2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

The women's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February and 1 March 2018 at Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.^[1][2]

Women's team pursuit at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	28 February–1 March
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Teams	13
Winning time	4:15.669
Medalists
Jennifer Valente Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Kimberly Geist    United States   Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Emily Nelson Ellie Dickinson    Great Britain   Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi Tatiana Guderzo Simona Frapporti    Italy
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Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	United States Jennifer Valente Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Kimberly Geist	4:18.836		Q
2	Great Britain Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Emily Nelson	4:19.177	+0.341	Q
3	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo	4:21.543	+2.707	Q
4	New Zealand Rushlee Buchanan Bryony Botha Kirstie James Racquel Sheath	4:23.530	+4.694	Q
5	Canada Allison Beveridge Ariane Bonhomme Annie Foreman-Mackey Stephanie Roorda	4:24.071	+5.235	q
6	Germany Gudrun Stock Charlotte Becker Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer	4:26.746	+7.910	q
7	France Laurie Berthon Coralie Demay Marion Borras Marie Le Net	4:29.627	+10.791	q
8	Poland Daria Pikulik Katarzyna Pawłowska Justyna Kaczkowska Nikol Płosaj	4:29.799	+10.963	q
9	Japan Yumi Kajihara Kie Furuyama Yuya Hashimoto Kisato Nakamura	4:30.955	+12.119
10	China Wang Xiaofei Liu Jiali Ma Menglu Wang Hong	4:32.389	+13.553
11	Russia Aleksandra Goncharova Gulnaz Badykova Anastasiia Iakovenko Olga Zabelinskaya	4:32.652	+13.816
12	Belgium Lotte Kopecky Gilke Croket Annelies Dom Saartje Vandenbroucke	4:33.076	+14.240
13	Belarus Polina Pivovarova Ina Savenka Anastasiya Dzedzikava Hanna Tserakh	4:34.254	+15.418

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats three and four proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	United States Jennifer Valente Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Kimberly Geist	4:16.340	QG
2	3	Great Britain Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Eleanor Dickinson	4:19.397	QG
3	3	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi Tatiana Guderzo	4:20.647	QB
4	2	Canada Allison Beveridge Ariane Bonhomme Annie Foreman-Mackey Stephanie Roorda	4:21.780	QB
5	1	Germany Gudrun Stock Charlotte Becker Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer	4:24.369
6	4	New Zealand Rushlee Buchanan Bryony Botha Michaela Drummond Racquel Sheath	4:25.384
7	1	France Laurie Berthon Coralie Demay Marion Borras Marie Le Net	4:27.273
8	2	Poland Daria Pikulik Katarzyna Pawłowska Justyna Kaczkowska Nikol Płosaj	4:32.169

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final classification was determined in the medal finals.^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Gap	Notes
Gold medal race
	United States Jennifer Valente Kelly Catlin Chloé Dygert Kimberly Geist	4:15.669
	Great Britain Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Emily Nelson	4:16.980	+1.311
Bronze medal race
	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi Tatiana Guderzo	4:20.202
4	Canada Allison Beveridge Ariane Bonhomme Annie Foreman-Mackey Stephanie Roorda	4:23.216	+3.014