2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

Rainbow jersey

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.^[1]

The qualification took place on 28 March and the finals were held later the same day.^[2]

World record

World Record
WR	time?	team?	location?	date?

Qualifying

Rank[1]	Name	Country	1000m	2000m	Time	Speed (km/h)	Note
				1000-2000	2000-3000
1	Wendy Houvenaghel Rebecca Romero Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	1:11.910 (2)	2:18.525 (1)	3:25.725	52.497	QF
				1:06.615 (1)	1:07.200 (1)
2	Svitlana Galyuk Lesya Kalytovska Lyubov Shulika	Ukraine	1:11.972 (4)	2:18.733 (2)	3:26.565	52.283	QF
				1:06.761 (2)	1:07.832 (2)
3	Charlotte Becker Verena Joos Alexandra Sontheimer	Germany	1:11.640 (1)	2:19.340 (3)	3:28.511	51.795	QB
				1:07.700 (3)	1:09.171 (4)
4	Alena Amialiusik Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova	Belarus	1:11.970 (3)	2:29.878 (7)	3:30.893	51.458	QB
				1:08.326 (4)	1:09.582 (5)
5	Anastasia Chulkova Evgenia Romanyuta Elena Chalykh	Russia	1:12.521 (5)	2:21.479 (6)	3:30.320	51.350
				1:08.958 (6)	1:08.841 (3)
6	Marlijn Binnendijk Ellen van Dijk Elise van Hage	Netherlands	1:12.713 (6)	2:21.335 (5)	3:31.596	51.040	NR
				1:08.622 (5)	1:10.261 (6)
7	Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'Hoore	Belgium	1:14.339 (7)	2:24.951 (7)	3:35.594	50.094
				1:10.612 (7)	1:10.643 (7)

Finals

Rank[3]	Name	Country	1000m	2000m	Time	Speed (km/h)
				1000-2000	2000-3000
Gold Medal Race
	Wendy Houvenaghel Rebecca Romero Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	1:10.405 (2)	2:16.084 (1)	3:22.415	56.355
				1:05.679 (1)	1:06.331 (1)
	Svitlana Galyuk Lesya Kalytovska Lyubov Shulika	Ukraine	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 Becker Verena Joos Alexandra Sontheimer	Germany	1:11.652 (1)	2:18.907 (1)	3:26.960	52.183
				1:07.255 (1)	1:08.053 (1)
4	Alena Amialiusik Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova	Belarus	1:11.887 (2)	2:19.862 (2)	3:29.449	51.563
				1:07.975 (2)	1:09.587 (2)

References

1. "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results" (PDF). Tissot.
2. "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Programme" (PDF). UCI.
3. "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Finals Official Results" (PDF). Tissot.

2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
List of entrants
Individual pursuit		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Points race		men		women
Scratch		men		women
Sprint		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Omnium		men
Madison		men