.054 | Q |
| 6 | Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Edyta Jasińska Natalia Rutkowska | Poland | 4:29.239 | Q |
| 7 | Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | Italy | 4:29.857 | Q |
| 8 | Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang | China | 4:29.941 | Q |
| 9 | Caroline Ryan Lydia Boylan Josie Knight Melanie Späth | Ireland | 4:32.127 | |
| 10 | Stephanie Pohl Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Gudrun Stock | Germany | 4:32.398 | |
| 11 | Ina Savenka Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Polina Pivovarova Marina Shmayankova | Belarus | 4:32.952 | |
| 12 | Tamara Balabolina Gulnaz Badykova Anastasia Chulkova Evgenia Romanyuta | Russia | 4:35.521 | |
| 13 | Sakura Tsukagoshi Minami Uwano Yumi Kajihara Kisato Nakamura | Japan | 4:38.394 | |

### First round

The winners of the first two heats advanced to the final. After that, the results were used to determine the placement rounds. It was held at 15:20.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind |
| 1 vs 4 |||||
| 1 | Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente | United States | 4:14.806 | |
| 2 | Annette Edmondson Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure | Australia | 4:18.559 | +3.753 |
| 2 vs 3 |||||
| 1 | Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling | Canada | 4:18.261 | |
| 2 | Lauren Ellis Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen Racquel Sheath | New Zealand | 4:18.264 | +0.003 |
| 5 vs 8 |||||
| 1 | Laura Trott Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell Shand | Great Britain | 4:16.350 | |
| 2 | Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang | China | 4:27.762 | +11.412 |
| 6 vs 7 |||||
| 1 | Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | Italy | 4:26.162 | |
| 2 | Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Edyta Jasińska Natalia Rutkowska | Poland | 4:29.166 | +3.004 |

### Finals

The final were started at 19:05.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind |
| Gold medal race |||||
| | Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Jennifer Valente | United States | 4:16.802 | |
| | Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling | Canada | 4:19.525 | +2.723 |
| Bronze medal race |||||
| | Laura Trott Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell Shand | Great Britain | 4:16.540 | |
| 4 | Lauren Ellis Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen Racquel Sheath | New Zealand | 4:20.225 | +3.685 |
| Fifth place race |||||
| 5 | Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Amy Cure Rebecca Wiasak | Australia | | |
| 6 | Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | Italy | OVL | |
| Seventh place race |||||
| 7 | Katarzyna Pawłowska Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Daria Pikulik | Poland | 4:27.165 | |
| 8 | Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang | China | 4:27.508 | +0.343 |