2008 Summer Olympics / Cycling
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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venue | Beijing |
Competition venue |
Laoshan Velodrome Laoshan BMX Field Laoshan Mountain Bike Area Urban Cycling Road Course |
Nations | 66 |
Athletes | 508 (361 , 147 ) |
date | August 9 to August 23, 2008 |
decisions | 18th |
← Athens 2004 |
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , a total of 18 cycling decisions were made ; eleven for men and seven for women. Ten decisions were made in track cycling, four in road cycling, two in mountain biking and two in BMX racing, which was held for the first time at the Olympic Games .
Qualification mode
Track cycling
Each NOK was allowed to send up to two starters in the individual competitions, with the exception of the points run , provided they qualified. One starter or team per nation was allowed in the points race and the team competitions.
Team sprint, men
A total of twelve teams were allowed to participate in the team sprint . The world champions of the Track World Championships 2008 in Birmingham , the winning nation of the Track Cycling World Cup over this route and the ten best of the other teams in the world rankings qualified.
Sprint, men
A total of 18 participants were allowed to start in the men's sprint. These were the 2008 world champion, the winner of the Track Cycling World Cup, the winner of the 2007 B World Championship in Cape Town, the top five in the world rankings and one additional rider from each of the teams who had qualified for the team sprint.
Keirin, men
A total of 18 participants were allowed to start in the men's keirin . These were the 2008 world champion, the winner of the Track Cycling World Cup, the winner of the 2007 B World Championship in Cape Town, the top eight in the world rankings and one additional rider from each of the teams who had qualified for the team sprint.
Team pursuit, men
The 2008 World Champion, the winning nation of the Track Cycling World Cup and the best eight of the remaining teams in the world rankings qualified.
One's pursuit, men
The 2008 world champion, the winner of the track cycling world cup, the winner of the B-WM 2007, the top five of the remaining riders in the world rankings and one other rider from all teams qualified for the team competition were qualified.
Madison, men
The 2008 World Champions, the winners of the Track Cycling World Cup, and the top twelve two-mans in the world rankings qualified, although only one team per nation was allowed.
Points race, men
Qualified were the 2008 world champion, the winner of the track cycling world cup, the winner of the B-WM, the best nine of the remaining riders in the world rankings and, if not yet qualified, one rider from each of the qualified teams in the two-man team.
Sprint women
The 2008 world champion, the track cycling world cup winner, the winner of the B-WM 2007 and nine other athletes qualified via the world rankings.
Persecution, women
The 2008 world champion, the track cycling world cup winner, the winner of the B-WM 2007 and nine other athletes qualified via the world rankings.
Points race, women
The world champion 2008, the track cycling world cup winner, the winner of the B-WM 2007, eight other athletes via the world rankings and a maximum of nine of the twelve participants in the single pursuit qualified.
Road cycling
Street races, men
The individual associations were able to achieve quota places via various UCI rankings. The top ten nations of the UCI ProTour ranking list 2007 were allowed to send five participants to the start, the nations in ranks 10-14 four. The top ranked NOK on the Africa , Asia and Oceania tour , the top three on the America tour and the top six on the European tour of all associations not yet qualified via the UCI rankings were allowed to put up three starters . Two starting places went to the second best association of the Africa Tour and the nations on ranks 2-4 on the Asia Tour, 4-6 on the American Tour and 7-16 on the European Tour. All other associations that had at least one driver in the Pro-Tour ranking list or one of the top 200 in the Europe ranking list, 20 in the America ranking list or 5 in the Africa, Asia or Oceania ranking list, were allowed to take part in the Olympic with a driver Mass start races go to the start. In addition, there were the top five of the 2007 B World Championship, who had a personal right to start, so that the starting field in the men's road race could be between 130 and 160 drivers.
Quota starting places
Number of starting places in brackets. The starting places gained through the B-WM are included here.
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Street races, women
The best 16 nations in the UCI world rankings were allowed to send three participants in the Olympic mass start race , the nations in ranks 17–24 had two and every association that had at least one female rider among the top 100 in the individual world rankings was allowed to nominate a participant. In addition, there were the top three of the B-World Championship 2007, so that the final starting field was between 70 and 90 athletes.
Time trial men
A maximum of two drivers from a NOK are allowed to take part in the men's time trial , provided that at least one is among the top 15 in the time trial at the World Championships in Stuttgart . The best 15 drivers from the World Championship who were given a personal right to start qualified. Furthermore, the best ten nations in the UCI Protour Ranking List, the best seven in the European Ranking List, the best four in the America Ranking List, the best two in the Asia Ranking List and the best NOK in the Africa and Oceania Ranking List were each allowed to send a driver to the start, so that final field of participants in the men's time trial was 40 athletes.
