UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

Women's team sprint is a track cycling event contested by teams of two women cyclists. It was introduced as an annual world championship event in 2007. It is to be added to the Olympic programme in 2012. The format consists of two rounds: in the first round, teams compete against the clock to set a qualifying time. The top four teams go through to the final round, where the first and second placed teams compete against each other in the gold medal race-off and the third and fourth teams compete against each other in the bronze medal race-off. As of 2011, Australia have been the most successful team, having won the event three times and placed third once.

Medalists

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
2007 Palma de Mallorca
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Victoria Pendleton
Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain
Yvonne Hijgenaar
Willy Kanis
 Netherlands
Kristine Bayley
Anna Meares
 Australia
2008 Manchester
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Victoria Pendleton
Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain
Gong Jinjie
Zheng Lulu
 China
Dana Glöss
Miriam Welte
 Germany
2009 Pruszków
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Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares
 Australia
Victoria Pendleton
Shanaze Reade
 Great Britain
Gintare Gaivenyte
Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
2010 Ballerup
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Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares
 Australia
Gong Jinjie
Lin Junhong
 China
Gintare Gaivenyte
Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
2011 Apeldoorn
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Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares
 Australia
Victoria Pendleton
Jessica Varnish
 Great Britain
Gong Jinjie
Guo Shuang
 China

Winners by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 3 0 1 4
2  Great Britain 2 2 0 4
3  China 0 2 1 3
4  Netherlands 0 1 0 1
5  Lithuania 0 0 2 2
6  Germany 0 0 1 1

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