2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

Rainbow jersey

The Women's team sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 4. 16 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte
Silver	Australia Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares
Bronze	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was held at 19:00.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	Germany	32.630	Q, WR
2	Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares	Australia	32.752	Q
3	Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	China	32.937	Q
4	Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish	United Kingdom	32.941	Q
5	Sandie Clair Clara Sanchez	France	33.355
6	Viktoria Baranova Anastasiya Voynova	Russia	33.440
7	Yvonne Hijgenaar Willy Kanis	Netherlands	33.571
8	Lyubov Shulika Olena Tsyos	Ukraine	33.639
9	Tania Calvo Helena Casas	Spain	34.276
10	Natasha Hansen Katie Schofield	New Zealand	34.278
11	Daniela Larreal Mariaesthela Vilera	Venezuela	34.335
12	Diana Maria Garcia Orrego Juliana Gaviria	Colombia	35.025
13	Lee Eun-Ji Lee Hye-Jin	South Korea	35.128
14	Hiroko Ishii Kayono Maeda	Japan	35.128
15	Diao Xiao Juan Lee Wai Sze	Hong Kong	36.631
16	Gintarė Gaivenytė Simona Krupeckaitė	Lithuania	33.544	REL*

• Lithuania - "For drawing away by more than 15 meters before the end of the lap that he is to lead Art. 3.2.153"

Finals

The finals were held at 20:05.^[3]

Small Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	China	32.870
4	Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish	United Kingdom	33.160

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	Germany	32.549	WR
	Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares	Australia	32.597

References