Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women'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

These are the results of the women's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The pre-race favourite, Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle, dominated the race throughout, despite a fall that damaged the gears on her bicycle. The reigning world champion Sabine Spitz overtook Alison Sydor late in the race to claim bronze, behind Marie-Hélène Prémont. The winner of the gold medal at the previous two Olympics, Paola Pezzo of Italy, did not finish.

The race consisted of 1 start loop and 5 full loop, a total of 31.3 km. It was held at 11:00 on August 27, 2004.

Medalists [edit]

Gold	Gunn-Rita Dahle Norway (NOR)
Silver	Marie-Hélène Prémont Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Sabine Spitz Germany (GER)

Results [edit]

Final standings ^[1]
Rank	Name	Time
1	Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)	1:56:51
2	Marie-Hélène Prémont (CAN)	1:57:50
3	Sabine Spitz (GER)	1:59:21
4	Alison Sydor (CAN)	1:59:47
5	Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink (NED)	2:01:41
6	Maja Włoszczowska (POL)	2:02:08
7	Ivonne Kraft (GER)	2:05:18
8	Laurence Leboucher (FRA)	2:05:34
9	Mary McConneloug (USA)	2:06:12
10	Lisa Mathison (AUS)	2:07:01
11	Anna Szafraniec (POL)	2:07:44
12	Jimena Florit (ARG)	2:08:42
13	Irina Kalentieva (RUS)	2:08:57
14	Barbel Jungmeier (AUT)	2:09:22
15	Kiara Bisaro (CAN)	2:09:50
16	Robyn Wong (NZL)	2:10:59
17	Ma Yanping (CHN)	2:13:18
18	Jaqueline Mourao (BRA)	2:13:52
19	Katrin Leumann (SUI)	2:16:07
20	Maria Ostergren (SWE)	2:16:16
21	Jenny McCauley (IRL)	-1 lap
22	Yukari Nakagome (JPN)	-1 lap
23	Karen Matamoros (CRC)	-1 lap
24	Elina Sofocleous (CYP)	-2 laps
—	Marga Fullana (ESP)	DNF
	Magdalena Sadlecka (POL)	DNF
	Barbara Blatter (SUI)	DNF
	Mette Andersen (DEN)	DNF
	Paola Pezzo (ITA)	DNF
	Janka Stevkova (SVK)	DNF