UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit is the world championship team pursuit for women held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The first competition of this event was at the 2008 championships in Manchester, United Kingdom.[1]
Since its introduction as an elite event Great Britain have dominated the event, winning the gold medal on six out of eight occasions and silver on the remaining two, on both occasions behind Australia, the current world record holders. Until 2014, the distance raced was 3 kilometres, or twelve laps on a typical indoor velodrome track. in 2014 the event was extended to 4000m, to match the men's event, and the number of riders raised from 3 to 4.
British riders Joanna Rowsell, with 4 gold medals and 2 silver, and Laura Trott, with 4 golds and 1 silver medal, are the most successful individual riders in the event's history.
Medalists
Winners by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Australia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ↑ "Team pursuit". World Track Cycling Limited. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2007-12-13.