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team consisting of

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, Laura Trott and

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won the gold medal in world record-breaking time. Including pre-Olympic races and the Olympic final itself, in the six times they had ridden together they had broken the world record in every race.

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and

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of the

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took the silver medal and

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's Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and

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won bronze.

Competition format

The women's team pursuit race consists of a 3 km race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over. The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four teams in the qualifying round remained in contention for the gold medal, the 5th to 8th place teams could compete for a possible bronze, and the remaining teams were eliminated. The "first round" consisted of the four fastest qualifiers competing in head-to-head races (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of these heats advanced to the gold medal final. The other four qualifiers also competed in the first round (5th vs. 8th, 6th vs. 7th). Advancement to the bronze medal final was based solely on time, with the fastest two teams among the six qualifiers who had not advanced to the gold medal final reaching the bronze medal final. Qualification races were also held to determine 5th/6th place (between the next two fastest first-round teams who had not reached either the gold or bronze finals) and 7th/8th place (among the remaining two first-round teams).

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Women's team pursuit 2012 Summer Olympics, Dutch team

Qualification

First round

Finals

Final 7th-8th place

Final 5th-6th place

Final bronze medal

Final gold medal

Final classification

In the final classification are also the riders listed who competed during the Qualification and the First Round.

References

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