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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date 14–16 August 2016
Competitors 27 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kristina Vogel  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Becky James  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Katy Marchant  Great Britain
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1st, gold medalist(s) Kristina Vogel  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Becky James  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Katy Marchant  Great Britain

The women's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 14–16 August 2016.

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.

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-03:00)


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