Olympic Women's Pursuit Results

Two riders start at opposite sides of a velodrome and from a standing start, chase each other. The race is over if a catch is made. Otherwise, the riders continue to the end of the of the race, the rider ahead then being declared the winner.

Amateur men generally race 4,000 meters and this is the Olympic distance, women go 3,000 meters. Professional pursuits are usually 5,000 meters.

Crowds enjoy pursuit races. It's easy to see who is ahead as the race progresses.

As part of a general reordering of Olympic track cycling ordered in 2009, both men's and women's individual pursuit have been discontinued a seperate events. They are now part pf the Omnium.

Year/City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992, Barcelona	Petra Rossner Germany 3min 41.753sec	Kethryn Watt Australia	Rebecca Twigg USA
1996, Atlanta	Antonella Bellutti Italy 3min 33.595sec	Marion Clignet France	Judith Arndt Germany
2000, Sidney	Leontien Van Moorsel Holland 3min 33.360sec	Marion Clignet France	Yvonne McGregor Great Britain
2004, Athens	Sarah Ulmer New Zealand 3min 24.537sec	Katie Mactier Australia 3min 27.650sec	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Holland 3min 27.037sec
2008, Beijing	Rebecca Romero Great Britain 3min 28.321sec	Wendy Houvenaghel Grreat Britain 3min 34.156sec	Lesya Kalitoska Ukraine 3min 31.413sec
Event discontinued after Beijing Olympics