Cycling At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Cross-country
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on 20 August. The medals were presented by
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Management Committee.


Format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start. The length of the course was 29.67 km (0.57 km + 6 laps of 4.85 km each).


Schedule

All times are
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Start list and result


References

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