title: 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
text: # 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
  
  The Women's individual pursuit at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on March 25. 18 athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The Qualifying was held at 14:00.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sarah Hammer | United States | 3:33.522 | Q |
  | 2 | Alison Shanks | New Zealand | 3:33.789 | Q |
  | 3 | Vilija Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 3:38.073 | q |
  | 4 | Jaime Nielsen | New Zealand | 3:38.921 | q |
  | 5 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | 3:40.751 | |
  | 6 | Marlies Mejías | Cuba | 3:42.158 | |
  | 7 | Pascale Schnider | Switzerland | 3:42.764 | |
  | 8 | Lauren Ellis | New Zealand | 3:44.165 | |
  | 9 | Caroline Ryan | Ireland | 3:44.264 | |
  | 10 | Aksana Papko | Belarus | 3:45.348 | |
  | 11 | Verena Joos | Germany | 3:45.636 | |
  | 12 | Cari Higgins | United States | 3:49.616 | |
  | 13 | Alena Dylko | Belarus | 3:51.314 | |
  | 14 | Eglė Zablockytė | Lithuania | 3:55.130 | |
  | 15 | Chanpeng Nontasin | Thailand | 3:56.653 | |
  | 16 | Hsiao Mei-yu | Chinese Taipei | 3:59.477 | |
  | – | Sarah Kent | Australia | DNS | |
  | – | Josephine Tomic | Australia | DNS | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were held at 20:55.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold Medal Race ||||
  | | Sarah Hammer | United States | 3.32.933 |
  | | Alison Shanks | New Zealand | 3:33.229 |
  | Bronze Medal Race ||||
  | | Vilija Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 3.37.643 |
  | 4 | Jaime Nielsen | New Zealand | 3:40.138 |
  