Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_track_time_trial

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial

Cycling at the Olympics

The women's 500 metre time trial in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the twelve cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for two laps (500 metres) of the track.[1]

In a field of personal bests, 20-year-old World Champion for the 500 m time trial, Anna Meares from Australia, set a new world record to claim the gold medal in 33.952 seconds. The previous world record was held by Yonghua Jiang of China, who minutes previously had set a new Olympic record in this event to claim the silver medal with a time of 34.112 seconds. Natallia Tsylinskaya from Belarus was awarded the bronze medal.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Anna Meares (AUS)  Jiang Yonghua (CHN)  Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)

Records

Anna Meares's time of 33.952 seconds in the event set a new world record, beatingJiang Yonghua's world record and Félicia Ballanger's Olympic record.

World RecordJiang Yonghua (CHN)Kumming, China P.R.34.000 s11 August 2002
Olympic RecordFélicia Ballanger (FRA)Sydney, Australia34.140 s16 September 2000

Results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's 500 metres Time Trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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