The women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

In addition, the bronze medal competition was a best-of-three match between the semifinal losers.

Guo Shuang was relegated for having deemed to have illegally manoeuvred Anna Meares, after having jostled her in their third and decisive sprint.

[7] [8] During the same session as the semifinals, the four cyclists who were eliminated in the repechage were put into a single four-rider 200 metre race to determine exact placings from ninth to twelfth.

[9] In the same session as the finals, the four cyclists who lost in the quarterfinals were put into one four-rider 200 metre race to determine exact placings from fifth to eighth.