The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn from 29 December to 30 December 2008. 12 athletes participated in the contest.
Ellen van Dijk won for the second consecutive time the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.
Preview Ellen van Dijk, the champion of 2007 was the main favourite to win the title. Van Dijk finished earlier the year second at the 2008 European Track Championships and fifth at the 2008 Track Cycling World Championships and became European time trial champion at the 2008 European Road Championships. Elise van Hage, who also participated and finished 16h in the individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, did not participate.
Competition format The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.
Schedule Monday 29 December 15:10 Qualifying Tuesday 30 December 11:00 Finals
Results
Finals Bronze medal match Name Time Rank Vera Koedooder 3:51.482 Natalie van Gogh 3:57.603 4
Gold medal match Name Time Rank Ellen van Dijk 3:40.124 Kirsten Wild 3:43.483
Final results Rank Name Time Ellen van Dijk 3:40.124 Kirsten Wild 3:43.483 Vera Koedooder 3:51.482 4 Natalie van Gogh 3:57.603 5 Agnieta Francke 4:00.447 6 Martine van der Herberg 4:01.621 7 Marieke van Nek 4:04.947 8 Janine Herweijer 4:08.629 9 Hanneke Tenniglo 4:16.128 10 Femke Nijhof 4:17.294 11 Moniek Tenniglo 4:19.720 12 Marie-Louise Konkelaar 4:45.448 Results from adelaar.cms.nederland.net
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