Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's sprint

The women's sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 30 July 2022.

Cycling Track – Women's sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Lee Valley VeloPark
Dates	30 July
Competitors	26 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ellesse Andrews    New Zealand   Kelsey Mitchell    Canada   Emma Finucane    Wales
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	10.154	Cochabamba, Bolivia	4 September 2019
Games record	Stephanie Morton (AUS)	10.524	Brisbane, Australia	6 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 30 July 2022	10:02	Qualifying
	11:33	1/8 finals
	12:06	Quarterfinals
	16:22	Semifinals
	17:51	Finals

Results

Qualifying

Top 16 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals.^[2]

Rank	Riders	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	10.612	—	Q
2	Sophie Capewell (ENG)	10.625	+0.013	Q
3	Lauriane Genest (CAN)	10.674	+0.062	Q
4	Emma Finucane (WAL)	10.804	+0.192	Q
5	Kristina Clonan (AUS)	10.825	+0.213	Q
6	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)	10.869	+0.257	Q
7	Sarah Orban (CAN)	10.887	+0.275	Q
8	Lowri Thomas (WAL)	10.888	+0.276	Q
9	Rhian Edmunds (WAL)	10.933	+0.321	Q
10	Lauren Bell (SCO)	10.956	+0.344	Q
11	Breanna Hargrave (AUS)	10.958	+0.346	Q
12	Blaine Ridge-Davis (ENG)	11.125	+0.513	Q
13	Lusia Steele (SCO)	11.171	+0.559	Q
14	Olivia King (NZL)	11.175	+0.563	Q
15	Iona Moir (SCO)	11.193	+0.581	Q
16	Rebecca Petch (NZL)	11.209	+0.597	Q
17	Alessia McCaig (AUS)	11.301	+0.689
18	Anis Rosidi (MAS)	11.302	+0.690
19	Millie Tanner (ENG)	11.310	+0.698
20	Mayuri Lute (IND)	11.542	+0.930
21	Dahlia Palmer (JAM)	11.678	+1.066
22	Izzah Asri (MAS)	11.681	+1.069
23	Triyasha Paul (IND)	11.813	+1.201
24	Aliana Rahim (MAS)	11.990	+1.378
25	Erica Sedzro (GHA)	18.857	+8.245
26	Florence Heridor (GHA)	19.160	+8.548
	Amber Joseph (BAR)	Did not start

1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Gap	Notes
1	1	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	—	Q
1	2	Rebecca Petch (NZL)	+0.357
2	1	Sophie Capewell (ENG)	—	Q
2	2	Iona Moir (SCO)	+0.257
3	1	Lauriane Genest (CAN)	—	Q
3	2	Olivia King (NZL)	+0.109
4	1	Emma Finucane (WAL)	—	Q
4	2	Lusia Steele (SCO)	+0.123
5	1	Kristina Clonan (AUS)	—	Q
5	2	Blaine Ridge-Davis (ENG)	+0.330
6	1	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)	—	Q
6	2	Breanna Hargrave (AUS)	+0.363
7	1	Sarah Orban (CAN)	—	Q
7	2	Lauren Bell (SCO)	+0.070
8	1	Rhian Edmunds (WAL)	—	Q
8	2	Lowri Thomas (WAL)	DNF

Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	X	X		Q
1	2	Rhian Edmunds (WAL)	+0.174	+0.397
2	1	Sophie Capewell (ENG)	X	X		Q
2	2	Sarah Orban (CAN)	+0.011	DNF
3	1	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)	+0.143	X	X	Q
3	2	Lauriane Genest (CAN)	X	+0.080	+0.764
4	1	Emma Finucane (WAL)	X	+0.019	X	Q
4	2	Kristina Clonan (AUS)	REL	X	+0.006

Semifinals

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	X	X		QG
1	2	Emma Finucane (WAL)	+0.470	+0.122		QB
2	1	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)	X	X		QG
2	2	Sophie Capewell (ENG)	+0.095	+0.022		QB

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[6]

Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal final
	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)	X	X
	Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)	+0.003	+0.091
Bronze medal final
	Emma Finucane (WAL)	+0.082	X	X
4	Sophie Capewell (ENG)	X	+0.052	+0.080