Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit
Women's individual pursuit
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
| Venue |
Laoshan Velodrome |
| Dates |
August 15 (preliminaries)
August 16 (semifinals)
August 17 (final) |
| Competitors |
13 from 11 nations |
| Winning time |
3:28.321 |
| Medalists |
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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.[1]
Preliminaries
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.
Per the start list[2] and the qualifying result.[3]
Q = Qualified for the match rounds
Match rounds
The eight fastest cyclists from the preliminaries were matched together, with the two faster winners from this round advancing to race for gold and silver, and the two slower winners racing for bronze.
OVL=Overlapped, DNF=Did not finish
Semifinals
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Medal round
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- Gold medal match
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- Bronze medal match
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References