Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's keirin

Women's Keirin at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Left-right: James, Ligtlee, Meares
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date	13 August
Winning time	11.217
Medalists
Elis Ligtlee  Netherlands Becky James  Great Britain Anna Meares  Australia
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The women's Keirin at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 13 August.^[1] This was the second time that the event was held at the Olympics, after making its debut in London four years prior.

The event was won by Elis Ligtlee from the Netherlands, silver went to Becky James from Great Britain and Australia's Anna Meares won bronze.

The previous title holder, Britain's Victoria Pendleton, did not compete as she announced her retirement at the end of the 2012 London Games.

The medals were presented by Timothy Fok, IOC member, Hong Kong and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.

Competition format

The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

Results

First round

Top two in each heat qualified directly for the second round; the remainder advanced to the first round repechages.^[2]

Heat 1 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Kristina Vogel (GER) Q 2  Anna Meares (AUS) +0.002 Q 3  Martha Bayona (COL) +0.066 4  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) +0.186 5  Gong Jinjie (CHN) +0.368 6  Monique Sullivan (CAN) +0.411 Heat 3 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Becky James (GBR) Q 2  Lee Hye-jin (KOR) +0.017 Q 3  Natasha Hansen (NZL) +0.018 4  Helena Casas (ESP) +0.092 5  Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.111 6  Kate O'Brien (CAN) +0.244 7  Miriam Welte (GER) +0.477

Heat 2 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) Q 2  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) +0.212 Q 3  Daria Shmeleva (RUS) +1.267 4  Laurine van Riessen (NED) +3.929 5  Tania Calvo (ESP) DNF 6  Virginie Cueff (FRA) DNF 7  Olivia Podmore (NZL) DNF Heat 4 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Elis Ligtlee (NED) Q 2  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) +0.010 Q 3  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) +0.100 4  Olga Ismayilova (AZE) +0.256 5  Shannon McCurley (IRL) +0.431 6  Sandie Clair (FRA) +0.555 7  Liubov Basova (UKR) REL[R1]

• ^R1 Relegation for riding on the blue band during the sprint

First round Repechages

The winner of each heat qualified for the second round.^[3]

Heat 1 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Martha Bayona (COL) Q 2  Stephanie Morton (AUS) +0.085 3  Virginie Cueff (FRA) +0.144 4  Olga Ismayilova (AZE) +0.145 Heat 3 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Laurine van Riessen (NED) Q 2  Natasha Hansen (NZL) +0.001 3  Gong Jinjie (CHN) +0.129 4  Sandie Clair (FRA) +0.800 5  Miriam Welte (GER) +1.669

Heat 2 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Liubov Basova (UKR) Q 2  Daria Shmeleva (RUS) +0.116 3  Helena Casas (ESP) +0.124 4  Tania Calvo (ESP) +0.199 5  Monique Sullivan (CAN) +0.306 Heat 4 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) Q 2  Kate O'Brien (CAN) +0.175 3  Lisandra Guerra (CUB) +0.260 4  Shannon McCurley (IRL) +0.268 5  Olivia Podmore (NZL) +0.423

Second round

First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder advanced to the small final (for places 7-12).^[4]

Heat 1 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Kristina Vogel (GER) Q 2  Elis Ligtlee (NED) +0.398 Q 3  Anastasia Voynova (RUS) +0.533 Q 4  Lee Hye-jin (KOR) +1.046 5  Zhong Tianshi (CHN) REL[R2] 6  Martha Bayona (COL) DNF

Heat 2 Rank Rider Time Note 1  Anna Meares (AUS) Q 2  Becky James (GBR) +0.011 Q 3  Liubov Basova (UKR) +0.041 Q 4  Laurine van Riessen (NED) +0.165 5  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) +0.192 6  Lee Wai Sze (HKG) DNF

• ^R2 Relegation for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.^[5]

Final (places 7-12)

Rank	Rider	Time	Note
7	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)
8	Lee Hye-jin (KOR)	+0.059
9	Laurine van Riessen (NED)	+0.140
10	Martha Bayona (COL)	+0.220
11	Zhong Tianshi (CHN)	+0.445
12	Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	+0.464

Final (places 1-6)

Rank	Rider	Time	Note
	Elis Ligtlee (NED)
	Becky James (GBR)	+0.033
	Anna Meares (AUS)	+0.038
4	Anastasia Voynova (RUS)	+0.111
5	Liubov Basova (UKR)	+0.152
6	Kristina Vogel (GER)	+0.163

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