Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team pursuit	men
Sprint	men	women
Team sprint	men
Time trial	men	women
Points race	men	women
Keirin	men
Madison	men
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women

The men's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 1 start loop and 7 full loops around a circuit - totalling 43.3 km. The race started at 11:00 on August 28, 2004.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Julien Absalon France (FRA)
Silver	José Antonio Hermida Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Bart Brentjens Netherlands (NED)

Results[edit]

Final results^[1]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Julien Absalon (FRA)	2:15:02
2	José Antonio Hermida (ESP)	2:16:02
3	Bart Brentjens (NED)	2:17:05
4	Roel Paulissen (BEL)	2:18:10
5	Liam Killeen (GBR)	2:18:32
6	Ralph Naef (SUI)	2:19:15
7	Thomas Frischknecht (SUI)	2:19:39
8	Manuel Fumic (GER)	2:20:29
9	Seamus McGrath (CAN)	2:20:33
10	Marco Bui (ITA)	2:20:45
11	Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	2:20:59
12	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	2:21:23
13	Bas Peters (NED)	2:21:44
14	Marek Galinski (POL)	2:22:14
15	Christoph Soukup (AUT)	2:22:50
16	Ivan Alvarez (ESP)	2:23:08
17	Oli Beckingsale (GBR)	2:23:15
18	Peter Riis Andersen (DEN)	2:24:03
19	Todd Wells (USA)	2:24:37
20	Carsten Bresser (GER)	2:25:09
21	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA)	2:25:28
22	Radim Korinek (CZE)	2:25:28
23	Sid Taberlay (AUS)	2:26:16
24	Marcin Karczynski (POL)	2:26:41
25	Thijs Al (NED)	2:27:13
26	José Adrián Bonilla (CRC)	2:27:13
27	Yuri Trofimov (RUS)	2:27:46
28	Kashi Leuchs (NZL)	2:28:20
29	Mannie Heymans (NAM)	2:28:28
30	Robin Seymour (IRL)	2:28:32
31	Joshua Fleming (AUS)	2:29:54
32	Michael Weiss (AUT)	2:30:14
33	Edvandro Cruz (BRA)	2:30:35
34	Lubos Kondis (SVK)	2:31:15
35	Yader Zoli (ITA)	2:31:39
36	Sergiy Rysenko (UKR)	2:33:10
37	Ovidiu Tudor Oprea (ROU)	-1 lap
38	Kenji Takeya (JPN)	-1 lap
39	Christian Poulsen (DEN)	-1 lap
40	Cristobal Silva (CHI)	-1 lap
41	Sigvard Kukk (EST)	-2 laps
42	Zhu Yongbiao (CHN)	-2 laps
43	Zsolt Vinczeffy (HUN)	-2 laps
44	Carlos Franco Gennero (ARG)	-3 laps
45	Emmanouil Kotoulas (GRE)	-3 laps
—	Miguel Martinez (FRA)	DNF
	Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE)	DNF
	Lado Fumic (GER)	DNF
	Christoph Sauser (SUI)	DNF
	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	DNF