2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the eight 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 Sereikaitė (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) | ||||||