Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit

These are the official results of the Women's Individual Pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The races were held on Sunday, 17 September, and Monday, 18 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodromewith a race distance of 3 km.[1]

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Leontien Zijlaard,  Netherlands Marion Clignet,  France Yvonne McGregor,  Great Britain

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games
World Record 3:30.9744 Marion Clignet FRA Manchester, Great Britain 31 August 1996
Olympic Record 3:32.371 Antonella Bellutti ITA Atlanta, United States 26 July 1996

Qualifying round

17 September

The twelve riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round was not based on who won those matches, however. The cyclists with the four fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Leontien Zijlaard  Netherlands 3:31.570
2 Marion Clignet  France 3:34.636
3 Yvonne McGregor  Great Britain 3:35.492
4 Sarah Ulmer  New Zealand 3:36.764
5 Antonella Bellutti  Italy 3:36.967
6 Judith Arndt  Germany 3:37.609
7 Alayna Burns  Australia 3:38.223
8 Erin Mirabella  United States 3:38.431
9 Natalia Karimova  Russia 3:41.627
10 Lada Kozlíková  Czech Republic 3:43.019
11 Rasa Mažeikytė  Lithuania 3:43.980
12 María Luisa Calle  Colombia 3:44.395

Semi-finals

Held 17 September

In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest cyclist faced the fourth-fastest and the second-fastest faced the third. Winners advanced to the finals while losers met in the bronze-medal match.

Heat 1
Marion Clignet  France 3:36.244 (2nd)
Yvonne McGregor  Great Britain 3:38.409 (3rd)
Heat 2
Leontien Zijlaard  Netherlands 3:30.816 (1st)
Sarah Ulmer  New Zealand Overtaken (4th)

Finals

Held 18 September

Gold Medal
Leontien Zijlaard  Netherlands 3:33.360
Marion Clignet  France 3:38.751
Bronze Medal
Yvonne McGregor  Great Britain 3:38.850
Sarah Ulmer  New Zealand 3:38.930

References

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.