title: 2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
text: # 2018 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  