| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|
1958 Paris}}
{{DetailsLink|1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Ludmilla Kotchetova|URS}} | Stella Bail|GBR}} | Kathleen Ray|GBR}} |
1959 Amsterdam}}
{{DetailsLink|1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Elsy Jacobs|LUX}} | Lyubov Kozhetova|URS}} |
1960 Leipzig}}
{{DetailsLink|1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Marie-Therese Naessens|BEL}} | Lyubov Zhogina|URS}} |
1961 Zürich}}
{{DetailsLink|1961 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Marie-Therese Naessens|BEL}} |
1962 Milan}}
{{DetailsLink|1962 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Lidiya Tichomirova|URS}} |
1963 Rocourt}}
{{DetailsLink|1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Lyubov Kozhetova|URS}} |
1964 Paris}}
{{DetailsLink|1964 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Aino Puronen|URS}} |
1965 San Sebastián}}
{{DetailsLink|1965 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Hannelore Mattig|GDR}} | Aino Puronen|URS}} |
1966 Frankfurt}}
{{DetailsLink|1966 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Yvonne Reynders|BEL}} | Hannelore Mattig|GDR}} |
1967 Amsterdam}}
{{DetailsLink|1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Raisa Obodovskaya|URS}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} |
1968 Rome}}
{{DetailsLink|1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Raisa Obodovskaya|URS}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
1969 Antwerp}}
{{DetailsLink|1969 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Raisa Obodovskaya|URS}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
1970 Leicester}}
{{DetailsLink|1970 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Raisa Obodovskaya|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
1971 Varese}}
{{DetailsLink|1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} |
1972 Marseille}}
{{DetailsLink|1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Lyubov Sadoroynaya|URS}} |
1973 San Sebastián}}
{{DetailsLink|1973 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} |
1974 Montreal}}
{{DetailsLink|1974 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Tamara Garkuchina|URS}} | Martina Smirnova|URS}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} |
1975 Rocourt}}
{{DetailsLink|1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Mary Jane Reoch|USA}} | Beryl Burton|GBR}} |
1976 Monteroni di Lecce}}
{{DetailsLink|1976 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Liugina Bissoli|ITA}} | Mary Jane Reoch|USA}} |
1977 San Cristóbal}}
{{DetailsLink|1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Vera Kuznezova|URS}} | Anne Riemersma|NED}} | Karen Strong|CAN}} |
1978 Munich}}
{{DetailsLink|1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Anne Riemersma|NED}} | Liugina Bissoli|ITA}} |
1979 Amsterdam}}
{{DetailsLink|1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Keetie van Oosten-Hage|NED}} | Anne Riemersma|NED}} | Liugina Bissoli|ITA}} |
1980 Besançon}}
{{DetailsLink|1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Nadezhda Kibardina|URS}} | Karen Strong|CAN}} | Petra de Bruin|NED}} |
1981 Brno}}
{{DetailsLink|1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Nadezhda Kibardina|URS}} | Tamara Polyakova|URS}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} |
1982 Leicester}}
{{DetailsLink|1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Connie Carpenter|USA}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} |
1983 Zürich}}
{{DetailsLink|1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Connie Carpenter|USA}} | Cynthia Olavarri|USA}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} |
1984 Barcelona}}
{{DetailsLink|1984 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Rossela Galbiati|ITA}} |
1985 Bassano del Grappa}}
{{DetailsLink|1985 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Margaret Maas|USA}} |
1986 Colorado Springs}}
{{DetailsLink|1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Barbara Ganz|SUI}} |
1987 Vienna}}
{{DetailsLink|1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Mindee Mayfield|USA}} |
1988 Ghent}}
{{DetailsLink|1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Barbara Ganz|SUI}} | Mindee Mayfield|USA}} |
1989 Lyon}}
{{DetailsLink|1989 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Jeannie Longo|FRA}} | Petra Rossner|GDR}} | Barbara Ganz|SUI}} |
1990 Maebashi}}
