Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint explained

The women's 200m Sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Monday, 18 September, Tuesday, 19 September, and Wednesday, 20 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.^[1]

Records

World Record

10.831 s	Olga Slioussareva	Russia	Moscow, Russia	25 April 1993
Olympic Record	11.212 s	Michelle Ferris	Australia	Atlanta, USA	24 July 1996

Medalists

Gold:	!align="center"	Silver:	!align="center"	Bronze:
Felicia Ballanger,	Oxana Grichina,	Iryna Yanovych,

Results

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• REL denotes relegated- due to being passed
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying round

Held Monday, 18 September.
Times and average speeds are listed. All 12 riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1.			11.262 s	63.932 km/h
2.			11.439 s	62.943 km/h
3.			11.494 s	62.641 km/h
4.			11.512 s	62.543 km/h
5.			11.526 s	62.467 km/h
6.			11.545 s	62.365 km/h
7.			11.548 s	62.348 km/h
8.			11.649 s	61.808 km/h
9.			11.650 s	61.803 km/h
10.			11.792 s	61.058; km/h
11.			11.803 s	61.001 km/h
12.			12.194 s	59.045 km/h

1/8 final

Held Monday, 18 September.The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed	Qualify
1	1			12.257 s	58.742 km/h	Q
	2
2	1			12.195 s	59.041 km/h	Q
	2
3	1			12.414 s	57.999 km/h	Q
	2
4	1			12.078 s	59.693 km/h	Q
	2
5	1			12.375 s	58.182 km/h	Q
	2
6	1			12.015 s	59.925 km/h	Q
	2

1/8 repechage

Held Monday, 18 September.
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed	Qualify
1	1			12.625 s	57.030 km/h	Q
	2
	3
2	1			12.275 s	58.656 km/h	Q
	2
	3

Classification 9-12

Held 20 September
The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed
1			12.971 s	55.508 km/h
2
3
4

Quarterfinals

Held Tuesday, 19 September.
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1			11.772 s	12.060 s		Q
	2
2	1			12.545 s	12.885 s		Q
	2
3	1			12.048 s	11.946 s		Q
	2
4	1			REL	11.705 s	11.96 s	Q
	2					REL

Classification 5-8

Held Wednesday, 20 September
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed
1			12.426 s	57.943 km/h
2
3
4

Semifinals

Held Wednesday, 20 September.
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1			12.328 s	12.124 s		Q
	2
2	1			12.594	12.726 s		Q
	2

Medal Finals

Held Wednesday, 20 September.

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1			12.156 s	13.310 s
2

Gold medal match

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1			12.810 s		12.533 s
2				13.122 s

Final classification

	Final results
Pos.	Athlete	NOC
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External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Sprint . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/CYC/womens-sprint.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 9 March 2020.