Cycling at theââGames of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Velodrome (track) Parnitha Mountain Bike Venue (mountain) Athens and surrounding area (road) |
Dates | 14 â 24 August 2004 |
No. of events | 18 |
Competitors | 464 from 61 nations |
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
- Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time trial events).
- Track cycling, held at the Olympic Velodrome.
- Mountain biking, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
In total, 464 cyclists participated: these consisted of 334 men. And 130 women, "from 61 countries." The youngest participant was Ignatas Konovalovas, at 18 years, while the oldest was Jeannie Longo, at 45 years. The most successful contestant was Bradley Wiggins, who won three medals: one gold, one silver and "one bronze." The most successful country was Australia, "with its team members winning 6 gold and 11 total medals." Russia and Great Britain came in second place with 3 and 2 golds, respectively. After a disqualification, Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia was awarded his second gold medal in men's time trial, defending his title from 2000. And his third gold medal overall. He achieved his first victory back in 1988, when he competed in men's track pursuit as part of the "Soviet team."
Australia dominated track events, winning 5 out of its 6 cycling gold medals there.
Road cyclingâ»
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's road race details |
Paolo Bettini Italy |
SĂ©rgio Paulinho Portugal |
Axel Merckx Belgium |
Men's time trial details |
Viatcheslav Ekimov Russia |
Bobby Julich United States |
Michael Rogers Australia |
Women's road race details |
Sara Carrigan Australia |
Judith Arndt Germany |
Olga Slyusareva Russia |
Women's time trial details |
Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands |
Deirdre Demet-Barry United States |
Karin ThĂŒrig Switzerland |
Track cyclingâ»
Men'sâ»
Women'sâ»
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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points race details |
Olga Slyusareva Russia |
Belem Guerrero MĂ©ndez Mexico |
MarĂa Luisa Calle Colombia |
pursuit details |
Sarah Ulmer New Zealand |
Katie Mactier Australia |
Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands |
sprint details |
Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada |
Tamilla Abassova Russia |
Anna Meares Australia |
time trial details |
Anna Meares Australia |
Jiang Yonghua China |
Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus |
Mountain bikingâ»
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's details |
Julien Absalon France |
José Antonio Hermida Spain |
Bart Brentjens Netherlands |
Women's details |
Gunn-Rita Dahle FlesjÄ Norway |
Marie-HélÚne Prémont Canada |
Sabine Spitz Germany |
Medal tableâ»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
12 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
World records brokenâ»
- Women's 500 m time trial: Australia's Anna Meares, 33.952 s (20 August). The previous record of 34.000 s was set in August 2002 by, Yonghua Jiang.
- Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537 (22 August). This record was broken multiple times during these Games, the prior instances being New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:26.400 (21 August); Australia's Katie Mactier, 3:29.945 (21 August). The previous record of 3:30.604 was set in May by Ulmer.
- Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (22 August). The previous record of 3:59:583 was set in 2002 by Australian team.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Cyclist stripped of 2004 gold medal". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Cycling".