The Women's team pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 5. 14 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.[1]
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Great BritainDanielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
| Silver |  AustraliaAnnette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic |
| Bronze |  CanadaTara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton |
Results edit
Qualifying edit
The Qualifying was held at .[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
Great Britain |
3:16.850 | WR, Q |
| 2 | Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic |
Australia |
3:17.053 | Q * |
| 3 | Tara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton |
Canada |
3:19.494 | Q |
| 4 | Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks |
 New Zealand |
3:20.598 | Q |
| 5 | Sarah Hammer Dotsie Bausch Lauren Tamayo |
 United States |
3:21.765 | |
| 6 | Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova |
 Belarus |
3:22.509 | |
| 7 | Jiang Fan Jiang Wenwen Liang Jing |
 China |
3:23.083 | |
| 8 | Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Madeleine Sandig |
 Germany |
3:24.145 | |
| 9 | Svitlana Halyuk Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova Lesya Kalytovska |
 Ukraine |
3:24.227 | |
| 10 | Evgenia Romanyuta Venera Absalyamova Viktoriya Kondel |
 Russia |
3:24.644 | |
| 11 | Vilija Sereikaitė Aušrinė Trebaitė Vaida Pikauskaitė |
 Lithuania |
3:25.656 | |
| 12 | Kanako Kase Maki Tabata Minami Uwano |
 Japan |
3:31.165 | |
| 13 | Meng Zhao Juan Wong Wan Yiu Diao Xiao Juan |
 Hong Kong |
3:37.952 | |
| Katarzyna Pawłowska Małgorzata Wojtyra Eugenia Bujak |
 Poland |
DSQ |
- The time set by the Australian team in qualifying was itself a new world record, but was immediately overtaken by the Great Britain team.
Finals edit
The finals were held at 19:15.[3]
Small Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tara Whitten Jasmin Glaesser Gillian Carleton |
Canada |
3:19.529 | |
| 4 | Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks |
New Zealand |
3:19.847 |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
Great Britain |
3:15.720 | WR |
 |
Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic |
Australia |
3:16.943 |