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 27 August 2004.[1]

Women's cross-country
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Date27 August
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning time1:56:51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunn-Rita Dahle
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie-Hélène Prémont
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sabine Spitz
 Germany
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Medalists edit

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

Results edit

Final standings[1]
Rank Name Country Time
  Gunn-Rita Dahle   Norway 1:56:51
  Marie-Hélène Prémont   Canada 1:57:50
  Sabine Spitz   Germany 1:59:21
4 Alison Sydor   Canada 1:59:47
5 Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink   Netherlands 2:01:41
6 Maja Włoszczowska   Poland 2:02:08
7 Ivonne Kraft   Germany 2:05:18
8 Laurence Leboucher   France 2:05:34
9 Mary McConneloug   United States 2:06:12
10 Lisa Mathison   Australia 2:07:01
11 Anna Szafraniec   Poland 2:07:44
12 Jimena Florit   Argentina 2:08:42
13 Irina Kalentieva   Russia 2:08:57
14 Bärbel Jungmeier   Austria 2:09:22
15 Kiara Bisaro   Canada 2:09:50
16 Robyn Wong   New Zealand 2:10:59
17 Ma Yanping   China 2:13:18
18 Jaqueline Mourão   Brazil 2:13:52
19 Katrin Leumann   Switzerland 2:16:07
20 Maria Östergren   Sweden 2:16:16
21 Jenny McCauley   Ireland -1 lap
22 Yukari Nakagome   Japan -1 lap
23 Karen Matamoros   Costa Rica -1 lap
24 Elina Sofokleous   Cyprus -2 laps
Margarita Fullana   Spain DNF
Magdalena Sadlecka   Poland DNF
Barbara Blatter   Switzerland DNF
Mette Andersen   Denmark DNF
Paola Pezzo   Italy DNF
Janka Števková   Slovakia DNF

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Mountainbike, Cross-Country". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links edit