The women's 200m Sprint

Sprint (cycling)

The sprint or match sprint is a track cycling event involving between 2 and 4 riders, though they are usually run as a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other.- Racing style :...

at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

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Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking.-Medal table:-Road cycling:-Track cycling:MenWomen-Mountain biking:-References:*...

) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Monday, September 18, Tuesday, September 19 , and Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome

Dunc Gray Velodrome

The Dunc Gray Velodrome is located at Bass Hill approximately 5 kilometres north west of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. The Dunc Gray Velodrome was opened on 28 November 1999 and is named after Edgar "Dunc" Gray, the first Australian to win a cycling Gold Medal at the Olympic Games...

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Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.>

World Record	10.831 s	Olga Slioussareva	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	25 April 1993
Olympic Record	11.212 s	Michelle Ferris	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Atlanta, USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	24 July 1996

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :... ,	Oxana Grichina,	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com... ,

Results

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• REL denotes relegated- due to being passed
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying round

Held Monday, September 18th.

Times and average speeds are listed. All 12 riders were seeded by these results for the first round.

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1.	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...		11.262 s	63.932 km/h
2.	Oxana Grichina		11.439 s	62.943 km/h
3.	Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...		11.494 s	62.641 km/h
4.	Michelle Ferris		11.512 s	62.543 km/h
5.	Daniella Larreal		11.526 s	62.467 km/h
6.	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi		11.545 s	62.365 km/h
7.	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...		11.548 s	62.348 km/h
8.	Tanya Lindenmuth		11.649 s	61.808 km/h
9.	Yan Wang		11.650 s	61.803 km/h
10.	Kathrin Freitag		11.792 s	61.058; km/h
11.	Fiona Ramage		11.803 s	61.001 km/h
12.	Mira Kasslin		12.194 s	59.045 km/h

1/8 final

Held Monday, September 18th.
The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve cyclists against each other. The winners
advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed	Qualify
1	1	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...		12.257 s	58.742 km/h	Q
	2	Mira Kasslin
2	1	Oxana Grichina		12.195 s	59.041 km/h	Q
	2	Fiona Ramage
3	1	Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...		12.414 s	57.999 km/h	Q
	2	Kathrin Freitag
4	1	Michelle Ferris		12.078 s	59.693 km/h	Q
	2	Yan Wang
5	1	Daniella Larreal		12.375 s	58.182 km/h	Q
	2	Tanya Lindenmuth
6	1	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...		12.105 s	59.925 km/h	Q
	2	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi

1/8 repechage

Held Monday, September 18th.

The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed	Qualify
1	1	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi		12.625 s	57.030 km/h	Q
	2	Yan Wang
	3	Mira Kasslin
2	1	Tanya Lindenmuth		12.275 s	58.656 km/h	Q
	2	Kathrin Freitag
	3	Fiona Ramage

Classification 9-12

Held September 20th

The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed
1	Kathrin Freitag		12.971 s	55.508 km/h
2	Fiona Ramage
3	Mira Kasslin
4	Yan Wang

Quarterfinals

Held Tuesday, September 19.

The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...		11.772 s	12.060 s		Q
	2	Tanya Lindenmuth
2	1	Oxana Grichina		12.545 s	12.885 s		Q
	2	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
3	1	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...		12.048 s	11.946 s		Q
	2	Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...
4	1	Michelle Ferris		REL	11.705 s	11.96 s	Q
	2	Daniella Larreal				REL

Classification 5-8

Held Wednesday, September 20th

The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time	Ave. Speed
1	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi		12.426 s	57.943 km/h
2	Tanya Lindenmuth
3	Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...
4	Daniella Larreal

Semifinals

Held Wednesday, September 20.

The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat	Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider	Qualify
1	1	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...		12.328 s	12.124 s		Q
	2	Michelle Ferris
2	1	Oxana Grichina		12.594	12.726 s		Q
	2	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...		12.156 s	13.310 s
2	Michelle Ferris

Gold medal match

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos	Athlete	NOS	Time 1	Time 2	Decider
1	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...		12.810 s		12.533 s
2	Oxana Grichina			13.122 s

Final classfication

	Final results
Pos.	Athlete	NOC
1.	Felicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...
2.	Oxana Grichina
3.	Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...
4.	Michelle Ferris
5.	Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
6.	Tanya Lindenmuth
7.	Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff Tanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...
8.	Daniella Larreal
9.	Kathrin Freitag
10.	Fiona Ramage
11.	Mira Kasslin
12.	Yan Wang