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 RoundSunday, 14 August 2016 16:00 Qualifications / heatsSunday, 14 August 2016 17:12 First roundMonday, 15 August 2016 10:00 Second roundTuesday, 16 August 2016 10:00 Quarter-finalsTuesday, 16 August 2016 16:0017:44 Semi-finalsFinal

Results Qualification Rank Rider Time Avg Speed (km/h) Notes110.72167.158Q, 210.78766.747Q310.80066.667Q410.80366.648Q510.82066.543Q610.86566.268Q710.87166.231Q810.87566.207Q910.94765.771Q1010.97865.586Q1110.98565.544Q1211.02065.336Q1311.02365.318Q1411.03865.229Q1511.06865.052Q1611.09964.871Q1711.14364.615Q1811.15264.562Q1911.16264.5052011.17164.4532111.20764.2462211.23064.1142311.31563.6322411.50562.5812511.51762.5162611.70761.5022711.92060.403

First round

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.367 63.285 +0.165

Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.355 63.408 +0.089

Heat 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.310 63.660 +0.499

Heat 7 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.400 63.157 +0.183

Heat 9 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.308 63.671 +0.408

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.499 62.614 +0.150

Heat 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.425 63.019 +0.104

Heat 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.279 63.835 +0.179

Heat 8 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.503 62.592 +0.097

First round Repechage

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.716 61.454 +0.065 +0.072

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.466 62.794 +0.061 +0.154

Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.496 62.630 +0.012 +0.188

Second round

Heat 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.375 63.296 +0.037

Heat 3 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.551 62.332 +0.081

Heat 5 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.271 63.880 +0.001

Heat 2 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 12.247 58.789 +0.343

Heat 4 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.360 63.380 +0.033 +0.025

Heat 6 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.197 64.302 +0.092

Second round Repechage

Match 1 Name Time Avg speed (km/h) 11.614 61.994 +0.001 +0.150

Match 2 Name Time Average speed (km/h) 11.557 62.299 +0.082 +1.766

9th–12th place classifications Name Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank 11.852 61.042 9 +0.068 10 +0.174 11 +0.181 12

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.289 11.243 +0.025 +0.016

Heat 3 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.225 11.342 +1.139 +0.232

Heat 2 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.230 11.373 +0.044 +0.189

Heat 4 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.405 11.391 +0.033 +0.007

5th–8th place classifications Name Time Avg speed (km/h) Rank 11.197 64.302 5 +0.005 6 +0.203 7 +0.353 8

Semifinals

Heat 1 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.246 10.970 +0.038 +0.400

Heat 2 Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.302 11.153 +0.065 +0.089

Finals

Bronze medal match Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.237 11.424 +0.087 +0.007

Gold medal match Name Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) 11.237 11.312 +0.016 +0.004

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