2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's Team Sprint was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ten teams of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.[1]
The Qualifying and the Finals were held on the evening session on 27 March.[2]
Qualifying
| Rank | Team | Lap 1 | Time[1] | Speed (km/h) |
Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lap 1-2 | |||||
| 1 |  Great Britain |
19.088 (1) | 33.186 | 54.239 | QF |
| Victoria Pendleton Shanaze Reade |
14.098 (1) | ||||
| 2 |  China |
19.138 (2) | 33.43 | 53.030 | QF |
| Gong Jinjie Zheng Lulu |
14.805 (4) | ||||
| 3 |  Germany |
19.415 (4) | 34.135 | 52.731 | QB |
| Dana Glöss Miriam Welte |
14.720 (2) | ||||
| 4 |  France |
19.266 (3) | 34.165 | 52.685 | QB |
| Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff |
14.899 (5) | ||||
| 5 |  Russia |
20.133 (6) | 34.867 | 51.624 | |
| Swetlana Grankowskaja Oksana Grishina |
14.734 (3) | ||||
| 6 |  Italy |
20.082 (5) | 35.414 | 50.827 | |
| Valentina Alessio Elisa Frisoni |
15.332 (6) | ||||
| 7 |  Thailand |
21.658 (7) | 37.752 | 47.679 | |
| Luekajorh Wathinee Maneephan Jutatip |
16.094 (7) |
Finals
| Rank | Team | Lap 1 | Time[3] | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lap 1-2 | ||||
| Gold Medal Race | ||||
 |
Great Britain |
19.455 (2) | 33.661 | 53.474 |
| Victoria Pendleton Shanaze Reade |
14.206 (1) | |||
 |
China |
19.414 (1) | 34.223 | 52.596 |
| Gong Jinjie Zheng Lulu |
14.809 (2) | |||
| Bronze Medal Race | ||||
 |
Germany |
13.112 (1) | 34.036 | 52.885 |
| Dana Glöss Miriam Welte |
20.924 (1) | |||
| 4 | France |
13.133 (2) | 34.234 | 52.579 |
| Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff |
21.101 (2) | |||
References
- ^ a b Swiss-Timing Corgémont Switzerland. "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Team Sprint Qualifying Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Programme" (PDF). UCI.
- ^ "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Team Sprint Finals Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-04-03.