2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2023.^[1][2][3]

Women's team pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Location	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dates	4–5 August
Competitors	66 from 15 nations
Teams	15
Winning time	4:08.771
Medalists
Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Megan Barker    Great Britain   Michaela Drummond Ally Wollaston Emily Shearman Bryony Botha    New Zealand   Marion Borras Valentine Fortin Clara Copponi Marie Le Net Victoire Berteau    France
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Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 4 August at 09:30.^[4] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Great Britain Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris	4:10.333		Q
2	New Zealand Michaela Drummond Ally Wollaston Emily Shearman Bryony Botha	4:11.777	+1.444	Q
3	United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Olivia Cummins Chloé Dygert	4:14.184	+3.851	Q
4	France Marion Borras Valentine Fortin Victoire Berteau Marie Le Net	4:14.463	+4.130	Q
5	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini	4:14.742	+4.409	Q
6	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	4:15.035	+4.702	Q
7	Australia Chloe Moran Sophie Edwards Georgia Baker Maeve Plouffe	4:15.800	+5.467	Q
8	Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster Sarah Van Dam Erin Attwell Ariane Bonhomme	4:19.208	+8.875	Q
9	Ireland Lara Gillespie Emily Kay Kelly Murphy Alice Sharpe	4:21.653	+11.320
10	Poland Olga Wankiewicz Karolina Karasiewicz Karolina Kumięga Wiktoria Pikulik	4:24.183	+13.850
11	Japan Yumi Kajihara Maho Kakita Tsuyaka Uchino Mizuki Ikeda	4:25.332	+14.999
12	China Wang Susu Wang Xiaoyue Wei Suwan Zhang Hongjie	4:25.547	+15.214
13	Spain Tania Calvo Laura Rodríguez Isabella Escalera Isabel Ferreres	4:30.764	+20.431
14	Mexico Victoria Velasco Yareli Acevedo María Gaxiola Lizbeth Salazar	4:31.770	+21.437
15	Nigeria Grace Ayuba Tombrapa Grikpa Mary Samuel Ese Ukpeseraye	5:16.294	+1:05.961

First round

The first round was started on 5 August at 12:31.^[5]

First round heats will be 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 advance to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams will be ranked on time, from which the top two proceed to the bronze medal race.

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	1	Australia Chloe Moran Georgia Baker Alexandra Manly Maeve Plouffe	4:12.595
1	2	Germany Lena Charlotte Reißner Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger	4:18.527	+5.932
2	1	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini	4:11.342		QB
2	2	Canada Maggie Coles-Lyster Sarah Van Dam Ariane Bonhomme Ruby West	4:26.507	+15.165
3	1	New Zealand Michaela Drummond Ally Wollaston Emily Shearman Bryony Botha	4:10.252		QG
3	1	United States Jennifer Valente Lily Williams Olivia Cummins Chloé Dygert	4:12.684	+2.432
4	1	Great Britain Elinor Barker Megan Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris	4:09.671		QG
4	2	France Marion Borras Valentine Fortin Clara Copponi Marie Le Net	4:12.525	+2.854	QB

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

Finals

The finals were started on 5 August at 20:28.^[6]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	Great Britain Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris	4:08.771
	New Zealand Michaela Drummond Ally Wollaston Emily Shearman Bryony Botha	4:13.313	+4.542
Bronze medal race
	France Marion Borras Valentine Fortin Clara Copponi Marie Le Net	4:13.059
4	Italy Letizia Paternoster Martina Fidanza Chiara Consonni Vittoria Guazzini	4:13.334	+0.275