2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships
Venue	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow
Date	2–3 August
Competitors	42 from 10 nations
Winning time	4:16.896
Medalists
Katie Archibald Laura Kenny Elinor Barker Neah Evans Ellie Dickinson   Great Britain   Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi Marta Cavalli Elisa Balsamo   Italy   Charlotte Becker Gudrun Stock Mieke Kröger Lisa Brennauer   Germany

The women's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships was held on 2 and 3 August 2018.

Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Ellie Dickinson	Great Britain	4:19.330		Q
2	Letizia Paternoster Elisa Balsamo Marta Cavalli Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:21.928	+2.598	Q
3	Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:25.187	+5.857	Q
4	Laurie Berthon Pascale Jeuland Victoire Berteau Coralie Demay	France	4:27.310	+7.980	Q
5	Daria Pikulik Nikol Płosaj Łucja Pietrzak Justyna Kaczkowska	Poland	4:27.786	+8.456	q
6	Lotte Kopecky Gilke Croket Shari Bossuyt Annelies Dom	Belgium	4:31.147	+11.817	q
7	Evgenia Augustinas Aleksandra Goncharova Gulnaz Badykova Anastasiia Iakovenko	Russia	4:31.382	+12.052	q
8	Hanna Solovey Oksana Kliachina Valeriya Kononenko Anna Nahirna	Ukraine	4:32.314	+12.984	q
9	Hanna Tserakh Ina Savenka Polina Pivovarova Anastasiya Dzedzikava	Belarus	4:34.097	+14.767
10	Mia Griffin Hilary Hughes Alice Sharpe Orla Walsh	Ireland	4:57.325	+37.995

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

• The four fastest qualifiers were placed in heats 3 and 4, while the next four were placed in heats 1 and 2.
• The winners of heats 3 and 4 qualify for the gold medal race, while the two fastest remaining teams, regardless of heat, progress to the bronze medal race.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny Neah Evans	Great Britain	4:17.882	QG
2	3	Letizia Paternoster Elisa Balsamo Marta Cavalli Silvia Valsecchi	Italy	4:21.005	QG
3	3	Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Gudrun Stock	Germany	4:23.754	QB
4	2	Daria Pikulik Nikol Płosaj Justyna Kaczkowska Wiktoria Pikulik	Poland	4:24.361	QB
5	4	Laurie Berthon Pascale Jeuland Victoire Berteau Coralie Demay	France	4:26.325
6	1	Lotte Kopecky Gilke Croket Shari Bossuyt Annelies Dom	Belgium	4:28.911
7	1	Evgenia Augustinas Aleksandra Goncharova Gulnaz Badykova Anastasiia Iakovenko	Russia	4:29.235
8	2	Hanna Solovey Oksana Kliachina Valeriya Kononenko Anna Nahirna	Ukraine	4:33.827

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal final
	Katie Archibald Laura Kenny Elinor Barker Neah Evans	Great Britain	4:16.896
	Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi Marta Cavalli Elisa Balsamo	Italy	4:25.384	+8.488
Bronze medal final
	Charlotte Becker Gudrun Stock Mieke Kröger Lisa Brennauer	Germany	4:23.105
4	Nikol Płosaj Justyna Kaczkowska Daria Pikulik Wiktoria Pikulik	Poland	4:30.444	+7.339