2015 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
UEC European Champion jersey
Venue	Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen
Date	14–15 October
Competitors	45 from 10 nations
Medalists
Laura Trott Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Ciara Horne   Great Britain   Gulnaz Badykova Tamara Balabolina Alexandra Chekina Maria Savitskaya Evgenia Romanyuta Aleksandra Goncharova   Russia   Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Palina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Maryna Shmayankova   Belarus

The Women's team pursuit was held on 14–15 October 2015.

Results

Qualifying

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	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Laura Trott Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	4:21.089	Q
2	Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Tamara Balabolina Aleksandra Goncharova	Russia	4:30.664	Q
3	Simona Frapporti Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:32.480	Q
4	Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska Katarzyna Pawłowska Natalia Rutkowska	Poland	4:33.305	Q
5	Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:33.326	q
6	Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Palina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Maryna Shmayankova	Belarus	4:33.404	q
7	Élise Delzenne Coralie Demay Fiona Dutriaux Roxane Fournier	France	4:34.521	q
8	Lydia Boylan Josie Knight Caroline Ryan Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:35.090	q
9	Leire Olaberria Maria Del Mar Bonnin Gloria Rodríguez Irene Usabiaga	Spain	4:40.765
10	Tetyana Klimchenko Oksana Kliachina Inna Metalnikova Hanna Solovey	Ukraine	4:48.152

• Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
• q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
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	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	4:17.708	QG
2	3	Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Tamara Balabolina Aleksandra Goncharova	Russia	4:28.451	QG
3	4	Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska Katarzyna Pawłowska Natalia Rutkowska	Poland	4:27.562	QB
4	1	Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Palina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Maryna Shmayankova	Belarus	4:29.548	QB
5	3	Simona Frapporti Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:30.294	Q5
6	2	Lydia Boylan Josie Knight Caroline Ryan Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:31.666	Q5
7	2	Charlotte Becker Mieke Kröger Stephanie Pohl Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:32.535	Q7
8	1	Élise Delzenne Coralie Demay Fiona Dutriaux Roxane Fournier	France	4:38.238	Q7

• 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

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
Final for 7th place
7	Élise Delzenne Coralie Demay Fiona Dutriaux Roxane Fournier	France	4:30.519
8	Charlotte Becker Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:33.097
Final for 5th place
5	Simona Frapporti Beatrice Bartelloni Tatiana Guderzo Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:30.021
6	Lydia Boylan Josie Knight Eimear Moran Melanie Späth	Ireland	4:34.413
Bronze medal final
	Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya Palina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Maryna Shmayankova	Belarus	4:32.595
4	Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska Katarzyna Pawłowska Natalia Rutkowska	Poland	OVL
Gold medal final
	Laura Trott Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	4:17.010
	Gulnaz Badykova Tamara Balabolina Alexandra Chekina Maria Savitskaya	Russia	OVL