Quota places
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Time trial women
A maximum of two female riders from a NOK were allowed to take part in the women's time trial, provided that at least one was among the top ten in the time trial at the World Championships in Stuttgart. The top 10 of the world championship, who were given a personal right to start, were qualified, as well as a female driver from the 15 best nations in the UCI world rankings, so that the final field of participants in the women's time trial was 25 athletes.
Mountain bike
Men
The best five NOKs in the UCI world rankings from December 31, 2007 were allowed to send three participants to the start, the NOKs in ranks 6 to 13 two and the NOKs in ranks 14 to 24 one each. In addition, there were the two best participants, the teams that did not have the world rankings, the Africa, America, Asia and Oceania championships, so that the starting field could be a maximum of 51 athletes.
Number of quota places
- 3 quota places: France , Switzerland , Spain , Belgium , Germany
- 2 quota places: United States , Netherlands , Sweden , Canada , Austria , Denmark , Italy , United Kingdom
- 1 quota place: Czech Republic , Australia , New Zealand , Poland , Russia , Colombia , Brazil , Ukraine , Chile , South Africa , Ireland , Namibia , Zimbabwe , Argentina , Costa Rica , People's Republic of China , Hong Kong , Hungary , Turkey
Women
The NOKs in ranks 1 to 8 of the UCI world rankings were each allowed to send two starters to Beijing, and those in ranks 9 to 18 each one. In addition, there are the winners of the Africa, America, Asia and Oceania championships in 2007, so that the starting field could be a maximum of 29 athletes.
Number of quota places
- 2 quota places: People's Republic of China , Germany , Canada , United States , Norway , Poland , Russia , Switzerland
- 1 quota place: France , Czech Republic , Spain , Slovenia , Netherlands , Austria , New Zealand , Italy , Sweden , Brazil , South Africa , Chile , Australia , Japan
BMX racing
Men
The five best NOKs in the world rankings from May 31, 2008 were each allowed to send three starters to Beijing 2008, the NOKs in ranks 6 to 8 two each and those in ranks 9 to 11 each one. In addition, there were the top six of all drivers who were not qualified in the world rankings at the 2008 World Cup (maximum of one driver per NOK) and two starting positions that were awarded by wildcard , so that the field of drivers was 32 starters.
Women
The best four NOKs in the world rankings from May 31, 2008 were each allowed to send two drivers to Beijing and the NOKs in ranks 5 to eight each received one. In addition, there were the best three of all the remaining drivers at the 2008 World Cup and a starting place that was awarded by wildcard, so that the starting field was 16 drivers.
Olympic races
Men
Street
Road racing
space | country | athlete | Time (h) |
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1 | ESP | Samuel Sánchez | 6:23:49 |
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2 | SUI | Fabian Cancellara | equal time |
3 | RUS | Alexander Kolobnew | equal time |
4th | LUX | Andy Schleck | equal time |
5 | OUT | Michael Rogers | equal time |
6th | COL | Santiago Botero | + 0:12 min |
7th | BEL | Mario Aerts | equal time |
8th | CAN | Michael Barry | + 0:16 min |
Date: August 9, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
There were 143 athletes at the start, only about half of whom finished the race. Of the five German participants, four drivers, Gerald Ciolek , Stefan Schumacher , who was previously seen as a gold hope, Jens Voigt and Bert Grabsch , had to give up the race, the fifth German Fabian Wegmann was two and a half minutes behind the winner and was 21. In the Swiss, the only participant Fabian Cancellara could win the bronze medal, the two Austrians Christian Pfannberger and Thomas Rohrgger could not place in the top 20. The race ran for a total of 245.4 kilometers, with seven laps over the Juyongguan Pass after approximately 79 flat kilometers . The first half of the race was dominated by two breakaways, Patricio Almonacid from Chile and Horacio Gallardo from Bolivia, after that some breakaway groups were able to break away for several kilometers before Andy Schleck attacked the race. He was followed by four drivers, Samuel Sánchez , Davide Rebellin , Alexander Kolobnew and Michael Rogers . Kolobnew and Rogers had to let go on the last climb, but were brought back to the top three drivers by Fabian Cancellara, who attacked from the chasing group, so that in the end six drivers sprinted for victory. Sánchez won this sprint ahead of Rebellin and Cancellara.
At the end of April 2009, the National Olympic Committee of Italy (CONI) confirmed that the second rebel had tested positive for the EPO drug CERA during follow-up checks on doping samples . The German Stefan Schumacher also tested positive. On November 17, 2009 Rebellin was officially stripped of her silver medal and Schumacher was also deleted from the list of results.
