title: 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
text: # 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
  
  The Women's individual pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 8. 22 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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Alison Shanks (NZL) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) |
  | Bronze | Ashlee Ankudinoff (AUS) |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The qualifying was held at 15:00.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alison Shanks | New Zealand | 3:27.268 | Q |
  | 2 | Wendy Houvenaghel | Great Britain | 3:27.842 | Q |
  | 3 | Amy Cure | Australia | 3:28.474 | Q |
  | 4 | Ashlee Ankudinoff | Australia | 3:28.869 | Q |
  | 5 | Tara Whitten | Canada | 3:30.407 | |
  | 6 | Joanna Rowsell | Great Britain | 3:31.187 | |
  | 7 | Vilija Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 3:33.612 | |
  | 8 | Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova | Ukraine | 3:34.471 | |
  | 9 | Caroline Ryan | Ireland | 3:34.515 | |
  | 10 | Jaime Nielsen | New Zealand | 3:35.286 | |
  | 11 | Jennie Reed | United States | 3:35.359 | |
  | 12 | Lauren Ellis | New Zealand | 3:37.925 | |
  | 13 | Vera Koedooder | Netherlands | 3:38.099 | |
  | 14 | Venera Absalyamova | Russia | 3:39.456 | |
  | 15 | Katarzyna Pawłowska | Poland | 3:39.519 | |
  | 16 | Eugenia Bujak | Poland | 3:39.610 | |
  | 17 | Madeleine Sandig | Germany | 3:40.156 | |
  | 18 | Marlies Mejías | Cuba | 3:40.371 | |
  | 19 | Maki Tabata | Japan | 3:44.501 | |
  | 20 | Minami Uwano | Japan | 3:44.644 | |
  | 21 | Svetlana Pauliukaitė | Lithuania | 3:44.646 | |
  | 22 | Wong Wan Yiu | Hong Kong | 3:47.976 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were held at 19:00.
  
  **Small Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ashlee Ankudinoff | Australia | 3:33.593 | |
  | 4 | Amy Cure | Australia | 3:33.642 | |
  
  **Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alison Shanks | New Zealand | 3:30.199 | |
  | | Wendy Houvenaghel | Great Britain | 3:32.340 | |
  