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

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 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]

The medals were presented by Tricia Smith, IOC member, Canada and Emin Muftuoglu, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Format

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

All times are Brasília time

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

Start list and result

No.[2] Rider Country UCI rank[2] Pos. Time[3]
7 Jenny Rissveds  Sweden 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1h 30' 15"
5 Maja Włoszczowska  Poland 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1h 30' 52"
10 Catharine Pendrel  Canada 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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  Timor-Leste 325 5 Lap —
28 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot  France 83 DNF —

References

  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.