Individual time trial
space | country | athlete | Time (h) |
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1 | SUI | Fabian Cancellara | 1: 02: 11.43 |
2 | SWE | Gustav Erik Larsson | + 0: 33.36 min |
3 | United States | Levi Leipheimer | +1: 09.68 min |
4th | ESP | Alberto Contador | +1: 18.08 min |
5 | OUT | Cadel Evans | +1: 23.54 min |
6th | ESP | Samuel Sánchez | + 2: 25.81 min |
7th | CAN | Svein Tuft | + 2: 28.01 min |
8th | OUT | Michael Rogers | + 2: 35.42 min |
Date: August 13, 2008, 11:30 a.m.
Double time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara ensured the victory of the favorites and the first Swiss gold medal in these games . After he had already won a bronze medal in the road race, he fulfilled his expectations in the individual time trial and clearly distanced his opponents, especially in the final kilometers. The surprise second of the 39 strong field was the Swede Gustav Erik Larsson , whose time even Cancellara threatened to fail. Thanks to a strong descent, the Swiss man was able to clinch victory in the end. Third place went to the American Levi Leipheimer , who was only a few seconds ahead of his team mate in professional cycling, the Spaniard Alberto Contador . Tour runner-up Cadel Evans finished fifth, with the road race winner, Samuel Sánchez , one place behind him . The two German participants Stefan Schumacher and Bert Grabsch could not fulfill their hopes for a medal and ended up in 13th and 14th place with less than a second gap. There was no Austrian at the start of the 47.3 kilometer time trial.
A few days later there were media reports that the bronze medalist Leipheimer had started with a handlebar that did not comply with the rules. It is unclear how this handlebar could be approved. The consequences have not yet been determined either.
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Team sprint
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | GBR |
Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff |
43.128 |
2 | FRA |
Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau Arnaud Tournant |
43.651 |
3 | GER |
René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke |
44.014 |
4th | OUT |
Ryan Bayley Daniel Ellis Mark French |
44.022 |
5 | NED |
Theo Bos Teun Mulder Tim Veldt |
44.212 |
6th | JPN |
Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe |
44,437 |
7th | MAS |
Azizulhasni Awang Josiah Ng Mohd Rizal Tisin |
44.822 |
8th | United States |
Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie |
45.423 |
Date: August 15, 2008, 6:45 p.m.
Points race
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | ESP | Joan Llaneras | 60 |
2 | GER | Roger Kluge | 58 |
3 | GBR | Chris Newton | 56 |
4th | OUT | Cameron Meyer | 36 |
5 | BLR | Vasil Kiryenka | 34 |
6th | THE | Daniel Kreutzfeldt | 29 |
7th | CAN | Zach Bell | 27 |
8th | JPN | Makoto Iijima | 23 |
Date: August 16, 2008, 5:40 pm
23 riders took part in the competition, two of which did not reach the finish. The German Roger Kluge led the scoring for a long time after lapping the field twice and earning forty points. However, through another lap classification, he was overtaken by the 2000 Olympic champion from Spain Joan Llaneras and the British Chris Newton with about 30 laps to go . After 160 laps and 40 kilometers, however, Kluge crossed the finish line first, securing another five points and coming second. Llaneras won the second gold medal of these games for Spain after Samuel Sánchez in road racing, both in cycling.
One's pursuit
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR | Bradley Wiggins | 4: 16.977 |
2 | NZL | Hayden Roulston | 4: 19.611 |
3 | GBR | Steven Burke | 4: 20.947 |
4th | RUS | Alexei Markov | 4: 24.149 |
5 | UKR | Volodymyr Djudja | 4: 21.530 (Q) |
6th | ESP | Toni Tauler | 4: 22.462 (Q) |
7th | United States | Taylor Phinney | 4: 22.860 (Q) |
8th | RUS | Alexander Serov | 4: 23.732 (Q) |
Date: August 16, 2008, 6:55 pm
Keirin
space | country | athlete |
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1 | GBR | Chris Hoy |
2 | GBR | Ross Edgar |
3 | JPN | Kiyofumi Nagai |
4th | OUT | Shane Kelly |
5 | GER | Carsten Bergemann |
6th | FRA | Arnaud Tournant |
7th | FRA | Grégory Baugé |
8th | OUT | Ryan Bayley |
Date: August 16, 2008, 7:15 p.m.
