The Women's Team Pursuit was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom. 42 cyclists from 14 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest two teams advanced to the final and the 3rd and 4th fastest raced for the bronze medal.
The qualification took place on 28 March and the finals were held later the same day.
World record World Record WR time? team? location? date?
Qualifying
Rank Name Country 1000m 2000m Time Speed(km/h) Note 1000-2000 2000-30001 Wendy HouvenaghelRebecca RomeroJoanna Rowsell 1:11.910 (2) 2:18.525 (1) 3:25.725 52.497 QF 1:06.615 (1) 1:07.200 (1) 2 Svitlana GalyukLesya KalytovskaLyubov Shulika 1:11.972 (4) 2:18.733 (2) 3:26.565 52.283 QF 1:06.761 (2) 1:07.832 (2) 3 Charlotte BeckerVerena JoosAlexandra Sontheimer 1:11.640 (1) 2:19.340 (3) 3:28.511 51.795 QB 1:07.700 (3) 1:09.171 (4) 4 Alena AmialiusikAksana PapkoTatsiana Sharakova 1:11.970 (3) 2:29.878 (7) 3:30.893 51.458 QB 1:08.326 (4) 1:09.582 (5) 5 Anastasia ChulkovaEvgenia RomanyutaElena Chalykh 1:12.521 (5) 2:21.479 (6) 3:30.320 51.350 1:08.958 (6) 1:08.841 (3) 6 Marlijn BinnendijkEllen van DijkElise van Hage 1:12.713 (6) 2:21.335 (5) 3:31.596 51.040 NR 1:08.622 (5) 1:10.261 (6) 7 Evelyn ArysJessie DaamsJolien D'Hoore 1:14.339 (7) 2:24.951 (7) 3:35.594 50.094 1:10.612 (7) 1:10.643 (7)
Finals Rank Name Country 1000m 2000m Time Speed(km/h) 1000-2000 2000-3000Gold Medal Race Wendy HouvenaghelRebecca RomeroJoanna Rowsell 1:10.405 (2) 2:16.084 (1) 3:22.415 56.355 1:05.679 (1) 1:06.331 (1) Svitlana GalyukLesya KalytovskaLyubov Shulika 1:10.126 (1) 2:16.985 (2) 3:29.744 51.491 1:06.589 (2) 1:12.759 (2) Bronze Medal Race Charlotte BeckerVerena JoosAlexandra Sontheimer 1:11.652 (1) 2:18.907 (1) 3:26.960 52.183 1:07.255 (1) 1:08.053 (1) 4 Alena AmialiusikAksana PapkoTatsiana Sharakova 1:11.887 (2) 2:19.862 (2) 3:29.449 51.563 1:07.975 (2) 1:09.587 (2)
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