2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
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The Women's team pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. 14 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.[1]
Medalists
| Gold |  Great BritainDanielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
| Silver |  AustraliaAnnette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic |
| Bronze |  CanadaTara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton |
Results
Qualifying
The Qualifying was held at .[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell | Great Britain | 3:16.850 | WR, Q |
| 2 | Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic | Australia | 3:17.053 | Q * |
| 3 | Tara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton | Canada | 3:19.494 | Q |
| 4 | Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks |  New Zealand | 3:20.598 | Q |
| 5 | Sarah Hammer Dotsie Bausch Lauren Tamayo |  United States | 3:21.765 | |
| 6 | Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova |  Belarus | 3:22.509 | |
| 7 | Jiang Fan Jiang Wenwen Liang Jing |  China | 3:23.083 | |
| 8 | Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Madeleine Sandig |  Germany | 3:24.145 | |
| 9 | Svitlana Halyuk Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova Lesya Kalytovska |  Ukraine | 3:24.227 | |
| 10 | Evgenia Romanyuta Venera Absalyamova Viktoriya Kondel |  Russia | 3:24.644 | |
| 11 | Vilija Sereikaitė Aušrinė Trebaitė Vaida Pikauskaitė |  Lithuania | 3:25.656 | |
| 12 | Kanako Kase Maki Tabata Minami Uwano |  Japan | 3:31.165 | |
| 13 | Meng Zhao Juan Wong Wan Yiu Diao Xiao Juan |  Hong Kong | 3:37.952 | |
| Katarzyna Pawłowska Małgorzata Wojtyra Eugenia Bujak |  Poland | DSQ |
- The time set by the Australian team in qualifying was itself a new world record, but was immediately overtaken by the Great Britain team.
Finals
The finals were held at 19:15.[3]
Small Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton | Canada | 3:19.529 | |
| 4 | Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks | New Zealand | 3:19.847 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell | Great Britain | 3:15.720 | WR |
 | Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic | Australia | 3:16.943 |