The U23 Women's individual pursuit was one of the 8 women's under-23 events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland. It took place from 5 to 6 September 2008. 17 cyclists participated in the contest.

Competition format The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four riders advanced to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and losers advanced to the bronze medal race.

Schedule Friday 5 September 12:08-12:58 Qualifying Saturday 6 September 19:10-19:25 Finals 19:30:-19:35 Victory Ceremony

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Results

Qualifying Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note 1 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:33.766 50.522Q 2 Ellen van Dijk 3:35.951 50.011Q 3 Joanna Rowsell 3:37.641 49.623q 4 Svitlana Halyuk 3:42.498 48.539q 5 Aksana Papko 3:43.935 48.288 6 Oxana Kozonchuk 3:45.132 47.971 7 Jarmila Machačová 3:47.209 47.533 8 Stephanie Pohl 3:47.483 47.476 9 Lisa Brennauer 3:48.017 47.364 10 Edyta Jasińska 3:48.628 47.238 11 Audrey Cordon 3:49.376 47.084 12 Alena Amialyusik 3:49.711 47.015 13 Hannah Mayho 3:50.176 46.920 14 Viktoriya Kondel 3:51.349 46.682 15 Oksana Lyesnik 3:51.543 46.643 16 Elise van Hage 3:55.349 45.889 17 Dominika Maczka 4:01.597 44.702 Source

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note 1 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:42.052 48.637 Q 2 Svitlana Halyuk 3:42.052 48.637

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note 1 Ellen van Dijk 3:37.354 49.688 Q 2 Joanna Rowsell 3:37.867 49.571 Fastest losing time Source

Final Rank Name Nation Time Speed 1 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:34.781 50.283 2 Ellen van Dijk 3:37.747 49.598 Source

Final classification Rank Name Nation Vilija Sereikaitė Ellen van Dijk Joanna Rowsell 4 Svitlana Halyuk 5 Aksana Papko 6 Oxana Kozonchuk 7 Jarmila Machačová 8 Stephanie Pohl 9 Lisa Brennauer 10 Edyta Jasińska 11 Audrey Cordon 12 Alena Amialyusik 13 Hannah Mayho 14 Viktoriya Kondel 15 Oksana Lyesnik 16 Elise van Hage 17 Dominika Maczka

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