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on 11 and 13 August.

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has yet to be beaten in this event. The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel,

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, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Qualifications

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final. * Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final * q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier
Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place. * Was also a world and Olympic record until superseded by Great Britain in the following heat * Poland were disqualified for breaching article 3.2.097 * QG = qualified for gold medal final * QB = qualified for bronze medal final * Q5 = qualified for 5th place final * Q7 = qualified for 7th place final

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.

References

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Cycling at the Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit Olymp Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics