Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's sprint event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a series of head-to-head matches in which cyclists made three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)  Tamilla Abassova (RUS)  Anna Meares (AUS)

Records

World RecordOlga Slyusareva (RUS)Moscow, Russia10.831 sApril 25, 1993
Olympic RecordMichelle Ferris (AUS)Atlanta, United States11.212 sJuly 24, 1996

Qualifying round

Each cyclist covered the course individually in the qualifying round. The times were used to seed the twelve riders for the 1/8 finals.

Rank Name Country Time (s) Avg. Speed (km/h)
1Anna Meares Australia11.29163.767
2Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus11.36463.357
3Tamilla Abassova Russia11.36463.357
4Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada11.38063.268
5Yvonne Hijgenaar Netherlands11.40063.157
6Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania11.43062.992
7Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia11.45662.849
8Daniela Larreal Venezuela11.59762.085
9Jennie Reed United States11.62261.951
10Victoria Pendleton Great Britain11.64661.823
11Katrin Meinke Germany11.65561.776
12Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria12.45757.798

1/8 final

The twelve cyclists competed in six matches of two cyclists each. Winners advanced to the quarterfinals while the defeated riders received a second chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat Time Pos Rider Country
Heat 1 11.927 s
1Anna MearesAustralia
2Evegenia RadanovaBulgaria
Heat 2 11.846 s
1Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
Heat 3 11.714 s
1Tamilla AbassovaRussia
2Victoria PendletonGreat Britain
Heat 4 11.881 s
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada
2Jennie ReedUnited States
Heat 5 11.849 s
1Daniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela
2Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
Heat 6 11.872
1Simona KrupeckaitėLithuania
2Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia

1/8 repechage

The 1/8 repechage consisted of two heats of three cyclists, with the six riders that had been defeated in the 1/8 final competing. The winner of each of the heats returned to the main competition and advanced to the quarterfinal. The losers of the repechage competed in the 9th to 12th place classification.

Heat Time Speed Pos Rider Country
Heat 1 12.015 s 59.925 km/h
1Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Jennie ReedUnited States
3Evgenia RadanovaBulgaria
Heat 2 12.132 s 59.347 km/h
1Katrin MeinkeGermany
2Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
3Victoria PendletonGreat Britain

Classification 9-12

The 9-12 classification was one race in which all four losers from the 1/8 repechage competed. The winner of the classification took 9th place, with the following three places going to the other cyclists in order.

Pos Rider Country Time Speed
1Victoria PendletonGreat Britain12.699 s56.697 km/h
2Jennie ReedUnited States
3Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
4Evgenia RadanovaBulgaria

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals pitted the eight cyclists against each other in four pairwise matches. Each match was a best-of-three race competition. Winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers competed in the 5th to 8th place classification.

Heat Time Pos Rider Country
Heat 1 1st race: 11.916 s
2nd race: 12.048 s
1Anna MearesAustralia
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
Heat 2 1st race: 11.945 s
2nd race: 12.085 s
1Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus
Heat 3
1st race: 11.993 s
3rd race: 11.914 s		 1 Tamilla Abassova Russia
2nd race: 12.632 s 2 Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania
Heat 4 1st race: 12.064 s
2nd race: 11.888 s
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada
2Daniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela

Classification 5-8

The 5-8 classification was one race in which all four losers from the quarterfinals competed. The winner of the classification took 5th place, with the following three places going to the other cyclists in order.

Pos Rider Country Time Speed
1Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus11.364 s63.357 km/h
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
DNFSimona KrupeckaitėLithuania
DSQDaniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela

Semifinals

The semifinals were again best-of-three matches. Winners advanced to the final, while losers competed for the bronze medal.

Heat Time Pos Rider Country
SF 1
2nd race: 12.101 s
3rd race: 12.185 s		 1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada
1st race: 11.802 s 2 Anna Meares Australia
SF 2
2nd race: 11.965 s
3rd race: 11.894 s		 1 Tamilla Abassova Russia
1st race: 11.893 s 2 Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was best-of-three.

Pos. Rider Country Time
1Anna MearesAustralia1st race: 12.042 s
2nd race: 11.822 s
2Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia

Final

The final was a best-of-three match; Muenzer won the first two races to eliminate the need for a third.

Pos. Rider Country Time
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada1st race: 12.126 s
2nd race: 12.140 s
2Tamilla AbassovaRussia

Final classification

The final classification was[1]

  1.  Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)
  2.  Tamilla Abassova (RUS)
  3.  Anna Meares (AUS)
  4.  Svetlana Grankovskaya (RUS)
  5.  Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)
  6.  Katrin Meinke (GER)
  7.  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)
  8.  Daniela Larreal (VEN)
  9.  Victoria Pendleton (GBR)
  10.  Jennie Reed (USA)
  11.  Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED)
  12.  Evgenia Radanova (BUL)

References

  1. ↑ Sports-reference
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