Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
| Women's cross-country at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Laoshan Mountain Bike Course | |||||||||
| Dates | August 23, 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45:11 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
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| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | women |
| Keirin | men | |
| Madison | men | |
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| Cross-country | men | women |
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| BMX | men | women |
The women's cross-country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23, 2008.
Germany's Sabine Spitz opened up a commanding, one-minute lead from the rest of the field and then stayed out in front to a spectacular finish with a gold-medal time in 1:45:11.[1][2] Trailing behind the leader by more than forty seconds, Poland's Maja Włoszczowska took home the silver in 1:45:52, while Russian rider Irina Kalentieva held off a tight battle with Canada's Catharine Pendrel down the final lap to grab the bronze in 1:46:28.[3][4] Among the 30 mountain bikers who competed in the cross-country race, only eighteen of them managed to complete the full distance.
Competition format[edit]
The competition began at 10:00 am with a mass-start in which riders are positioned according to their current world ranking so that the higher-ranked riders are near the front. The cross-country race also involved six laps, with 172 m of elevation change for each, around the 4.45 km course at Laoshan Mountain Bike Course.[5] The overall distance of the race was 26.70 km.
Schedule[edit]
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)[6]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday, 23 August 2008 | 10:00 | Final |
Result[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Spitz Wins Germany's First Cycling Gold at Beijing Olympics". Xinhua. China Radio International. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Germany's Spitz wins women's mountain bike gold". ABC News Australia. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Dreier, Fred (23 August 2008). "Spitz wins scorcher in Beijing". Velo News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Byers, Jim (23 August 2008). "Catharine Pendrel fourth in women's mountain bike, Premont pulls out". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Mountain Biking Competition Format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Mountain Biking: Results and Schedules". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
