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.[1]
| Gold: | !align="center" | Silver: | !align="center" | Bronze: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leontien Zijlaard, | Marion Clignet, | Yvonne McGregor, |
| World Record | 3:30.9744 | Marion Clignet | FRA | Manchester, Great Britain | 31 August 1996 | |
| Olympic Record | 3:32.371 | Antonella Bellutti | ITA | Atlanta, United States | 26 July 1996 |
17 September
The twelve 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.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leontien Zijlaard | 3:31.570 | ||
| 2 | Marion Clignet | 3:34.636 | ||
| 3 | Yvonne McGregor | 3:35.492 | ||
| 4 | Sarah Ulmer | 3:36.764 | ||
| 5 | Antonella Bellutti | 3:36.967 | ||
| 6 | Judith Arndt | 3:37.609 | ||
| 7 | Alayna Burns | 3:38.223 | ||
| 8 | Erin Mirabella | 3:38.431 | ||
| 9 | Natalia Karimova | 3:41.627 | ||
| 10 | Lada Kozlíková | 3:43.019 | ||
| 11 | Rasa Mažeikytė | 3:43.980 | ||
| 12 | María Luisa Calle | 3:44.395 |
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.
| Marion Clignet | 3:36.244 | (2nd) | ||
| Yvonne McGregor | 3:38.409 | (3rd) |
| Leontien Zijlaard | 3:30.816 | (1st) | ||
| Sarah Ulmer | Overtaken | (4th) |
Held 18 September
| Leontien Zijlaard | 3:33.360 | ||
| Marion Clignet | 3:38.751 |
| Yvonne McGregor | 3:38.850 | ||
| Sarah Ulmer | 3:38.930 |