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
Gunn-Rita Dahle
 Norway
Marie-Hélène Prémont
 Canada
Sabine Spitz
 Germany
Cycling at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Track time trialmenwomen
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
Team sprintmen
Points racemenwomen
Keirinmen
Madisonmen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen

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 Sofokleous Cyprus-2 laps
—Margarita Fullana SpainDNF
Magdalena Sadlecka PolandDNF
Barbara Blatter SwitzerlandDNF
Mette Andersen DenmarkDNF
Paola Pezzo ItalyDNF
Janka Stevkova SlovakiaDNF

See also

References
  1. "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.
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