2008 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit


The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn from 29 December to 30 December 2008. 12 athletes participated in the contest.
Ellen van Dijk won for the second consecutive time the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.

Preview

, the champion of 2007 was the main favourite to win the title. Van Dijk finished earlier the year second at the 2008 European Track Championships and fifth at the 2008 Track Cycling World Championships and became European time trial champion at the 2008 European Road Championships. Elise van Hage, who also participated and finished 16h in the individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, did not participate.

Competition format

The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.

Schedule

Monday 29 December

15:10 Qualifying

Tuesday 30 December

11:00 Finals

Results

Finals

;Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank
Vera Koedooder3:51.482
Natalie van Gogh3:57.6034

;Gold medal match
NameTimeRank
Ellen van Dijk3:40.124
Kirsten Wild3:43.483

Final results

Results from adelaar.cms.nederland.net