2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit

The Women's team pursuit was held on 15–16 October 2014.

Women's team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships
UEC European Champion jersey
Venue	Vélodrome Amédée Détraux, Baie-Mahault
Date	15–16 October
Competitors	56 from 12 nations
Medalists
Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell    Great Britain   Tamara Balabolina Irina Molicheva Aleksandra Goncharova Evgenia Romanyuta Alexandra Chekina    Russia   Simona Frapporti Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi Elena Cecchini Maria Giulia Confalonieri    Italy
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Results

Qualifying

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.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott	Great Britain	4:40.289	Q
2	Tamara Balabolina Alexandra Chekina Aleksandra Goncharova Evgenia Romanyuta	Russia	4:44.000	Q
3	Vaida Pikauskaitė Vilija Sereikaitė Aušrinė Trebaitė Daiva Tušlaitė	Lithuania	4:46.703	Q
4	Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:47.279	Q
5	Elena Cecchini Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:48.119	q
6	Eugenia Bujak Edyta Jasińska Natalia Rutkowska Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland	4:48.526	q
7	Coralie Demay Fiona Dutriaux Roxane Fournier Pascale Jeuland	France	4:49.243	q
8	Lydia Boylan Lauren Creamer Caroline Ryan Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:52.221	q
9	Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Palina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Maryna Shmayankova	Belarus	4:52.399
10	Olena Demydova Tetyana Klimchenko Inna Metalnikova Marta Tereshchuk	Ukraine	4:55.256
11	Kelly Druyts Lotte Kopecky Saartje Vandenbroucke Kaat Van der Meulen	Belgium	4:56.309
12	Maria Del Mar Bonnin Gloria Rodríguez Irene Usabiaga Ana Usabiaga	Spain	5:01.983

• 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.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Laura Trott	Great Britain	4:46.322	QG
2	3	Tamara Balabolina Alexandra Chekina Aleksandra Goncharova Evgenia Romanyuta	Russia	4:51.722	QG
3	1	Eugenia Bujak Edyta Jasińska Natalia Rutkowska Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland	4:48.695	QB
4	2	Maria Giulia Confalonieri Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:49.077	QB
5	4	Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:51.099	Q5
6	1	Coralie Demay Fiona Dutriaux Roxane Fournier Pascale Jeuland	France	4:52.024	Q5
7	3	Vaida Pikauskaitė Vilija Sereikaitė Aušrinė Trebaitė Edita Mazurevičiūtė	Lithuania	4:53.633	Q7
8	2	Lydia Boylan Lauren Creamer Caroline Ryan Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:58.448	Q7

• 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.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
Final for 7th place
7	Vaida Pikauskaitė Vilija Sereikaitė Aušrinė Trebaitė Edita Mazurevičiūtė	Lithuania	4:44.464
8	Lydia Boylan Lauren Creamer Caroline Ryan Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:50.218
Final for 5th place
5	Charlotte Becker Anna Knauer Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:42.786
6	Coralie Demay Margot Dutour Roxane Fournier Pascale Jeuland	France	4:51.649
Bronze medal final
	Simona Frapporti Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:42.018
4	Eugenia Bujak Łucja Pietrzak Natalia Rutkowska Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland	4:43.857
Gold medal final
	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Laura Trott	Great Britain	4:38.391
	Tamara Balabolina Irina Molicheva Aleksandra Goncharova Evgenia Romanyuta	Russia	4:45.364