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

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Women's team pursuit
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesVélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates6–7 August 2024
Competitors44 from 10 nations
Teams10
Winning time4:04.306
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chloé Dygert
Kristen Faulkner
Jennifer Valente
Lily Williams
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Nicole Shields
Ally Wollaston
 New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elinor Barker
Josie Knight
Anna Morris
Jessica Roberts
 Great Britain
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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

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

Qualification

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Competition format

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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

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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

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Qualifying

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Rank Nation Time[2] Notes
1  New Zealand
Ally Wollaston
Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Nicole Shields
4:04.679 Q
2  United States
Jennifer Valente
Lily Williams
Chloé Dygert
Kristen Faulkner
4:05.238 Q
3  Great Britain
Elinor Barker
Josie Knight
Anna Morris
Jessica Roberts
4:06.710 Q
4  Italy
Letizia Paternoster
Chiara Consonni
Martina Fidanza
Vittoria Guazzini
4:07.579 Q
5  Germany
Franziska Brauße
Laura Süßemilch
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
4:08.313 q
6  Australia
Georgia Baker
Sophie Edwards
Chloe Moran
Maeve Plouffe
4:08.612 q
7  France
Clara Copponi
Valentine Fortin
Marion Borras
Marie Le Net
4:08.797 q
8  Canada
Maggie Coles-Lyster
Sarah Van Dam
Erin Attwell
Ariane Bonhomme
4:12.205
9  Ireland
Lara Gillespie
Mia Griffin
Kelly Murphy
Alice Sharpe
4:12.447
10  Japan
Yumi Kajihara
Tsuyaka Uchino
Mizuki Ikeda
Maho Kakita
4:13.818

First round

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Heat Rank Nation Time[3] Notes
1 1  France
Clara Copponi
Valentine Fortin
Victoire Berteau
Marion Borras
4:08.292
1 2  Australia
Georgia Baker
Alexandra Manly
Sophie Edwards
Maeve Plouffe
4:09.975
2 1  Germany
Franziska Brauße
Laura Süßemilch
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
4:07.908
2 2  Canada
Maggie Coles-Lyster
Sarah Van Dam
Erin Attwell
Ariane Bonhomme
4:10.471
3 1  United States
Jennifer Valente
Lily Williams
Chloé Dygert
Kristen Faulkner
4:04.629 QG
3 2  Great Britain
Elinor Barker
Josie Knight
Anna Morris
Jessica Roberts
4:04.908 QB
4 1  New Zealand
Ally Wollaston
Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Nicole Shields
4:04.818 QG
4 2  Italy
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Martina Fidanza
Vittoria Guazzini
4:07.491 QB

Finals

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Rank Nation Time[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Jennifer Valente
Lily Williams
Chloé Dygert
Kristen Faulkner
4:04.306
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand
Ally Wollaston
Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Nicole Shields
4:04.927
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
Elinor Barker
Josie Knight
Anna Morris
Jessica Roberts
4:06.382
4  Italy
Elisa Balsamo
Chiara Consonni
Martina Fidanza
Vittoria Guazzini
4:08.961
Fifth place final
5  France
Clara Copponi
Valentine Fortin
Marion Borras
Marie Le Net
4:06.987
6  Germany
Franziska Brauße
Lena Charlotte Reißner
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
4:08.349
Seventh place final
7  Australia
Alexandra Manly
Sophie Edwards
Chloe Moran
Maeve Plouffe
4:11.548
8  Canada
Maggie Coles-Lyster
Sarah Van Dam
Erin Attwell
Ariane Bonhomme
4:12.097

Officiating error

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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]

References

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