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

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 has 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.

Schedule
All times are Brasília Time

Qualifications
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.


 * Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
 * q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round
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.


 * undefined Was also a world and Olympic record until superseded by Great Britain in the following heat
 * undefined Poland were disqualified for breaching article 3.2.097
 * QG = qualified for gold medal final
 * QB = qualified for bronze medal final
 * Q5 = qualified for 5th place final
 * Q7 = qualified for 7th place final

Finals
The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.