Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit
The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 13 August. Great Britain has yet to be beaten in this event.
The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.
Schedule
All times are Brasília Time| Date | Round |
| Thursday 11 August 2016 | Qualification |
| Saturday 13 August 2016 | Heats |
| Saturday 13 August 2016 | Final |
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.| Rank | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand | 4:13.260 | Q, WR, OR | |
| 2 | Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloe Dygert Jennifer Valente | 4:14.286 | Q | |
| 3 | Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins | 4:19.059 | Q | |
| 4 | Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Laura Brown Georgia Simmerling | 4:19.599 | Q | |
| 5 | Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen | 4:20.061 | q | |
| 6 | Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang | 4:25.246 | q | |
| 7 | Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | 4:25.543 | q | |
| 8 | Daria Pikulik Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Natalia Rutkowska | 4:28.988 | q | |
| 9 | Gudrun Stock Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl | 4:30.068 |
- Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
- q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final
First round
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.
| Rank | Heat | Country | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand | 4:12.152 | QG, WR, OR | |
| 2 | 3 | Sarah Hammer Kelly Catlin Chloe Dygert Jennifer Valente | 4:12.282 | QG | |
| 3 | 4 | Allison Beveridge Jasmin Glaesser Kirsti Lay Georgia Simmerling | 4:15.636 | QB | |
| 4 | 2 | Lauren Ellis Racquel Sheath Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen | 4:17.592 | QB | |
| 5 | 3 | Georgia Baker Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins | 4:20.262 | Q5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | 4:22.964 | Q5 | |
| 7 | 1 | Huang Dongyan Jing Yali Ma Menglu Zhao Baofang | 4:23.678 | Q7 | |
| 2 | Daria Pikulik Edyta Jasińska Justyna Kaczkowska Natalia Rutkowska | DSQ |
- 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