The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

The first round of this track cycling event consisted of head-to-head races over a 3000 m distance, but with the results being treated as time trial results rather than elimination rounds. The top eight times from the first round qualified the cyclists for the elimination round, so that in each first round race neither or one or both of the cyclists would move on. In the match round, the eight cyclists were paired off according to the seeding from the first round. The winner of each match round match advanced to the final, while the four losers were given final rankings (5th through 8th) based on their times in the match round. The four finalists were placed into the gold medal match and bronze medal match based on their times in the match round.

Competition format The thirteen cyclists were matched into six two-rider heats and one heat of a single rider in the preliminary round. The eight riders with the fastest recorded times progressed to the match rounds.

In the match round, the top eight riders from the preliminaries were matched together, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, and 4 vs. 5, for the semifinals. In the semifinals, the winner of each match advanced to race for a medal; the two fastest raced for gold and silver, while the two slower winners faced each other for the bronze.

Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundFriday, 15 August 2008 18:00 Qualification Saturday, 16 August 2008 17:05 Match round Sunday, 17 August 2008 17:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result Notes 1 6 Wendy Houvenaghel 3:28.443 Q 2 7 Rebecca Romero 3:28.641 Q 3 5 Lesya Kalytovska 3:31.942 Q 4 5 Alison Shanks 3:34.312 Q 5 6 Sarah Hammer 3:35.471 Q 6 4 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.063 Q 7 7 Katie Mactier 3:38.178 Q 8 2 Lada Kozlíková 3:39.561 Q 9 3 Karin Thürig 3:40.862 10 4 María Luisa Calle 3:41.175 11 3 Verena Jooss 3:44.480 12 2 Svetlana Pauliukaitė 3:45.691 13 1 Evelyn García 3:56.849

Match rounds

Semifinals Qualification rule: Two fastest cyclists advance to the gold medal match (Q), while the next two to the bronze medal match (q).

Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result Notes 1 3 Rebecca Romero 3:27.703 Q 2 4 Wendy Houvenaghel 3:27.829 Q 3 2 Lesya Kalytovska 3:31.785 q 4 1 Alison Shanks 3:32.478 q 5 1 Sarah Hammer 3:34.237 6 2 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.808 7 3 Katie Mactier 8 4 Lada Kozlíková

Medal round Bronze medal match Rank Cyclist Nation Result Notes Lesya Kalytovska 3:31.413 4 Alison Shanks 3:34.156

Gold medal match Rank Cyclist Nation Result Notes Rebecca Romero 3:28.321 Wendy Houvenaghel 3:30.395

References

External links NBC Olympics