Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Velodrome (track) Parnitha Mountain Bike Venue (mountain) Athens and surrounding area (road) |
Dates | 14 – 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.[1] 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.[2]
Australia dominated track events, winning 5 out of its 6 cycling gold medals there.[3]
Road cycling
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's road race |
Paolo Bettini Italy |
Sérgio Paulinho Portugal |
Axel Merckx Belgium |
Men's time trial |
Viatcheslav Ekimov Russia |
Bobby Julich United States |
Michael Rogers Australia |
Women's road race |
Sara Carrigan Australia |
Judith Arndt Germany |
Olga Slyusareva Russia |
Women's time trial |
Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands |
Deirdre Demet-Barry United States |
Karin Thürig Switzerland |
|-
| Keirin
| Ryan Bayley
Australia
| José Antonio Escuredo
Spain
| Shane Kelly
Australia
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| Madison
| Australia (AUS)
Graeme Brown
Stuart O'Grady
| Switzerland (SUI)
Franco Marvulli
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Rob Hayles
Bradley Wiggins
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| points race
| Mikhail Ignatiev×÷÷−−×÷—–§–→—→§·§§←×′≠[Joan Llaneras
Spain
| Guido Fulst
Germany
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| individual pursuit
| Bradley Wiggins
Great Britain
| Brad McGee
Australia
| Sergi Escobar
Spain
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| team pursuit
| Australia (AUS)
Graeme Brown
Brett Lancaster
Brad McGee
Luke Roberts
| Great Britain (GBR)
Steve Cummings
Rob Hayles
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins
| Spain (ESP)
Carlos Castaño
Sergi Escobar
Asier Maeztu
Carlos Torrent
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| individual sprint
| Ryan Bayley
Australia
| Theo Bos
Netherlands
| René Wolff
Germany
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| team sprint
| Germany (GER)
Jens Fiedler
Stefan Nimke
René Wolff
| Japan (JPN)
Toshiaki Fushimi
Masaki Inoue
Tomohiro Nagatsuka
| France (FRA)
Mickaël Bourgain
Laurent Gané
Arnaud Tournant
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| time trial
| Chris Hoy
Great Britain
| Arnaud Tournant
France
| Stefan Nimke
Germany
|}
Women's
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
points race |
Olga Slyusareva Russia |
Belem Guerrero Méndez Mexico |
María Luisa Calle Colombia |
pursuit |
Sarah Ulmer New Zealand |
Katie Mactier Australia |
Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands |
sprint |
Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada |
Tamilla Abassova Russia |
Anna Meares Australia |
time trial |
Anna Meares Australia |
Jiang Yonghua China |
Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus |
Mountain biking
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's |
Julien Absalon France |
José Antonio Hermida Spain |
Bart Brentjens Netherlands |
Women's |
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Norway |
Marie-Hélène Prémont Canada |
Sabine Spitz Germany |
Medal table
[edit]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 broken
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "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".