Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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)

First round

 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 5


 * Heat 7


 * Heat 9


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4


 * Heat 6


 * Heat 8

First round Repechage

 * Heat 1


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 3

Second round

 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 5


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4


 * Heat 6

Second round Repechage

 * Match 1


 * Match 2

Quarterfinals

 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4

Semifinals

 * Heat 1


 * Heat 2

Finals

 * Bronze medal match


 * Gold medal match