Cycling at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
*
Road cycling, held at the
Athens historic centre (start and finish at
Kotzia Square
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, for the road race events) and in
Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre The Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre was the site of the men's and women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece. It also hosted the individual time trial cycling events. Located at Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni ( el, Βουλιαγμέν ...
(for the time trial events).
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Track cycling, held at the
Olympic Velodrome.
*
Mountain biking
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, 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 cycling
Track cycling
Men's
Women's
Mountain biking
Medal table
Records broken
World records
*Women's 500 m time trial:
Australia
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's
Anna Meares
Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaid ...
, 33.952 s (20 August)
:''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)
:''previous record of ''3:30.604'' was set in May by Ulmer''
*Men's team pursuit: Australia's
Graeme Brown,
Brett Lancaster,
Bradley McGee
Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the ...
,
Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (22 August)
:''previous record of ''3:59:583'' was set in 2002 by Australian team''
References
External links
Official result book – Cycling Mountain BikeOfficial result book – Cycling RoadOfficial result book – Cycling Track
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2004 Summer Olympics events
2004
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Events January
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Olympics
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International cycle races hosted by Greece