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| Women's individual pursuit at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Olympic Track cycling | |||||||||||||
| 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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| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Road cycling | ||
| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | women |
| Keirin | men | |
| Madison | men | |
Mountain biking | ||
| Cross-country | men | women |
BMX | ||
| BMX | men | women |
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]