Team pursuit
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR |
Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins |
3: 53.314 (WR) |
2 | THE |
Michael Mørkøv Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Alex Rasmussen Michael Færk Christensen |
4: 00.040 |
3 | NZL |
Sam Bewley Hayden Roulston Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent |
3: 57.776 |
4th | OUT |
Jack Bobridge Graeme Brown Mark Jamieson Luke Roberts |
3: 59.006 |
5 | NED |
Levi Heimans Jens Mouris Robert Slippens Wim Stroetinga |
4: 04.846 (Q) |
6th | RUS |
Yevgeny Kovalyov Alexei Markow Alexander Petrowski Alexander Serow |
4: 06.518 (Q) |
7th | ESP |
Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu Antonio Miguel David Muntaner |
4: 06.509 (Q) |
8th | FRA |
Damien Gaudin Matthieu Ladagnous Christophe Riblon Nicolas Rousseau |
DSQ |
Date: August 18, 2008, 6:15 p.m.
Madison
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | ARG |
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez |
8th |
2 | ESP |
Joan Llaneras Toni Tauler |
7th |
3 | RUS |
Michail Ignatjew Alexei Markow |
6th |
4th | BEL |
Iljo Keisse Kenny De Ketele |
(Back 1 lap) 17 |
5 | GER |
Roger Kluge Olaf Pollack |
(Back 1 lap) 15 |
6th | THE |
Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen |
(Back 1 lap) 14 |
7th | FRA |
Matthieu Ladagnous Jérôme Neuville |
(Back 1 lap) 12 |
8th | NED |
Jens Mouris Peter Schep |
(Back 1 lap) 6 |
Date: August 19, 2008, 5:30 p.m.
sprint
space | country | athlete |
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1 | GBR | Chris Hoy |
2 | GBR | Jason Kenny |
3 | FRA | Mickaël Bourgain |
4th | GER | Maximilian Levy |
5 | FRA | Kévin Sireau |
6th | NED | Teun Mulder |
7th | NED | Theo Bos |
8th | MAS | Azizulhasni Awang |
Date: August 19, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
BMX
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | LAT | Māris Štrombergs | 0: 36.190 |
2 | United States | Mike Day | 0: 36.606 |
3 | United States | Donny Robinson | 0: 36.972 |
4th | COL | Andrés Jiménez | 0: 39.137 |
5 | NED | Rob van den Wildenberg | 0: 39.772 |
6th | OUT | Jared Graves | 2: 29.233 |
7th | RSA | Sifiso Nhlapo | DNF |
8th | FRA | Damien Godet | DNF |
Date: August 22, 2008, 10:40 a.m.
Mountain bike
space | country | athlete | Time (h) |
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1 | FRA | Julien Absalon | 1:55:59 |
2 | FRA | Jean-Christophe Péraud | 1:57:06 |
3 | SUI | Nino Schurter | 1:57:52 |
4th | SUI | Christoph Sauser | 1:57:54 |
5 | ITA | Marco Aurelio Fontana | 1:59:59 |
6th | AUT | Christoph Soukup | 2:00:11 |
7th | GBR | Liam Killeen | 2:00:14 |
8th | ESP | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti | 2:00:21 |
Date: August 23, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Women
Street
Road racing
space | country | sportswoman | Time (h) |
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1 | GBR | Nicole Cooke | 3:32:24 |
2 | SWE | Emma Johansson | equal time |
3 | ITA | Tatiana Guderzo | equal time |
4th | AUT | Christiane Soeder | + 0:04 min |
5 | THE | Linda Villumsen | + 0:09 min |
6th | NED | Marianne Vos | + 0:21 min |
7th | SUI | Priska Doppmann | equal time |
8th | POLE | Paulina Brzeźna | equal time |
Date: August 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
66 athletes took part in the competition, three of which did not reach the finish. The course ran over the same route as for the men. After the flat course of 78.8 kilometers, however, only two laps of 23.8 kilometers were driven. The total distance traveled was thus 126.4 kilometers. The Swiss Nicole Brändli took 18th place. The Germans Trixi Worrack , Hanka Kupfernagel , Judith Arndt were ranked 20, 39 and 41. The Austrian Monika Schachl was ranked 46th.
Individual time trial
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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1 | United States | Kristin Armstrong | 34: 51.72 |
2 | GBR | Emma Pooley | + 0: 24.29 min |
3 | SUI | Karin Thürig | + 0: 59.27 min |
4th | FRA | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | + 1: 00.90 min |
5 | United States | Christine Thorburn | +1: 02.44 min |
6th | GER | Judith Arndt | +1: 08.05 min |
7th | AUT | Christiane Soeder | +1: 29.03 min |
8th | SUI | Priska Doppmann | +1: 36.07 min |
Date: August 13, 2008, 11:30 a.m.
