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

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.

Rainbow jersey

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

1. "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Individual Pursuit Qualification Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
2. "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Programme" (PDF). UCI.
3. "UCI 2008 Track World Championships Women's Individual Pursuit Finals Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2009.