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

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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: File:Gold medal.svg Silver: File:Silver medal.svg Bronze: File:Bronze medal.svg
Leontien Zijlaard, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Marion Clignet, File:Flag of France.svg France Yvonne McGregor, File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg 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 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3:31.570
2 Marion Clignet File:Flag of France.svg France 3:34.636
3 Yvonne McGregor File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 3:35.492
4 Sarah Ulmer File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3:36.764
5 Antonella Bellutti File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3:36.967
6 Judith Arndt File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3:37.609
7 Alayna Burns File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 3:38.223
8 Erin Mirabella File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3:38.431
9 Natalia Karimova File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3:41.627
10 Lada Kozlíková File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3:43.019
11 Rasa Mažeikytė File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 3:43.980
12 María Luisa Calle File:Flag of Colombia.svg 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 File:Flag of France.svg France 3:36.244 (2nd)
Yvonne McGregor File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 3:38.409 (3rd)
Heat 2
Leontien Zijlaard File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3:30.816 (1st)
Sarah Ulmer File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Overtaken (4th)

Finals

Held 18 September

Gold Medal
Leontien Zijlaard File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3:33.360
Marion Clignet File:Flag of France.svg France 3:38.751
Bronze Medal
Yvonne McGregor File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 3:38.850
Sarah Ulmer File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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.

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