Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Held July 24

Times and average speeds are listed. 12 qualifying riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Notes
1.	Michelle Ferris	Australia	11.212 s	64.21 km/h	Q OR
2.	Felicia Ballanger	France	11.277 s	63.84 km/h	Q
3.	Oksana Grishina	Russia	11.298 s	63.74 km/h	Q
4.	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands	11.456 s	62.84 km/h	Q
5.	Yan Wang	China	11.519 s	62.50  km/h	Q
6.	Annett Neumann	Germany	11.536 s	62.41  km/h	Q
7.	Connie Paraskevin-Young	United States	11.545 s	62.36 km/h	Q
8.	Tanya Dubnicoff	Canada	11.566 s	62.25 km/h	Q
9.	Erika Salumäe	Estonia	11.566 s	62.25 km/h	Q
10.	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela	11.878 s	60.61; km/h	Q
11.	Mira Kasslin	Finland	11.924 s	60.38 km/h	Q
12.	Donna Wynd	New Zealand	11.961 s	60.19 km/h	Q
13.	Rita Razmaite	Lithuania	11.971 s	60.14 km/h
14.	Nancy Contreras	Mexico	11.992 s	60.04 km/h

Held July 25. The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Qualify
1	1	Michelle Ferris	Australia	11.932 s	Q
	2	Donna Wynd	New Zealand
2	1	Felicia Ballanger	France	11.901 s	Q
	2	Mira Kasslin	Finland
3	1	Oksana Grishina	Russia	12.209 s	Q
	2	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
4	1	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands	12.164 s	Q
	2	Erika Salumäe	Estonia
5	1	Tanya Dubnicoff	Canada	12.02 s	Q
	2	Yan Wang	China
6	1	Annett Neumann	Germany	12.078 s	Q
	2	Connie Paraskevin-Young	United States

Held July 25.
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Qualify
1	1	Erika Salumäe	Estonia	12.018 s	Q
	2	Connie Paraskevin-Young	United States
	3	Donna Wynd	New Zealand
2	1	Yan Wang	China	12.067 s	Q
	2	Daniela Larreal	Venezuela
	3	Mira Kasslin	Finland

Held July 26.
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1	Michelle Ferris	Australia	11.825 s	11.932 s		Q
	2	Yan Wang	China
2	1	Felicia Ballanger	France	11.831 s	12.082 s		Q
	2	Erika Salumäe	Estonia
3	1	Annett Neumann	Germany		11.864 s	12.060 s	Q
	2	Oksana Grishina	Russia	12.119 s
4	1	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands			12.049 s	Q
	2	Tanya Dubnicoff	Canada	12.020 s	REL

Held July 26
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time
1	Oksana Grishina	Russia	12.416 s
2	Erika Salumäe	Estonia
3	Yan Wang	China
4	Tanya Dubnicoff	Canada

Held July 26
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1	Michelle Ferris	Australia	12.080 s	12.076 s		Q
	2	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands
2	1	Felicia Ballanger	France	12.022 s	12.046 s		Q
	2	Annett Neumann	Germany

Held July 27.

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands		12.074 s	11.782 s
2	Annett Neumann	Germany	12.260 s

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1	Felicia Ballanger	France	11.903 s	12.096 s
2	Michelle Ferris	Australia