text: CYCLING - WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS . MANCHESTER , England 1996-08-31 Results at the world track cycling championships on Saturday : Women 's 3,000 metres individual pursuit qualifying round ( fastest eight to quarter finals ) : 1. Antonella Bellutti ( Italy ) 3:31.526 ( world record ) 2. Marion Clignet ( France ) 3:31.674 3. Lucy Tyler-Sharman ( Australia ) 3:31.830 4. Yvonne McGregor ( Britain ) 3:41.823 5. Natalia Karimova ( Russia ) 3:45.061 6. Svetlana Samokhalova ( Russia ) 3:46.216 7 Jane Quigley ( U.S. ) 3:46.493 8. Rasa Mazeikyte ( Lithuania ) 3:46.834 9. Tatian Stiajkina ( Ukraine ) 3:52.204 World 4,000 metres team pursuit semifinals : Italy ( Adler Capelli , Cristiano Citto , Andrea Collinelli , Mauro Trentino ) 4:00.958 ( world record ) beat Russia ( Anton Chantyr , Edouard Gritsoun , Nikolai Kouznetsov ) 4:06.534 . France ( Cyril Bos , Philippe Ermenault , Jean-Michel Monin , Francis Moreau ) 4:05.104 beat Germany ( Guido Fulst , Danilo Hondo , Thorsten Rund , Heiko Szonn ) 4:05.463 Germany take the bronze medal as fastest losing semifinalist . Women 's world 500 metres time trial final : 1. Felicia Ballanger ( France ) 34.829 2. Annett Neumann ( Germany ) 35.202 3. Michelle Ferris ( Australia ) 35.694 4. Magali Faure ( France ) 35.888 5. Olga Slioussareva ( Russia ) 36.170 6. Oksana Grichina ( Russia ) 36.242 7. Tanya Dubnicoff ( Canada ) 36.307 8. Kathrin Freitag ( Germany ) 36.491 9. Donna Wynd ( New Zealand ) 36.831 10. Mira Kasslin ( Finland ) 37.273 11. Wendy Everson ( Britain ) 37.624 12. Giovanna Troldi ( Italy ) 38.285 13. Rita Razmaite ( Lithuania ) 38.546 World 4,000 metres team pursuit championship final : Italy ( Adler Capelli , Cristiano Citto , Andrea Collinelli , Mauro Trentino ) 4:02.752 beat France ( Cyril Bos , Philippe Ermenault , Jean-Michel Monin , Francis Moreau ) 4:04.539 World sprint championship quarter finals ( best of three matches ) Florian Rousseau ( France ) beat Ainars Kiksis ( Latvia ) 2-0 Darryn Hill ( Australia ) beat Christian Arrue ( U.S. ) 2-0 Roberto Chiappa ( Italy ) beat Frederic Magne ( France ) 2-0 Marty Nothstein ( U.S. ) beat Pavel Buran ( Czech Republic ) 2-0 Women 's world 3,000 metres individual pursuit championship quarter-finals : Marion Clignet ( France ) 3:30.974 ( World Record ) beat Jane Quigley ( USA ) 3:42.852 Natalia Karimova ( Russia ) 3:40.036 beat Yvonne McGregor ( Britain ) 3:43.078 Lucy Tyler-Sharman ( Australia ) 3:35.087 beat Svetlana Samokhvalova ( Russia ) 3:45.011 Antonella Bellutti ( Italy ) 3:32.174 caught and eliminated Rasa Mazeikyte ( Lithuania )