There were also two German starters among the 25 participants. Judith Arndt put in a decent competition in sixth place and only missed the bronze medal by nine seconds. Time trial world champion Hanka Kupfernagel disappointed and surprisingly finished eleventh not even in the top ten. For the Swiss, Karin Thürig secured the second bronze medal after Fabian Cancellara's third place in the road race. Also Priska Doppmann drove a good race and was eighth, one place behind the only Austrian Christiane Soeder . The decision on the 23.5-kilometer lap was made in favor of the favored American Kristin Armstrong , who pushed Emma Pooley , who had been leading for a long time , to second place. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli , who is almost fifty years old, missed her fifth Olympic medal since 1992 by just over a second .
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Points race
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | NED | Marianne Vos | 30th |
2 | CUB | Yoanka González Pérez | 18th |
3 | ESP | Leire Olaberria | 13 |
4th | COL | María Luisa Calle | 13 |
5 | UKR | Lesja Kalytowska | 10 |
6th | OUT | Katherine Bates | 10 |
7th | FRA | Pascale Jeuland | 8th |
8th | RUS | Olga Slyusareva | 8th |
Date: August 18, 2008, 4:30 p.m.
One's pursuit
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR | Rebecca Romero | 3: 28.321 |
2 | GBR | Wendy Houvenaghel | 3: 30.395 |
3 | UKR | Lesja Kalytowska | 3: 31.413 |
4th | NZL | Alison Shanks | 3: 34.156 |
5 | United States | Sarah Hammer | 3: 35.471 (Q) |
6th | LTU | Vilija Sereikaitė | 3: 36.063 (Q) |
7th | OUT | Katie Mactier | 3: 38.178 (Q) |
8th | CZE | Lada Kozlíková | 3: 39.561 (Q) |
Date: August 17, 2008, 5:05 p.m.
sprint
space | country | sportswoman |
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1 | GBR | Victoria Pendleton |
2 | OUT | Anna Meares |
3 | CHN | Guo Shuang |
4th | NED | Willy Kanis |
5 | FRA | Clara Sanchez |
6th | BLR | Natalia Zilinskaya |
7th | United States | Jennie Reed |
8th | LTU | Simona Krupeckaitė |
Date: August 19, 2008, 7:25 pm
BMX
space | country | sportswoman | Time (h) |
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1 | FRA | Anne-Caroline Chausson | 0: 35.976 |
2 | FRA | Laëtitia Le Corguillé | 0: 38.042 |
3 | United States | Jill Kintner | 0: 38.674 |
4th | NZL | Sarah Walker | 0: 38.805 |
5 | ARG | Gabriela Diaz | 0: 39.747 |
6th | OUT | Nicole Callisto | 1: 19.609 |
7th | CAN | Sammy Cools | DNF |
8th | GBR | Shanaze Reade | REL |
Date: August 22, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Mountain bike
space | country | sportswoman | Time (h) |
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1 | GER | Sabine Spitz | 1:45:11 |
2 | POLE | Maja Włoszczowska | 1:45:52 |
3 | RUS | Irina Kalentieva | 1:46:28 |
4th | CAN | Catharine Pendrel | 1:46:37 |
5 | CHN | Chengyuan Ren | 1:47:40 |
6th | SUI | Petra Henzi | 1:48:41 |
7th | United States | Mary McConneloug | 1:50:34 |
8th | United States | Georgia Gould | 1:50:51 |
Date: August 23, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Participants:
Sabine Spitz Germany Petra Henzi Switzerland Elisabeth Osl Austria (1:51:39 h / 11th) Lene Byberg Norway (1:53:19 h / 13th) Nathalie Schneitter Switzerland (1:53:42 h / 15th) Eva Lechner Italy (1:58:22 h / 16.) Adelheid Morath Germany (2:02:25 h / 18.) Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Norway (DNF lap 4)
Medal table cycling
Medal table cycling | |||||
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space | country | G | S. | B. | total |
1 | United Kingdom | 8th | 4th | 2 | 14th |
2 | France | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
3 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
4th | United States | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
6th | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7th | Argentina | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Latvia | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Netherlands | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
10 | Sweden | - | 2 | - | 2 |
11 | New Zealand | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Denmark | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Cuba | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Poland | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Australia | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
16 | Russia | - | - | 3 | 3 |
17th | People's Republic of China | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Italy | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Rebellin officially loses Olympic silver medal (accessed November 27, 2009)
Web links
- Olympic Summer Games 2008 / cycling in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )