2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint

none August 2026 Women's sprint 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships March 25–26, 2005 ADT Event Center Los Angeles, United States 21 12 Victoria Pendleton GBR Tamilla Abassova RUS Anna Meares AUS 2004 2006 The Women's sprint competition at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held over two days at ADT Event Center in Los Angeles, United States. 21 riders from 12 nations competed.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003070104130000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint Qualifying Result List Tissot July 19, 2026 The early rounds were raced on March 25, with the semifinals and finals held on March 26. Victoria Pendleton won her first world title in this event, the first British woman to do so in any track cycling event since Beryl Burton in 1966.Fotheringham William Hayles and co usher in golden age https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/mar/28/cycling.cycling October 24, 2025 The Guardian March 28, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20140918023503/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/mar/28/cycling.cycling September 18, 2014 live The final for bronze saw Australian sisters Kerrie Meares and Anna Meares competing for the medal, with Anna eventually claiming victory.https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2005/mar05/wtc05?id=results/wtc053 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships: day 3 Eddie Monnier Cycling News August 11, 2026 The Meares sisters had raced each other for gold in the Australian National Track Championships a month earlier, and Anna had also won on that occasion.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-02-12/anna-wins-battle-of-the-meares-sisters/1517620 Anna wins battle of the Meares sisters ABC News (Australia) August 12, 2026 February 11, 2005 Results Qualifying Qualifying took place on Friday March 25, 2005, starting at 10:00. The qualifying round was a flying 200m time trial. The top 16 riders who completed qualifying would progress in the competition, with their qualifying positions used to seed the matches in the next round. + Qualifying results Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya 11.278 Q 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar 11.386 +0.108 Q 3 Guo Shuang 11.494 +0.216 Q 4 Tamilla Abassova 11.532 +0.254 Q 5 Lori-Ann Muenzer 11.543 +0.265 Q 6 Willy Kanis 11.554 +0.276 Q 7 Clara Sanchez 11.617 +0.339 Q 8 Kerrie Meares 11.650 +0.372 Q 9 Elisa Frisoni 11.660 +0.382 Q 10 Anna Meares 11.686 +0.408 Q 11 Victoria Pendleton 11.725 +0.447 Q 12 Simona Krupeckaitė 11.752 +0.474 Q 13 Jennie Reed 11.775 +0.497 Q 14 Fang Tian 11.796 +0.518 Q 15 Oksana Grishina 11.858 +0.580 Q 16 Céline Nivert 11.933 +0.655 Q 17 Susann Panzer 11.957 +0.679 18 Rebecca Conzelman 11.985 +0.707 19 Ioulia Aroustamova 12.301 +1.023 20 Alena Prudnikova 12.318 +1.040 Christin Muche DNS 1/8 Finals The 1/8 finals took place on Friday March 25, 2005, starting at 11:55. Each heat consisted of a single three-lap race between two riders, with the winning rider proceeding to the next round.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003070104190000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint 1/8 Finals Result List Tissot August 10, 2026 + 1/8 Finals results Heat Rank Name Nation Notes 1 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya Q 1 2 Céline Nivert 2 1 Yvonne Hijgenaar Q 2 2 Oksana Grishina 3 1 Guo Shuang Q 3 2 Fang Tian 4 1 Tamilla Abassova Q 4 2 Jennie Reed 5 1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Q 5 2 Simona Krupeckaitė 6 1 Victoria Pendleton Q 6 2 Willy Kanis 7 1 Anna Meares Q 7 2 Clara Sanchez 8 1 Kerrie Meares Q 8 2 Elisa Frisoni Quarterfinals The quarterfinals took place on Friday March 25, 2005, starting at 12:35. Each heat consisted of a single three-lap race, with the winner proceeding to the semifinals, and the losers racing again for 5th–8th place.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/00030701041F0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint Quarterfinals Result List Tissot August 10, 2026 Natallia Tsylinskaya was relegated in the first heat for not holding her line during the last 200 metres of the race. + Quarterfinals results Heat Rank Name Nation Notes 1 1 Kerrie Meares Q 1 2 Natallia Tsylinskaya REL 2 1 Anna Meares Q 2 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar 3 1 Victoria Pendleton Q 3 2 Guo Shuang 4 1 Tamilla Abassova Q 4 2 Lori-Ann Muenzer Race for 5th–8th Places The race for 5th–8th place took place on Friday March 25, 2005, starting at 13:10. This round was a single three-lap race between all four competitors.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003070104250000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint Race for 5th to 8th places Result List Tissot August 10, 2026 + Race for 5th–8th Places results Rank Name Nation Notes 5 Natallia Tsylinskaya 6 Yvonne Hijgenaar 7 Lori-Ann Muenzer 8 Guo Shuang Semifinals The semifinals took place on Saturday March 26, 2005, starting at 19:00. Each heat was a best-of-three competition between two riders, with riders needing to win two three-lap races to win their heat. The winners would race again for the gold and silver medals, and the losers would race again for the bronze medal and fourth place.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003070104480000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint Semifinals Result List Tissot August 10, 2026 + Semifinals results Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes 1 1 Tamilla Abassova X X Q 1 2 Kerrie Meares 2 1 Victoria Pendleton X X Q 2 2 Anna Meares X Finals The finals took place on Saturday March 26, 2005, starting at 20:40. This round used the same best-of-three format as the semifinals.https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003070104FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00 PDF Tissot Timing: Sprint Final Result List Tissot July 19, 2026 70 + Finals results Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Gold medal race Victoria Pendleton X X Tamilla Abassova Bronze medal race Anna Meares X X 4 Kerrie Meares X References Women's sprint Women's sprint Category:UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint