2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint explained

Event:	Men's team sprint
Championship:	2016 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Yvelines
Date:	20 October
Competitors:	37
Nations:	12
Gold:	Maciej Bielecki Kamil Kuczyński Mateusz Rudyk Mateusz Lipa
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Joseph Truman
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Eric Engler Robert Förstemann Jan May
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The Men's team sprint was held on 20 October 2016.

Results

Qualifying

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round.^[1]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.434	Q
2	43.494	Q
3	43.670	Q
4	43.751	Q
5	44.105	Q
6	44.662	Q
7	44.666	Q
8	45.154	Q
9	45.783
10	46.068
11	46.211
12	51.830

Q = qualified

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifier
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifier
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifier
Heat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier

The heat winners are ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	3	43.311	QG
2	1	43.358	QG
3	4	43.503	QB
4	2	43.550	QB
5		43.949
6		44.291
7		44.404
8		45.160

QG = qualified for gold medal final
QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
Bronze medal final
			43.083
4			43.546
Gold medal final
			43.211
			43.398

Notes and References

News: Qualifying . UEC . 20 October 2016 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021195608/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts2.pdf . 2016-10-21 . dead .
News: First Round . UEC . 20 October 2016 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021200605/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts4.pdf . 21 October 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Results and Final Classification . UEC . 20 October 2016 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021203442/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts6.pdf . 2016-10-21 . dead .