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

The women's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 14–16 August 2016.
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 (UTC-03:00)
| 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 |
| Tuesday, 16 August 2016 | 16:00 17:44 | Semi-finals Final |

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Rider | Time | Avg Speed (km/h) | Notes |
| 1 | Becky James (GBR) | 10.721 | 67.158 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Katy Marchant (GBR) | 10.787 | 66.747 | Q |
| 3 | Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | 10.800 | 66.667 | Q |
| 4 | Elis Ligtlee (NED) | 10.803 | 66.648 | Q |
| 5 | Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | 10.820 | 66.543 | Q |
| 6 | Kristina Vogel (GER) | 10.865 | 66.268 | Q |
| 7 | Natasha Hansen (NZL) | 10.871 | 66.231 | Q |
| 8 | Stephanie Morton (AUS) | 10.875 | 66.207 | Q |
| 9 | Anna Meares (AUS) | 10.947 | 65.771 | Q |
| 10 | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | 10.978 | 65.586 | Q |
| 11 | Anastasia Voynova (RUS) | 10.985 | 65.544 | Q |
| 12 | Kate O'Brien (CAN) | 11.020 | 65.336 | Q |
| 13 | Laurine van Riessen (NED) | 11.023 | 65.318 | Q |
| 14 | Miriam Welte (GER) | 11.038 | 65.229 | Q |
| 15 | Gong Jinjie (CHN) | 11.068 | 65.052 | Q |
| 16 | Virginie Cueff (FRA) | 11.099 | 64.871 | Q |
| 17 | Monique Sullivan (CAN) | 11.143 | 64.615 | Q |
| 18 | Olga Ismayilova (AZE) | 11.152 | 64.562 | Q |
| 19 | Tania Calvo (ESP) | 11.162 | 64.505 | |
| 20 | Lisandra Guerra (CUB) | 11.171 | 64.453 | |
| 21 | Fatehah Mustapa (MAS) | 11.207 | 64.246 | |
| 22 | Daria Shmeleva (RUS) | 11.230 | 64.114 | |
| 23 | Olivia Podmore (NZL) | 11.315 | 63.632 | |
| 24 | Juliana Gaviria (COL) | 11.505 | 62.581 | |
| 25 | Sandie Clair (FRA) | 11.517 | 62.516 | |
| 26 | Helena Casas (ESP) | 11.707 | 61.502 | |
| 27 | Ebtissam Mohamed (EGY) | 11.920 | 60.403 | |

### First round

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Becky James (GBR) | 11.367 | 63.285 |
| Olga Ismayilova (AZE) | +0.165 | +0.165 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | 11.355 | 63.408 |
| Virginie Cueff (FRA) | +0.089 | +0.089 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | 11.310 | 63.660 |
| Miriam Welte (GER) | +0.499 | +0.499 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Natasha Hansen (NZL) | 11.400 | 63.157 |
| Kate O'Brien (CAN) | +0.183 | +0.183 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | 11.308 | 63.671 |
| Anna Meares (AUS) | +0.408 | +0.408 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Katy Marchant (GBR) | 11.499 | 62.614 |
| Monique Sullivan (CAN) | +0.150 | +0.150 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Elis Ligtlee (NED) | 11.425 | 63.019 |
| Gong Jinjie (CHN) | +0.104 | +0.104 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Kristina Vogel (GER) | 11.279 | 63.835 |
| Laurine van Riessen (NED) | +0.179 | +0.179 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Anastasia Voynova (RUS) | 11.503 | 62.592 |
| Stephanie Morton (AUS) | +0.097 | +0.097 |

### First round Repechage

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Anna Meares (AUS) | 11.716 | 61.454 |
| Olga Ismayilova (AZE) | +0.065 | +0.065 |
| Laurine van Riessen (NED) | +0.072 | +0.072 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Miriam Welte (GER) | 11.466 | 62.794 |
| Kate O'Brien (CAN) | +0.061 | +0.061 |
| Monique Sullivan (CAN) | +0.154 | +0.154 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Virginie Cueff (FRA) | 11.496 | 62.630 |
| Stephanie Morton (AUS) | +0.012 | +0.012 |
| Gong Jinjie (CHN) | +0.188 | +0.188 |

### Second round

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Becky James (GBR) | 11.375 | 63.296 |
| Virginie Cueff (FRA) | +0.037 | +0.037 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | 11.551 | 62.332 |
| Anna Meares (AUS) | +0.081 | +0.081 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Anastasia Voynova (RUS) | 11.271 | 63.880 |
| Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | +0.001 | +0.001 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Katy Marchant (GBR) | 12.247 | 58.789 |
| Miriam Welte (GER) | +0.343 | +0.343 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Elis Ligtlee (NED) | 11.360 | 63.380 |
| Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | +0.033 | +0.025 |
| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Kristina Vogel (GER) | 11.197 | 64.302 |
| Natasha Hansen (NZL) | +0.092 | +0.092 |

### Second round Repechage

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) |
| Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | 11.614 | 61.994 |
| Virginie Cueff (FRA) | +0.001 | +0.001 |
| Natasha Hansen (NZL) | +0.150 | +0.150 |
| Name | Time | Average speed (km/h) |
| Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | 11.557 | 62.299 |
| Anna Meares (AUS) | +0.082 | +0.082 |
| Miriam Welte (GER) | +1.766 | +1.766 |

### 9th–12th place classifications

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Natasha Hansen (NZL) | 11.852 | 61.042 | 9 |
| Anna Meares (AUS) | +0.068 | +0.068 | 10 |
| Miriam Welte (GER) | +0.174 | +0.174 | 11 |
| Virginie Cueff (FRA) | +0.181 | +0.181 | 12 |

### Quarterfinals

| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Becky James (GBR) | 11.289 | 11.243 |
| Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | +0.025 | +0.016 |
| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Katy Marchant (GBR) | 11.225 | 11.342 |
| Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | +1.139 | +0.232 |
| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Kristina Vogel (GER) | 11.230 | 11.373 |
| Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | +0.044 | +0.189 |
| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Elis Ligtlee (NED) | 11.405 | 11.391 |
| Anastasia Voynova (RUS) | +0.033 | +0.007 |

### 5th–8th place classifications

| Name | Time | Avg speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Zhong Tianshi (CHN) | 11.197 | 64.302 | 5 |
| Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | +0.005 | +0.005 | 6 |
| Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | +0.203 | +0.203 | 7 |
| Anastasia Voynova (RUS) | +0.353 | +0.353 | 8 |

### Semifinals

| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Becky James (GBR) | 11.246 | 10.970 |
| Elis Ligtlee (NED) | +0.038 | +0.400 |
| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Kristina Vogel (GER) | 11.302 | 11.153 |
| Katy Marchant (GBR) | +0.065 | +0.089 |

### Finals
#### Bronze medal match

| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Katy Marchant (GBR) | 11.237 | 11.424 |
| Elis Ligtlee (NED) | +0.087 | +0.007 |

#### Gold medal match

| Name | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
| Kristina Vogel (GER) | 11.237 | 11.312 |
| Becky James (GBR) | +0.016 | +0.004 |