title: 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
text: # 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
  
  The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 and 27 February 2020.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The qualifying was started on 26 February at 13:00. The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Owen Emma White Lily Williams | 4:11.229 | | Q |
  | 2 | Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson Neah Evans | 4:11.871 | +0.642 | Q |
  | 3 | Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling | 4:12.728 | +1.499 | Q |
  | 4 | New Zealand Bryony Botha Rushlee Buchanan Kirstie James Jaime Nielsen | 4:14.383 | +3.154 | Q |
  | 5 | Australia Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Annette Edmondson Maeve Plouffe | 4:14.934 | +3.705 | q |
  | 6 | Italy Letizia Paternoster Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Silvia Valsecchi | 4:15.255 | +4.026 | q |
  | 7 | Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock | 4:15.477 | +4.248 | q |
  | 8 | Ireland Alice Sharpe Lara Gillespie Mia Griffin Kelly Murphy | 4:21.368 | +10.139 | q |
  | 9 | France Clara Copponi Coralie Demay Valentine Fortin Marie Le Net | 4:21.417 | +10.188 | |
  | 10 | Belgium Jolien D'hoore Lotte Kopecky Shari Bossuyt Gilke Croket | 4:21.700 | +10.471 | |
  | 11 | Poland Daria Pikulik Katarzyna Pawłowska Łucja Pietrzak Nikol Płosaj | 4:26.380 | +15.151 | |
  | 12 | Belarus Polina Pivovarova Aksana Salauyeva Ina Savenka Karalina Savenka | 4:33.223 | +21.994 | |
  
  ### First round
  
  The first round was held on 27 February at 18:30. 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 winners of heats three and four proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock | 4:11.039 | | QB |
  | 2 | 1 | Italy Letizia Paternoster Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Silvia Valsecchi | 4:18.338 | +7.299 | |
  | 1 | 2 | Australia Georgia Baker Ashlee Ankudinoff Annette Edmondson Maeve Plouffe | 4:13.454 | | |
  | 2 | 2 | Ireland Alice Sharpe Lara Gillespie Mia Griffin Kelly Murphy | 4:21.844 | +8.390 | |
  | 1 | 3 | Great Britain Laura Kenny Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson | 4:12.389 | | QG |
  | 2 | 3 | Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling | 4:12.627 | +0.238 | QB |
  | 1 | 4 | United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Emma White Lily Williams | 4:11.634 | | QG |
  | 2 | 4 | New Zealand Holly Edmondston Bryony Botha Rushlee Buchanan Jaime Nielsen | 4:13.883 | +2.249 | |
  
  * QG = qualified for gold medal final
  * QB = qualified for bronze medal final
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were started on 27 February at 20:54.
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Behind |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold medal race |||||
  | | United States Jennifer Valente Chloé Dygert Owen Emma White Lily Williams | 4:11.235 | |
  | | Great Britain Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Ellie Dickinson Neah Evans | 4:13.129 | +1.894 |
  | Bronze medal race |||||
  | | Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock | 4:12.964 | |
  | 4 | Canada Allison Beveridge Jasmin Duehring Annie Foreman-Mackey Georgia Simmerling | 4:20.404 | +7.440 |
  