Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit


These are the official results of the Women's Individual Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on July 30, and July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Hortawith a race distance of 3 km. This was the Olympic debut of this event for the women.

Medalists

Results

Held, July 30
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 eight fastest times advanced to the quarter-finals, regardless of whether they won or lost their match.
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.Notes
1Kathy Watt3:41.88648.673 km/hQOR
2Petra Rossner3:43.09148.410 km/hQ
3Rebecca Twigg3:43.21848.383 km/hQ
4Svetlana Samokhvalova3:43.32648.359 km/hQ
5Hanne Malmberg3:45.23047.950 km/hQ
6Jeannie Longo3:46.93547.590 km/hQ
7Leontien van Moorsel3:46.95647.586 km/hQOR
8Tea Vikstedt-Nyman3:47.51647.469 km/hQ
9Kristel Werckx3:50.05146.946 km/h
10Jacqui Nelson3:51.25946.700 km/h
11Seiko Hashimoto3:51.67446.617 km/hOR
12Gabriella Pregnolato3:52.37646.476 km/h
13Aiga Zagorska3:52.45046.461 km/h
14Kelly-Ann Way3:54.28446.097 km/h
15Zhou Lingmei4:04.08544.247 km/h
16Olga Sacasa4:32.67139.608 km/hOR
-Margaret BeanOVTK

Quarter-finals

Held July 30
In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The winners of the four heats of advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Hanne Malmberg3:46.95947.585 km/hQ
2Svetlana Samokhvalova3:47.44447.484 km/h

Heat 2
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Rebecca Twigg3:46.50847.680 km/hQ
2Jeannie Longo3:46.54747.672 km/h

Heat 3
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.Notes
1Petra Rossner3:41.50948.756 km/hQOR
2Leontien van Moorsel3:49.79546.998 km/h

Heat 4
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Kathy Watt3:45.30547.935 km/hQ
2Tea Vikstedt-Nyman3:48.91847.178 km/h

Semi-finals

Held July 31
The winner of the two heats advance to the finals, for the gold medal. The loser with the fastest semi-final time wins the bronze.
Heat 1
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Kathy Watt3:49.79046.999 km/hQ
2Rebecca Twigg3:52.42946.465 km/h

Heat 2
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Petra Rossner3:48.51747.261 km/hQ
2Hanne Malmberg3:53.51646.249 km/h

Final

Held July 31
Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Petra Rossner3:41.75348.702 km/h
2Kathy Watt3:43.43848.335 km/h

Final classification