{{DetailsLink|1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Leontien van Moorsel|NED}} | Madonna Harris|NZL}} | Barbara Ganz|SUI}} |
1991 Stuttgart}}
{{DetailsLink|1991 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Petra Rossner|GDR}} | Janie Eickhoff|USA}} | Marion Clignet|FRA}} |
1992 Valencia}}
{{DetailsLink|1992 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} |
1993 Hamar}}
{{DetailsLink|1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Marion Clignet|FRA}} | Janie Eickhoff|USA}} |
1994 Palermo}}
{{DetailsLink|1994 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Marion Clignet|FRA}} | Svetlana Samochvalova|RUS}} | Janie Eickhoff|USA}} |
1995 Bogotá}}
{{DetailsLink|1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Twigg|USA}} | Antonella Bellutti|ITA}} | Mai Britt Vaaland|NOR}} |
1996 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Marion Clignet|FRA}} | Lucy Tyler|AUS}} | Antonella Bellutti|ITA}} |
1997 Perth}}
{{DetailsLink|1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Judith Arndt|GER}} | Natalya Karimova|RUS}} | Yvonne McGregor|GBR}} |
1998 Bordeaux}}
{{DetailsLink|1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Lucy Tyler-Sharman|AUS}} | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel|NED}} | Judith Arndt|GER}} |
1999 Berlin}}
{{DetailsLink|1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Marion Clignet|FRA}} | Judith Arndt|GER}} | Rasa Mazeikyte|LTU}} |
2000 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Yvonne McGregor|GBR}} | Judith Arndt|GER}} | Yelena Chalykh|RUS}} |
2001 Antwerp}}
{{DetailsLink|2001 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel|NED}} | Olga Slyusareva|RUS}} | Yelena Chalykh|RUS}} |
2002 Ballerup}}
{{DetailsLink|2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel|NED}} | Olga Slyusareva|RUS}} | Katherine Bates|AUS}} |
2003 Stuttgart}}
{{DetailsLink|2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel|NED}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} | Olga Slyusareva|RUS}} |
2004 Melbourne}}
{{DetailsLink|2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Ulmer|NZL}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} | Yelena Chalykh|RUS}} |
2005 Los Angeles}}
{{DetailsLink|2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} | Katherine Bates|AUS}} | Karin Thürig|SUI}} |
2006 Bordeaux}}
{{DetailsLink|2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Olga Slyusareva|RUS}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} |
2007 Palma de Mallorca}}
{{DetailsLink|2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Rebecca Romero|GBR}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} |
2008 Manchester}}
{{DetailsLink|2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Romero|GBR}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Katie Mactier|AUS}} |
2009 Pruszków}}
{{DetailsLink|2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Alison Shanks|NZL}} | Wendy Houvenaghel|GBR}} | Vilija Sereikaitė|LTU}} |
2010 Ballerup}}
{{DetailsLink|2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Wendy Houvenaghel|GBR}} | Vilija Sereikaitė|LTU}} |
2011 Apeldoorn}}
{{DetailsLink|2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Alison Shanks|NZL}} | Vilija Sereikaitė|LTU}} |
2012 Melbourne}}
{{DetailsLink|2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Alison Shanks|NZL}} | Wendy Houvenaghel|GBR}} | Ashlee Ankudinoff|AUS}} |
2013 Minsk}}
{{DetailsLink|2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Amy Cure|AUS}} | Annette Edmondson|AUS}} |
2014 Cali}}
{{DetailsLink|2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Joanna Rowsell|GBR}} | Sarah Hammer|USA}} | Amy Cure|AUS}} |
2015 Yvelines}}
{{DetailsLink|2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Wiasak|AUS}} | Jennifer Valente|USA}} | Amy Cure|AUS}} |
2016 London}}
{{DetailsLink|2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Rebecca Wiasak|AUS}} | Małgorzata Wojtyra|POL}} | Annie Foreman-Mackey|CAN}} |
2017 Hong Kong}}
{{DetailsLink|2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Chloé Dygert|USA}} | Ashlee Ankudinoff|AUS}} | Kelly Catlin|USA}} |
2018 Apeldoorn}}
{{DetailsLink|2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Chloé Dygert|USA}} | Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}} | Kelly Catlin|USA}} |
2019 Pruszków}}
{{DetailsLink|2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | Ashlee Ankudinoff|AUS}} | Lisa Brennauer|GER}} | Lisa Klein|GER}} |