The women's individual road race event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 4 August 2024 on a course starting at 14:00 at Pont d'Iéna in Paris.[1]
Women's individual road race at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venues | Pont d'Iéna | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Kristen Faulkner, despite being a replacement in the 2024 Olympic team, became the first American to win a road racing gold in 40 years since Connie Carpenter at the road race in 1984.[2]
Background
editThis was the 11th appearance of the event, held every Summer Olympics since 1984.
Qualification
editCompetition format and course
editThe road race was a mass-start, one-day road race event over 157.6 km (97.9 mi) and 1,700 m (5,600 ft) of vertical gain.[3] The race took in the Trocadero, Versailles and Auffargis, and then back to Paris, with two loops of the city and three climbs of Montmartre.[4]
Start list
editRace overview
editResults
editReferences
edit- ^ "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Road", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Kristen Faulkner wins Paris Olympics women's road race for US after making the team as a replacement". AP News. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Kirsten Frattini (31 July 2024). "Paris Olympics: Women's Road Race - Preview". cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Women's Olympic road race 2024: Route, contenders, and prediction". Rouleur.