Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's team pursuit explained

Event:Women's team pursuit
Games:2019
Venue:Velodrome
Dates:August 1–2
Competitors:32
Nations:8
Win Value:4:24.099
Gold:Christina Birch
Chloé Dygert
Kimberly Geist
Lily Williams
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Maggie Coles-Lyster
Erin Attwell
Miriam Brouwer
Laurie Jussaume
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Lina Hernández
Jessica Parra
Lina Rojas
Milena Salcedo
Bronzenoc:COL
Prev:2015
Next:2023

The women's team pursuit competition of the cycling events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on August 1 and August 2 at the Velodrome.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record4:10.236Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13 August 2016
Games record4:19.664Toronto, Canada17 July 2015

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 1, 2019 11:05 Qualification
August 1, 2019 18:28 First Round
August 2, 2019 18:19 Finals

Results

Qualification

The eight teams recording the best times in the qualifying round will be matched in the First round as follows: The 6th fastest team against the 7th fastest team. The 5th fastest team against the 8th fastest team. The 2nd fastest team against the 3rd fastest team. The fastest team against the 4th fastest team. [2]

First round

The winners of heats 3 and 4 in the First round ride the final for the gold and silver medals. The remaining six teams will be ranked by their times in the First round and will be paired as follows: The two fastest teams ride the final for the bronze medal. [3]

RankHeatNationNameTimeNotes
1 4 Christina Birch
Chloé Dygert
Kimberly Geist
Lily Williams
4:28.186 QG
2 3 4:29.145 QG
3 3 4:36.673 QB
4 3 4:40.046 QB
5 2 4:46.886
6 1 4:47.309
7 1 4:58.333
8 2 5:11.653

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[4]

RankNation Name TimeNotes
Gold medal final
4:24.099
4:27.799
Bronze medal final
4:36.256
4 OVL

Notes and References

  1. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/cycling-track/event-schedule-team-pursuit.htm Women's team pursuit
  2. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/CTR/PAG2019_CTR_C73B1_CTRWPURTEAM4----------QUAL--------.pdf Qualification results
  3. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/CTR/PAG2019_CTR_C73B2_CTRWPURTEAM4----------RND1--------.pdf First Round results
  4. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/CTR/PAG2019_CTR_C73B2_CTRWPURTEAM4----------FNL---------.pdf Finals results