Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit

Women's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
The podium of the event
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	11–13 August 2016
Competitors	39 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:10.236 WR, OR
Medalists
01 ! Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand  Great Britain 02 ! Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloe Dygert Jennifer Valente  United States 03 ! Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling Laura Brown  Canada
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01 !		Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand	Great Britain
02 !		Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloe Dygert Jennifer Valente	United States
03 !		Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling Laura Brown	Canada

The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 13 August.Great Britain have yet to be beaten in this event.

The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

All times are Brasília Time

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier
Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place.

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.