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
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)"Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Date Time Round 6 August 17:30 Qualifying7 August 13:52 First round 18:57 Finals
Results Qualifying Rank Nation Time Notes 1 Ally WollastonBryony BothaEmily ShearmanNicole Shields 4:04.679 Q 2 Jennifer ValenteLily WilliamsChloé DygertKristen Faulkner 4:05.238 Q 3 Elinor BarkerJosie KnightAnna MorrisJessica Roberts 4:06.710 Q 4 Letizia PaternosterChiara ConsonniMartina FidanzaVittoria Guazzini 4:07.579 Q 5 Franziska BraußeLaura SüßemilchLisa KleinMieke Kröger 4:08.313 q 6 Georgia BakerSophie EdwardsChloe MoranMaeve Plouffe 4:08.612 q 7 Clara CopponiValentine FortinMarion BorrasMarie Le Net 4:08.797 q 8 Maggie Coles-LysterSarah Van DamErin AttwellAriane Bonhomme 4:12.205 9 Lara GillespieMia GriffinKelly MurphyAlice Sharpe 4:12.447 10 Yumi KajiharaTsuyaka UchinoMizuki IkedaMaho Kakita 4:13.818
First round Heat Rank Nation Time Notes 1 1 Clara CopponiValentine FortinVictoire BerteauMarion Borras 4:08.292 1 2 Georgia BakerAlexandra ManlySophie EdwardsMaeve Plouffe 4:09.975 2 1 Franziska BraußeLaura SüßemilchLisa KleinMieke Kröger 4:07.908 2 2 Maggie Coles-LysterSarah Van DamErin AttwellAriane Bonhomme 4:10.471 3 1 Jennifer ValenteLily WilliamsChloé DygertKristen Faulkner 4:04.629 3 2 Elinor BarkerJosie KnightAnna MorrisJessica Roberts 4:04.908 4 1 Ally WollastonBryony BothaEmily ShearmanNicole Shields 4:04.818 4 2 Elisa BalsamoLetizia PaternosterMartina FidanzaVittoria Guazzini 4:07.491
Finals Rank Nation Time Notes Gold medal final Jennifer ValenteLily WilliamsChloé DygertKristen Faulkner 4:04.306 Ally WollastonBryony BothaEmily ShearmanNicole Shields 4:04.927 Bronze medal final Elinor BarkerJosie KnightAnna MorrisJessica Roberts 4:06.382 4 Elisa BalsamoChiara ConsonniMartina FidanzaVittoria Guazzini 4:08.961 Fifth place final 5 Clara CopponiValentine FortinMarion BorrasMarie Le Net 4:06.987 6 Franziska BraußeLena Charlotte ReißnerLisa KleinMieke Kröger 4:08.349 Seventh place final 7 Alexandra ManlySophie EdwardsChloe MoranMaeve Plouffe 4:11.548 8 Maggie Coles-LysterSarah Van DamErin AttwellAriane Bonhomme 4:12.097
Officiating error During the qualifying round, the Canadian team did two extra laps because the bell that indicated the last lap was not rung on time.
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