The Women's individual pursuit was one of the nine women's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark on 24 March 2010.
22 cyclists from 17 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal.
The qualification took place on 24 March and the Finals later the same day.
World record edit
| World record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 3:24.537 |  Sarah Ulmer (NZL) |
Athens  |
22 August 2004 |
Qualifying edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Hammer |  United States |
3:27.826 | Q |
| 2 | Wendy Houvenaghel |  Great Britain |
3:30.377 | Q |
| 3 | Alison Shanks | New Zealand |
3:31.259 | Q |
| 4 | Vilija Sereikaitė |  Lithuania |
3:31.905 | Q |
| 5 | Ellen van Dijk |  Netherlands |
3:33.704 | |
| 6 | Lesya Kalytovska |  Ukraine |
3:36.159 | |
| 7 | Jaime Nielsen | New Zealand |
3:37.212 | |
| 8 | Vera Koedooder | Netherlands |
3:37.466 | |
| 9 | Tara Whitten |  Canada |
3:38.315 | |
| 10 | Jiang Fan |  China |
3:38.519 | |
| 11 | Pascale Schnider |  Switzerland |
3:39.111 | |
| 12 | Na Ah Reum |  South Korea |
3:39.518 | |
| 13 | Sarah Kent |  Australia |
3:40.779 | |
| 14 | Verena Joos |  Germany |
3:41.092 | |
| 15 | Dalila Rodríguez Hernandez |  Cuba |
3:41.277 | |
| 16 | Charlotte Becker | Germany |
3:42.068 | |
| 17 | Elissavet Chantzi | Greece |
3:44.802 | |
| 18 | Aušrinė Trebaitė | Lithuania |
3:45.286 | |
| 19 | Vaida Pikauskaitė | Lithuania |
3:45.782 | |
| 20 | Débora Gálvez Lopes |  Spain |
3:46.051 | |
| 21 | Chanpeng Nontasin |  Thailand |
3:54.945 | |
| 22 | Wong Wan Yiu Jamie |  Hong Kong |
3:59.093 |
Finals edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal Race | |||
 |
Sarah Hammer | United States |
3:28.601 |
 |
Wendy Houvenaghel | Great Britain |
3:32.496 |
| Bronze Medal Race | |||
 |
Vilija Sereikaitė | Lithuania |
3:32.085 |
| 4 | Alison Shanks | New Zealand |
3:32.733 |