Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
- Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time trial events).
- Track cycling, held at the Olympic Velodrome.
- Mountain biking, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
In total, 464 cyclists participated: these consisted of 334 men and 130 women, from 61 countries. The youngest participant was Ignatas Konovalovas, at 18 years, while the oldest was Jeannie Longo, at 45 years. The most successful contestant was Bradley Wiggins, who won three medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze. The most successful country was Australia, with its team members winning 6 gold and 11 total medals. Russia and Great Britain came in second place with 3 and 2 golds, respectively. After a disqualification, Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia was awarded his second gold medal in men's time trial, defending his title from 2000, and his third gold medal overall. He achieved his first victory back in 1988, when he competed in men's track pursuit as part of the Soviet team.
thumb|The [[Olympic Velodrome (Athens)|Olympic Velodrome in Athens, where track cycling events were held during the 2004 Summer Olympics.]]
Australia dominated track events, winning 5 out of its 6 cycling gold medals there.
Road cycling
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Track cycling
Men's
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| Madison<br>
|<br>Graeme Brown<br>Stuart O'Grady
|<br>Franco Marvulli<br>Bruno Risi
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| points race<br>
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| <br>Graeme Brown <br>Brett Lancaster <br>Brad McGee <br>Luke Roberts
| <br>Steve Cummings <br>Rob Hayles <br>Paul Manning <br>Bradley Wiggins
| <br>Carlos Castaño <br>Sergi Escobar <br>Asier Maeztu <br>Carlos Torrent
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| team sprint<br>
| <br>Jens Fiedler <br>Stefan Nimke <br>René Wolff
| <br>Toshiaki Fushimi <br>Masaki Inoue <br>Tomohiro Nagatsuka
| <br>Mickaël Bourgain <br>Laurent Gané <br>Arnaud Tournant
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| time trial<br>
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Women's
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Mountain biking
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Medal table
World records broken
- Women's 500 m time trial: Australia's Anna Meares, 33.952 s (20 August). The previous record of 34.000 s was set in August 2002 by Yonghua Jiang.
- Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537 (22 August). This record was broken multiple times during these Games, the prior instances being New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:26.400 (21 August); Australia's Katie Mactier, 3:29.945 (21 August). The previous record of 3:30.604 was set in May by Ulmer.
- Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (22 August). The previous record of 3:59:583 was set in 2002 by Australian team.
References
External links
- Official result book – Cycling Mountain Bike
- Official result book – Cycling Road
- Official result book – Cycling Track