The women's 500 metre time trial in
cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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 tr ...
was a
time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
race in which each of the twelve cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for two laps (500 metres) of the track.
In a field of personal bests, 20-year-old World Champion for the 500 m time trial,
Anna Meares from
Australia, set a new world record to claim the gold medal in 33.952 seconds. The previous world record was held by Yonghua Jiang of China, who minutes previously had set a new Olympic record in this event to claim the silver medal with a time of 34.112 seconds.
Natallia Tsylinskaya
Natallia Tsylinskaya (russian: Наталья Цилинская; born 30 August 1975) is an international cyclist, who specialises in track sprinting. Tsylinskaya is an eight time World Champion, and an Olympic bronze medalist.
Early life
Unde ...
from
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
was awarded the bronze medal.
Medalists
Records
Anna Meares's time of 33.952 in the event set a new world record, bettering
Jiang Yonghua's world record and
Félicia Ballanger's Olympic record.
Results
See also
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Track time trial
The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start.
Time trial bikes
Track time trial bikes differ from normal track bik ...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX
The women's BMX racing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 20–22 at the Laoshan BMX Field, the first to be officially featured in the Olympic cycling program.
Coming out of retirement from her sporting career to try o ...
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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Cycling at the Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial
Track cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics