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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

Cycling at the Olympics

Women's cycling sprint at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Velodrome
Date	22–24 August 2004
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Lori-Ann Muenzer  Canada Tamilla Abassova  Russia Anna Meares  Australia
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
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
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women
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The women's sprint event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a series of head-to-head matches in which cyclists made three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)	Tamilla Abassova (RUS)	Anna Meares (AUS)

Records[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

Each cyclist covered the course individually in the qualifying round. The times were used to seed the twelve riders for the 1/8 finals.

Rank	Name	Time (s)	Avg. Speed (km/h)
1	Anna Meares (AUS)	11.291	63.767
2	Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)	11.364	63.357
3	Tamilla Abassova (RUS)	11.364	63.357
4	Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)	11.380	63.268
5	Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED)	11.400	63.157
6	Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	11.430	62.992
7	Svetlana Grankovskaya (RUS)	11.456	62.849
8	Daniela Larreal (VEN)	11.597	62.085
9	Jennie Reed (USA)	11.622	61.951
10	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	11.646	61.823
11	Katrin Meinke (GER)	11.655	61.776
12	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	12.457	57.798

1/8 final[edit]

The twelve cyclists competed in six matches of two cyclists each. Winners advanced to the quarterfinals while the defeated riders received a second chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat	Pos	Rider	Time
Heat 1	1	Anna Meares (AUS)	11.927
	2	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)
Heat 2	1	Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)	11.846
	2	Katrin Meinke (GER)
Heat 3	1	Tamilla Abassova (RUS)	11.714
	2	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)
Heat 4	1	Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)	11.881
	2	Jennie Reed (USA)
Heat 5	1	Daniela Larreal (VEN)	11.849
	2	Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED)
Heat 6	1	Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)	11.872
	2	Svetlana Grankovskaya (RUS)

1/8 repechage[edit]

The 1/8 repechage consisted of two heats of three cyclists, with the six riders that had been defeated in the 1/8 final competing. The winner of each of the heats returned to the main competition and advanced to the quarterfinal. The losers of the repechage competed in the 9th to 12th place classification.

Classification 9-12[edit]

The 9-12 classification was one race in which all four losers from the 1/8 repechage competed. The winner of the classification took 9th place, with the following three places going to the other cyclists in order.

Quarterfinals[edit]

The quarterfinals pitted the eight cyclists against each other in four pairwise matches. Each match was a best-of-three race competition. Winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers competed in the 5th to 8th place classification.

Classification 5-8[edit]

The 5-8 classification was one race in which all four losers from the quarterfinals competed. The winner of the classification took 5th place, with the following three places going to the other cyclists in order.

Semifinals[edit]

The semifinals were again best-of-three matches. Winners advanced to the final, while losers competed for the bronze medal.

Bronze medal match[edit]

The bronze medal match was best-of-three.

Final[edit]

The final was a best-of-three match; Muenzer won the first two races to eliminate the need for a third.

Final classification[edit]

The final classification was^[1]

1.  Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)
2.  Tamilla Abassova (RUS)
3.  Anna Meares (AUS)
4.  Svetlana Grankovskaya (RUS)
5.  Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)
6.  Katrin Meinke (GER)
7.  Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU)
8.  Daniela Larreal (VEN)
9.  Victoria Pendleton (GBR)
10.  Jennie Reed (USA)
11.  Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED)
12.  Evgenia Radanova (BUL)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Olympic Report