Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's individual pursuit

|games = 2008 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Laoshan Velodrome

|dates = August 15 (preliminaries)
August 16 (semifinals)
August 17 (final)

|competitors = 13

|nations = 11

|win_value = 3:28.321

|gold = Rebecca Romero

|goldNOC = GBR

|silver = Wendy Houvenaghel

|silverNOC = GBR

|bronze = Lesya Kalytovska

|bronzeNOC = UKR

|prev = 2004

|next =}}

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, and either or both of the cyclists in each first round race could 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.{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/cyclingtrack/n214431064.shtml|title=Competition Format|publisher=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games|accessdate=2008-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815125131/http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/cyclingtrack/n214431064.shtml#|archive-date=2008-08-15|url-status=dead}}

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)

class="wikitable" ! Date ! Time ! Round
\|Friday, 15 August 2008	18:00	Qualification
\|Saturday, 16 August 2008	17:05	Match round
style=background:lemonchiffon\|Sunday, 17 August 2008	style=background:lemonchiffon\| 17:05	style=background:lemonchiffon\| Final

Results

= Qualification =

{{cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2008/2008Results_Book1.pdf|title=Beijing 2008: Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit Qualification|format=PDF|page=1336|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=LA84 Foundation|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=14 October 2013}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! Rank ! Heat ! Cyclist ! Nation ! Result ! Notes
1	6	align=left\| Wendy Houvenaghel	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	3:28.443	Q
2	7	align=left\| Rebecca Romero	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	3:28.641	Q
3	5	align=left\| Lesya Kalytovska	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|2008 Summer}}	3:31.942	Q
4	5	align=left\| Alison Shanks	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}	3:34.312	Q
5	6	align=left\| Sarah Hammer	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}	3:35.471	Q
6	4	align=left\| Vilija Sereikaitė	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|2008 Summer}}	3:36.063	Q
7	7	align=left\| Katie Mactier	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}	3:38.178	Q
8	2	align=left\| Lada Kozlíková	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|CZE\|2008 Summer}}	3:39.561	Q
9	3	align=left\| Karin Thürig	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|SUI\|2008 Summer}}	3:40.862
10	4	align=left\| María Luisa Calle	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|COL\|2008 Summer}}	3:41.175
11	3	align=left\| Verena Jooss	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}	3:44.480
12	2	align=left\| Svetlana Pauliukaitė	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|2008 Summer}}	3:45.691
13	1	align=left\| Evelyn García	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ESA\|2008 Summer}}	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).{{cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2008/2008Results_Book1.pdf|title=Beijing 2008: Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit Semifinals|format=PDF|page=1337|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=LA84 Foundation|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=14 October 2013}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! Rank ! Heat ! Cyclist ! Nation ! Result ! Notes
1	3	align=left\| Rebecca Romero	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	3:27.703	Q
2	4	align=left\| Wendy Houvenaghel	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	3:27.829	Q
3	2	align=left\| Lesya Kalytovska	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|UKR\|2008 Summer}}	3:31.785	q
4	1	align=left\| Alison Shanks	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}	3:32.478	q
5	1	align=left\| Sarah Hammer	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}	3:34.237
6	2	align=left\| Vilija Sereikaitė	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|2008 Summer}}	3:36.808
7	3	align=left\| Katie Mactier	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}	{{abbr\|LAP\|Overlapped}}
8	4	align=left\| Lada Kozlíková	align=left \| {{flagIOC\|CZE\|2008 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DNF\|Did not finish}}

==Medal round==

;Bronze medal match{{cite web|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2008/2008Results_Book1.pdf|title=Beijing 2008: Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit Finals|format=PDF|page=1338|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=LA84 Foundation|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=14 October 2013}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Rank

! Cyclist

! Nation

! Result

! Notes

align=left| Lesya Kalytovska

align=left | {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}}

3:31.413

align=left| Alison Shanks

align=left | {{flagIOC|NZL|2008 Summer}}

3:34.156