| Women's cross-country at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Date | 27 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56:51 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
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| Track time trial | men | women |
| 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 |
These are the results of thewomen's cross-country event incycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The pre-race favourite, Norway'sGunn-Rita Dahle, dominated the race throughout, despite a fall that damaged the gears on her bicycle. The reigning world champion Sabine Spitz overtookAlison Sydor late in the race to claim bronze, behindMarie-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 27 August 2004.[1]
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR) |  Marie-Hélène Prémont (CAN) |  Sabine Spitz (GER) |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gunn-Rita Dahle | Norway | 1:56:51 |
 | Marie-Hélène Prémont | Canada | 1:57:50 |
 | Sabine Spitz | Germany | 1:59:21 |
| 4 | Alison Sydor | Canada | 1:59:47 |
| 5 | Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink |  Netherlands | 2:01:41 |
| 6 | Maja Włoszczowska |  Poland | 2:02:08 |
| 7 | Ivonne Kraft | Germany | 2:05:18 |
| 8 | 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 Kalentieva |  Russia | 2:08:57 |
| 14 | Bärbel Jungmeier |  Austria | 2:09:22 |
| 15 | Kiara Bisaro | Canada | 2:09:50 |
| 16 | Robyn Wong |  New Zealand | 2:10:59 |
| 17 | Ma Yanping |  China | 2:13:18 |
| 18 | Jaqueline Mourão |  Brazil | 2:13:52 |
| 19 | Katrin Leumann |  Switzerland | 2:16:07 |
| 20 | Maria Östergren |  Sweden | 2:16:16 |
| 21 | Jenny McCauley |  Ireland | -1 lap |
| 22 | Yukari Nakagome |  Japan | -1 lap |
| 23 | Karen Matamoros |  Costa Rica | -1 lap |
| 24 | Elina Sofokleous |  Cyprus | -2 laps |
| — | Margarita Fullana |  Spain | DNF |
| Magdalena Sadlecka | Poland | DNF | |
| Barbara Blatter | Switzerland | DNF | |
| Mette Andersen |  Denmark | DNF | |
| Paola Pezzo |  Italy | DNF | |
| Janka Števková |  Slovakia | DNF |
