2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit

Rainbow jersey

The Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom.

20 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal.^[1]

The qualification took place on 27 March and the Finals later the same day.^[2]

World record

World Record
WR	3:24.537	Sarah Ulmer (NZL)	Athens	22 August 2004

Qualifying

Rank[1]	Name	1000m	2000m	Time	Speed (km/h)	Q
			1000-2000	2000-3000
1	Rebecca Romero (GBR)	1:11.437 (3)	2:20.219 (2)	3:29.593	51.528	QF
			1:08.782 (3)	1:09.374 (1)
2	Sarah Hammer (USA)	1:11.666 (4)	2:20.180 (1)	3:31.041	51.174	QF
			1:08.514 (1)	1:10.861
3	Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR)	1:11.836 (5)	2:21.333 (4)	3:31.753	51.002	QB
			1:09.497 (5)	1:10.420 (3)
4	Katie Mactier (AUS)	1:10.913 (2)	2:20.300 (3)	3:32.043	50.933	QB
			1:10.012 (3)	1:12.003 (3)
5	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	1:13.959 (11)	2:22.618 (7)	3:32.505	50.822
			1:08.659 (2)	1:09.887 (2)
6	Lesya Kalytovska (UKR)	1:12.858 (7)	2:22.590 (6)	3:33.926	49.456
			1:09.732 (7)	1:11.336 (7)
7	Alison Shanks (NZL)	1:14.194 (13)	2:24.230 (11)	3:35.212	50.183
			1:10.036 (9)	1:10.982 (6)
8	María Luisa Calle (COL)	1:14.911 (18)	2:24.635 (18)	3:35.505	50.114
			1:09.724 (6)	1:10.870 (5)
9	Karin Thürig (SUI)	1:14.097 (12)	2:23.840 (9)	3:36.229	49.947
			1:09.743 (8)	1:12.389 (9)
10	Verena Joos (GER)	1:13.563 (9)	2:23.903 (10)	3:36.357	49.917
			1:10.340 (10)	1:12.454 (10)
11	Vilija Serekaite (LTU)	1:10.446 (1)	2:21.402 (5)	3:36.375	49.913
			1:10.956 (11)	1:14.973 (16)
12	Lada Kozlíková (CZE)	1:12.302 (6)	2:23.668 (8)	3:37.932	49.556
			1:11.366 (12)	1:14.264 (13)
13	Elena Chalykh (RUS)	1:13.105 (8)	2:25.043 (13)	3:39.084	49.296
			1:11.938 (14)	1:14.041 (12)
14	Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova (UKR)	1:13.919 (10)	2:226.094 (14)	3:40.415	48.998
			1:12.175 (15)	1:14.321 (14)
15	Leire Olaberria (ESP)	1:15.381 (19)	2:26.979 (15)	3:41.557	48.745
			1:11.598 (13)	1:14.578 (15)
16	Tara Whitten (CAN)	1:14.547 (16)	2:27.047 (16)	3:42.931	48.445
			1:12.500 (16)	1:15.884 (17)
17	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	1:16.062 (20)	2:30.225 (20)	3:44.239	48.162
			1:14.163 (19)	1:14.014 (11)
18	Lee Min Hye (KOR)	1:14.818 (17)	2:28.242 (18)	3:44.930	48.014
			1:13.424 (17)	1:16.688 (18)
19	Olga Slyusareva (RUS)	1:14.195 (14)	2:27.868 (17)	3:45.304	47.935
			1:13.673 (18)	1:17.436 (19)
20	Svetlana Paulikaite (LTU)	1:14.366 (15)	2:29.925 (19)	3:48.255	47.315
			1:15.559 (20)	1:18.330 (20)

Finals

Rank[3]	Name	1000m	2000m	Time	Speed (km/h)
			1000-2000	2000-3000
Gold Medal Race
	Rebecca Romero (GBR)	1:12.219 (1)	2:21.309 (1)	3:30.501	51.606
			1:09.090 (1)	1:09.192 (1)
	Sarah Hammer (USA)	1:13.610 (2)	2:24.898 (2)	3:37.006	49.768
			1:11.288 (2)	1:12.108 (2)
Bronze Medal Race
	Katie Mactier (AUS)	1:11.482 (1)	2:20.992 (1)	3:32.347	50.860
			1:09.510 (1)	1:11.335 (1)
	Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR)	1:13.419 (2)	2:23.501 (2)	3:34.168	50.472
			1:10.082 (2)	1:10.667 (2)

References