The women's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 14–16 August 2016.
Daria Shmeleva, Russian cyclist
New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and competed at every Games since. The New Zealand team consisted of 199 athletes, 100 women and 99 men, across twenty sports, the first time New Zealand was represented by more women than men at the Summer Olympics.
Eliza McCartney clears the bar during the qualifying round of the women's pole vault.
49erFX medal ceremony (l-r) Alex Maloney, Molly Meech (New Zealand); Martine Grael, Kahena Kunze (Brazil); Jena Mai Hansen, Katja Salskov-Iversen (Denmark)