Olympic record progression track cycling – Women's team sprint explained

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the women's 500 m team sprint as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[1]

The women's 500 m team sprint was introduced at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Progression

500 m

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeetRef
32.447Indoor track2 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
32.422Indoor track2 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics
First round
32.305 Indoor track12 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
[2]
31.928 Indoor track12 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics
First round
[3]
♦ 31.804 Indoor track 2 August 2021 2020 Summer Olympics
First round
[4]

750 m

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeetRef
45.472 Indoor track 5 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
[5]
45.338 Indoor track 5 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics
First round
[6]
♦ 45.186 Indoor track 5 August 2024 2024 Summer Olympics
Finals
[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Union Cycliste Internationale - Women - Olympic Record. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. 24 November 2014. PDF.
  2. Web site: Women's Team Sprint Qualifying Results. Rio 2016 official website. 12 August 2016. 12 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103318/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTW401900_Results_2016_08_12_aab2e7a2_d194_4c32_8a6d_2ffdfb3c6ceb.pdf. 20 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Women's Team Sprint Round 1 Results. Rio 2016 official website. 12 August 2016. 12 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103317/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTW401800_Results_2016_08_12_714b4a39_7ade_4238_b18c_98e09b37585d.pdf. 20 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – First Round Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802081129/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73D2_CTRWSPRTEAM3----------RND1--------.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 5 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – First Round – Results. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 5 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 5 August 2024.