| Men's cross-country at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Laoshan Mountain Bike Course | |||||||||
| Dates | August 23, 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55:59 | |||||||||
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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 |
Themen's cross-countrymountain biking at the2008 Summer Olympics took place at theLaoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23, 2008.
France'sJulien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title in the event with a gold-medal time in 1:55:59.[1][2] Absalon also enjoyed his teammateJean-Christophe Péraud taking home the silver in 1:57:06, as the Frenchmen climbed on top of the podium with a spectacular 1–2 finish.[3] Meanwhile,Switzerland'sNino Schurter delivered an exciting sprint challenge for the bronze in 1:57:52, edging out his teammate, three-time Olympian and reigning world championChristoph Sauser by two seconds.[4][5] Among the 50 mountain bikers who competed in the cross-country race, only twenty-eight of them managed to complete the full distance.
The competition began at 15:00 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 eight laps, with 172 m of elevation change for each, around the 4.45 km course atLaoshan Mountain Bike Course.[6] The overall distance of the race was 35.60 km.
All times areChina standard time (UTC+8)[7]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday, 23 August 2008 | 15:00 | Final |
