| Event: | Women's team pursuit |
| Championship: | 2013 UEC European Track Championships |
| Venue: | Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn |
| Date: | 18 October |
| Competitors: | 37 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 4:26.556 WR |
| Gold: | Laura Trott Dani King Elinor Barker Katie Archibald Joanna Rowsell |
| Goldnoc: | GBR |
| Silver: | Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska |
| Silvernoc: | POL |
| Bronze: | Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The Women's team pursuit at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 9 nations participated.[1] This was the first time the event had been held in the new four person, 4000 metres format. Notwithstanding the change in format, the event continued to be dominated by Great Britain, who won the final against Poland in a new world record.[2]
The event was held over two rounds, both run on the same day. all teams competed in the qualification round, while the teams with the fastest 2 teams raced for gold in the final. The teams with the third and fourth fast times raced in the bronze medal final. The Great Britain team set a new world record in qualification, bettering their own previous mark. In the final, with a slightly revised line up, they repeated the feat against fellow finalists Poland to set a second world record. In the bronze medal ride off, russia held off the team from Belgium for the last medal.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell Elinor Barker Katie Archibald | 4:28.738 | Q, WR | ||
| 2 | Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska | 4:38.229 | Q | ||
| 3 | Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina | 4:38.304 | q | ||
| 4 | Evelyn Arys Els Belmans Jolien D'Hoore Kelly Druyts | 4:40.953 | q | ||
| 5 | Ivanna Borovychenko Valeriya Kononenko Anna Nahirna Hanna Solovey | 4:41.990 | |||
| 6 | Beatrice Bartelloni Elena Cecchini Simona Frapporti Chiara Vannucci | 4:42.073 | |||
| 7 | Volha Masiukovich Polina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Marina Shmayankova | 4:44.195 | |||
| 8 | Lisa Fischer Mieke Kröger Lisa Küllmer Stephanie Pohl | 4:44.241 | |||
| 9 | Aušrinė Trebaitė Roberta Pilkausaitė Vitalija Sereikaitė Eglė Zablockytė | 5:00.623 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Trott Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Dani King | 4:26.556 | WR | |||
| Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska | 4:35.957 | ||||
| Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina | 4:34.491 | ||||
| 4 | Evelyn Arys Els Belmans Jolien D'Hoore Kelly Druyts | 4:43.337 |