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.

Medalists

Records

Qualifying round

17 September
The seventeen 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.
RankNameNationTime
1Leontien Zijlaard3:31.570
2Marion Clignet3:34.636
3Yvonne McGregor3:35.492
4Sarah Ulmer3:36.764
5Antonella Bellutti3:36.967
6Judith Arndt3:37.609
7Alayna Burns3:38.223
8Erin Mirabella3:38.431
9Natalia Karimova3:41.627
10Lada Kozlíková3:43.019
11Rasa Mažeikytė3:43.980
12María Luisa Calle3:44.395

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 Clignet3:36.244
Yvonne McGregor3:38.409

;Heat 2
Leontien Zijlaard3:30.816
Sarah UlmerOvertaken

Finals

Held 18 September
;Gold Medal
Leontien Zijlaard3:33.360
Marion Clignet3:38.751

;Bronze Medal
Yvonne McGregor3:38.850
Sarah Ulmer3:38.930