The women's sprint event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 11 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Background This was the 10th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1988.
Qualification
Competition format The women's track sprint competition encompasses a qualifying round followed by a series of knockout and repechage rounds.
The qualifying round consists of each rider completing three laps in turn with their time taken from their final lap. The top 24 riders progress to the 1/32 finals.
The subsequent rounds are organised as follows:
1/32 finals: The top 24 riders are split into 12 head-to-head sprints based on qualifying time i.e. the fastest rider faces the 24th rider, 2nd faces 23rd etc. The winners progress to the 1/16 finals. The losers ride in the 1/32 repechage. 1/32 repechage: The 12 losers from the 1/32 finals face off in four heats of three riders. The winners progress to the 1/16 finals. The losers are out of the competition. 1/16 finals: The 12 winners from the 1/32 finals and the four repechage winners compete in eight head-to-head races. The eight winners progress to the 1/8 finals. The eight losers ride in the 1/16 repechage, 1/16 repechage: The eight losing riders from the 1/16 finals face off in four head-to-head heats. The four winners progress to the 1/8 finals. The losers are out of the competition. 1/8 finals: The eight winners from the 1/16 finals plus the four winners from the 1/16 repechage race in six head-to-head heats. The winners progress to the 1/4 finals. The losers ride in the 1/8 repechage. 1/8 repechage: The six losers from the 1/8 finals face off in two heats of three riders. The two winners progress to the 1/4 finals. The four losers are out of the competition. 1/4 finals to the final: The remaining eight riders compete in a regular knockout process, each round being a best of three race. The losers of the quarter finals are out of the competition. The losers of the semi finals race for Bronze. The winners of the semi finals race for Gold and Silver.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)"Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Date Time Round 9 August 2024 14:0014:4815:3819:1019:58 Qualifying1/32 finals1/32 finals repechages1/16 finals1/16 finals repechages 10 August 2024 17:0017:5019:07 1/8 finals 1/8 finals repechagesQuarterfinals 11 August 2024 11:2212:2512:45 SemifinalsClassification 5–8Final
Results Qualifying Rank Cyclist Nation Time Behind Notes 1 Lea Friedrich 10.029 , 2 Emma Finucane 10.067 +0.038 3 Ellesse Andrews 10.108 +0.079 4 Sophie Capewell 10.132 +0.103 5 Mathilde Gros 10.182 +0.153 6 Emma Hinze 10.198 +0.169 7 Mina Sato 10.257 +0.228 8 Hetty van de Wouw 10.263 +0.234 9 Shaane Fulton 10.281 +0.252 10 Kelsey Mitchell 10.285 +0.256 11 Kristina Clonan 10.310 +0.281 12 Lauriane Genest 10.310 +0.281 13 Martha Bayona 10.411 +0.382 14 Steffie van der Peet 10.479 +0.450 15 Stefany Cuadrado 10.508 +0.479 , JWR 16 Miriam Vece 10.560 +0.531 17 Daniela Gaxiola 10.581 +0.552 18 Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé 10.634 +0.605 19 Yuli Verdugo 10.637 +0.608 20 Riyu Ohta 10.659 +0.63 21 Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri 10.709 +0.680 22 Bao Shanju 10.744 +0.715 23 Marlena Karwacka 10.758 +0.729 24 Julie Nicolaes 10.809 +0.780 25 Nikola Sibiak 10.945 +0.916 26 Sara Fiorin 11.085 +1.056 27 Chloe Moran 11.112 +1.083 28 Ese Ukpeseraye 11.652 +1.623 Yuan Liying Nicky Degrendele
1/32 finals Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Lea Friedrich X 1 2 Julie Nicolaes +1.015 2 1 Emma Finucane X 2 2 Marlena Karwacka +0.632 3 1 Ellesse Andrews X 3 2 Bao Shanju +0.312 4 1 Sophie Capewell X 4 2 Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri +0.081 5 1 Mathilde Gros X 5 2 Riyu Ohta +0.201 6 1 Emma Hinze X 6 2 Yuli Verdugo +0.119 7 1 Mina Sato X 7 2 Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé +0.112 8 1 Hetty van de Wouw X 8 2 Daniela Gaxiola +0.187 9 1 Shaane Fulton X 9 2 Miriam Vece +0.250 10 1 Kelsey Mitchell X 10 2 Stefany Cuadrado +0.378 11 1 Kristina Clonan X 11 2 Steffie van der Peet +0.100 12 1 Martha Bayona X 12 2 Lauriane Genest +0.064
1/32 finals repechages Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Daniela Gaxiola X 1 2 Miriam Vece +0.004 1 3 Julie Nicolaes +0.509 2 1 Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé X 2 2 Marlena Karwacka +0.065 2 3 Stefany Cuadrado +1.258 3 1 Steffie van der Peet X 3 2 Yuli Verdugo +0.001 3 3 Bao Shanju +0.127 4 1 Lauriane Genest X 4 2 Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri +0.059 4 3 Riyu Ohta +0.326
1/16 finals Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Lea Friedrich X 1 2 Lauriane Genest +0.220 2 1 Emma Finucane X 2 2 Steffie van der Peet +0.127 3 1 Ellesse Andrews X 3 2 Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé +0.146 4 1 Sophie Capewell X 4 2 Daniela Gaxiola +0.077 5 1 Mathilde Gros X 5 2 Martha Bayona +0.016 6 1 Emma Hinze X 6 2 Kristina Clonan +0.087 7 1 Mina Sato X 7 2 Kelsey Mitchell +0.042 8 1 Hetty van de Wouw X 8 2 Shaane Fulton +0.001
1/16 finals repechages Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Shaane Fulton X 1 2 Lauriane Genest +0.179 2 1 Kelsey Mitchell X 2 2 Steffie van der Peet +0.070 3 1 Kristina Clonan X 3 2 Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé +0.860 4 1 Martha Bayona X 4 2 Daniela Gaxiola +0.131
1/8 finals Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Lea Friedrich X 1 2 Martha Bayona +0.091 2 1 Emma Finucane X 2 2 Kristina Clonan +0.658 3 1 Ellesse Andrews X 3 2 Kelsey Mitchell +0.116 4 1 Sophie Capewell X 4 2 Shaane Fulton +0.004 5 1 Hetty van de Wouw X 5 2 Mathilde Gros +0.245 6 1 Emma Hinze X 6 2 Mina Sato +0.032
1/8 finals repechages Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 1 Martha Bayona X 1 2 Mathilde Gros +0.027 1 3 Shaane Fulton +0.276 2 1 Kelsey Mitchell X 2 2 Mina Sato +0.111 2 3 Kristina Clonan +0.295
Quarterfinals Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider () Notes 1 1 Lea Friedrich X X 1 2 Kelsey Mitchell +0.217 +0.052 2 1 Emma Finucane X X 2 2 Martha Bayona +0.076 +0.147 3 1 Ellesse Andrews X X 3 2 Emma Hinze +0.048 +0.036 4 1 Hetty van de Wouw X X 4 2 Sophie Capewell +0.088 +0.140
Classification 5–8 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap 5 Sophie Capewell 6 Emma Hinze +0.064 7 Martha Bayona +0.092 8 Kelsey Mitchell +0.493
Semifinals Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider () Notes 1 1 Lea Friedrich +0.014 X X 1 2 Hetty van de Wouw X +0.053 +0.151 2 1 Ellesse Andrews X X 2 2 Emma Finucane +0.096 +0.050
Finals Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider ()Gold medal final Ellesse Andrews X X Lea Friedrich +0.095 +0.624 Bronze medal final Emma Finucane X X 4 Hetty van de Wouw +0.237 +0.160
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