Olympic record progression track cycling – Women's team pursuit

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the women's team pursuit as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[1]

The British Team riding the current Olympic record at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The women's 3000m team pursuit discipline for 3 riders was introduced at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the 2012–13 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a format of 4000 m with 4 riders, as it will be at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Progression

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

3000 m (2012)
The Dutch team (Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild, Amy Pieters) had temporarily the Olympic record during the qualification session in 2012

During the Qualification session there were several teams who rode a new best time and so had temporarily the Olympic Record. They are not listed as Olympic Record holders because they did not win the qualification session. These countries who had temporarily the Olympic record are:

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeet
3:15.669 Great Britain
Danielle King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 London, London VeloparkIndoor track3 August 20122012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
3:14.682 Great Britain
Danielle King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 London, London VeloparkIndoor track4 August 20122012 Summer Olympics
Round 1
3:14.051 Great Britain
Danielle King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell		 London, London VeloparkIndoor track4 August 20122012 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race

4000 m (from 2016)

During the Qualification session there were several teams who rode a new best time and so had temporarily the Olympic Record. They are not listed as Olympic Record holders because they did not win the qualification session. These countries who had temporarily the Olympic record are:

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeetRef
4:13.260  Great Britain
Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell-Shand		 Rio de Janeiro, Rio Olympic Velodrome Indoor track 11 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualifying		 [2]
4:12.282  United States
Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Chloe Dygert
Jennifer Valente		 Rio de Janeiro, Rio Olympic Velodrome Indoor track 13 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
First round		 [3]
4:12.152  Great Britain
Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell-Shand		 Rio de Janeiro, Rio Olympic Velodrome Indoor track 13 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
First round		 [4]
♦4:10.236  Great Britain
Katie Archibald
Laura Trott
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell-Shand		 Rio de Janeiro, Rio Olympic Velodrome Indoor track 13 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
Finals		 [5]

References
  1. "Union Cycliste Internationale - Women - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. "Women's Team Pursuit First Round Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "Women's Team Pursuit First Round Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. "Women's Team Pursuit Final Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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