2004 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Mountain Bike (women)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Mountain bike
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue
Competition phase	August 27, 2004
Winning time	1:56:51 h
Medalists  Gunn-Rita Dahle ( NOR )  Marie-Hélène Prémont ( CAN )  Sabine Spitz ( GER )
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Cycling competitions at the 2004 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Olympic sprint		Men
Keirin		Men
Madison		Men
Points race	Women	Men
One's pursuit	Women	Men
Team pursuit		Men
Time trial	Women	Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men

The mountain bike race of the men at the 2004 Olympics in Athens took place on 27 August at 11:00.

After a starting lap, 5 laps had to be completed on the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue . The race was 31.3 km in total. The favorite was the Norwegian Gunn-Rita Dahle , who lived up to her role and dominated the race. The reigning world champion Sabine Spitz from Germany was able to prevail against Alison Sydor in the end and ended up in third place behind the Canadian Marie-Hélène Prémont . The winner of the last two Olympic Games Paola Pezzo could not finish the race.

Results

rank	Athlete	nation	Time (h)
1	Gunn-Rita Dahle	Norway	1:56:51
2	Marie-Hélène Prémont	Canada	1:57:50
3	Sabine Spitz	Germany	1:59:21
4th	Alison Sydor	Canada	1:59:47
5	Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink	Netherlands	2:01:41
6th	Maja Włoszczowska	Poland	2:02:08
7th	Ivonne Kraft	Germany	2:05:18
8th	Laurence Leboucher	France	2:05:34
9	Mary McConneloug	United States	2:06:12
10	Lisa Mathison	Australia	2:07:01
11	Anna Szafraniec	Poland	2:07:44
12	Jimena Florit	Argentina	2:08:42
13	Irina Kalentyeva	Russia	2:08:57
14th	Bärbel Jungmeier	Austria	2:09:22
15th	Kiara Bisaro	Canada	2:09:50
16	Robyn Wong	New Zealand	2:10:59
17th	Ma Yanping	China	2:13:18
18th	Jaqueline Mourão	Brazil	2:13:52
19th	Katrin Leumann	Switzerland	2:16:07
20th	Maria Ostergren	Sweden	2:16:16
21st	Jenny McCauley	Ireland	LAP
22nd	Yukari Nakagome	Japan	LAP
23	Karen Matamoros	Costa Rica	LAP
24	Elina Sofocleous	Cyprus	LAP
-	Margarita Fullana	Spain	DNF
	Magdalena Sadlecka	Poland	DNF
	Barbara Blatter	Switzerland	DNF
	Mette Andersen	Denmark	DNF
	Paola Pezzo	Italy	DNF
	Janka Stevkova	Slovakia	DNF

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