2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint explained

See main article: 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. 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	Speed (km/h)	Q
	Lap 1-2
1		19.088 (1)	33.186	54.239	QF
			14.098 (1)
2		19.138 (2)	33.43	53.030	QF
			14.805 (4)
3		19.415 (4)	34.135	52.731	QB
			14.720 (2)
4		19.266 (3)	34.165	52.685	QB
			14.899 (5)
5		20.133 (6)	34.867	51.624
			14.734 (3)
6		20.082 (5)	35.414	50.827
			15.332 (6)
7		21.658 (7)	37.752	47.679
			16.094 (7)

Finals

Rank	Team	Lap 1	Time[3]	Speed (km/h)
	Lap 1-2
Gold Medal Race
		19.455 (2)	33.661	53.474
			14.206 (1)
		19.414 (1)	34.223	52.596
			14.809 (2)
Bronze Medal Race
		13.112 (1)	34.036	52.885
			20.924 (1)
4		13.133 (2)	34.234	52.579
			21.101 (2)

References

1. Web site: UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Team Sprint Qualifying Official Results . . Swiss-Timing Corgémont Switzerland . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227094109/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/cmt2008/Womens_Team_Sprint_Qualifying_Results.pdf . 2012-02-27 . dead . 2009-04-03 .
2. Web site: UCI 2008 Track World Championships Programme. UCI.
3. Web site: UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Team Sprint Finals Official Results. Tissot. 2009-04-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227094126/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/cmt2008/Womens_Team_Sprint_Finals_Results.pdf. 2012-02-27. dead.