Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country

The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Mountain Bike Centre on 20 August.[1]

Women's cross-country cycling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueMountain Bike Centre
Date20 August
Competitors29 from 23 nations
Winning time1h 30' 15"
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jenny Rissveds  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maja Włoszczowska  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Catharine Pendrel  Canada
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The medals were presented by Tricia Smith, IOC member, Canada and Emin Muftuoglu, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Format edit

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start. The length of the course was 29.67 km (0.57 km + 6 laps of 4.85 km each).

Schedule edit

All times are Brasília time

Date Time Round
Saturday, 20 August 2016 12:30 Final

Start list and result edit

No.[2] Rider Country UCI rank[2] Pos. Time[3]
7 Jenny Rissveds   Sweden 6   1h 30' 15"
5 Maja Włoszczowska   Poland 4   1h 30' 52"
10 Catharine Pendrel   Canada 9   1h 31' 41"
9 Emily Batty   Canada 8 4 1h 31' 43"
16 Kateřina Nash   Czech Republic 17 5 1h 32' 25"
4 Jolanda Neff   Switzerland 3 6 1h 32' 43"
22 Lea Davison   United States 27 7 1h 33' 27"
8 Linda Indergand   Switzerland 7 8 1h 33' 27"
6 Yana Belomoyna   Ukraine 5 9 1h 33' 28"
13 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå   Norway 13 10 1h 33' 34"
2 Annika Langvad   Denmark 1 11 1h 33' 48"
19 Helen Grobert   Germany 23 12 1h 34' 08"
18 Tanja Žakelj   Slovenia 21 13 1h 35' 17"
23 Chloe Woodruff   United States 29 14 1h 36' 17"
20 Anne Terpstra   Netherlands 24 15 1h 36' 33"
14 Daniela Campuzano   Mexico 15 16 1h 36' 33"
25 Irina Kalentieva   Russia 33 17 1h 36' 54"
21 Eva Lechner   Italy 26 18 1h 38' 45"
3 Sabine Spitz   Germany 2 19 1h 39' 16"
11 Raiza Goulão   Brazil 10 20 1h 39' 21"
17 Githa Michiels   Belgium 18 21 1h 40' 23"
24 Iryna Popova   Ukraine 30 22 1h 41' 29"
26 Perrine Clauzel   France 37 23 1h 42' 23"
31 Yao Ping   China 478 24 1h 43' 20"
12 Rebecca Henderson   Australia 11 2 Lap
29 Michelle Vorster   Namibia 96 2 Lap
15 Jovana Crnogorac   Serbia 16 2 Lap
30 Francelina Cabral   East Timor 325 5 Lap
28 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot   France 83 DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike - Rio 2016 Summer Olympics". Rio2016.com. 2016-05-21. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. ^ a b "Rio Olympics women's cross-country start list". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "UPDATE 2-Olympics-Mountain bike-Women's cross country results". Reuters. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.