Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country

These are the results of the women's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The pre-race favourite, Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle, dominated the race throughout, despite a fall that damaged the gears on her bicycle. The reigning world champion Sabine Spitz overtook Alison Sydor late in the race to claim bronze, behind Marie-Hélène Prémont. The winner of the gold medal at the previous two Olympics, Paola Pezzo of Italy, did not finish.

The race consisted of 1 start loop and 5 full loop, a total of 31.3 km. It was held at 11:00 on August 27, 2004.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)  Marie-Hélène Prémont (CAN)  Sabine Spitz (GER)

Results

Final standings [1]
Rank Name Country Time
1Gunn-Rita Dahle Norway1:56:51
2Marie-Hélène Prémont Canada1:57:50
3Sabine Spitz Germany1:59:21
4Alison Sydor Canada1:59:47
5Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink Netherlands2:01:41
6Maja Włoszczowska Poland2:02:08
7Ivonne Kraft Germany2:05:18
8Laurence Leboucher France2:05:34
9Mary McConneloug United States2:06:12
10Lisa Mathison Australia2:07:01
11Anna Szafraniec Poland2:07:44
12Jimena Florit Argentina2:08:42
13Irina Kalentieva Russia2:08:57
14Bärbel Jungmeier Austria2:09:22
15Kiara Bisaro Canada2:09:50
16Robyn Wong New Zealand2:10:59
17Ma Yanping China2:13:18
18Jaqueline Mourão Brazil2:13:52
19Katrin Leumann Switzerland2:16:07
20Maria Ostergren Sweden2:16:16
21Jenny McCauley Ireland-1 lap
22Yukari Nakagome Japan-1 lap
23Karen Matamoros Costa Rica-1 lap
24Elina Sofocleous Cyprus-2 laps
Margarita Fullana SpainDNF
Magdalena Sadlecka PolandDNF
Barbara Blatter SwitzerlandDNF
Mette Andersen DenmarkDNF
Paola Pezzo ItalyDNF
Janka Stevkova SlovakiaDNF

See also

References

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