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

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Men's track time trial
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Athens Velodrome.JPG
Athens Olympic Velodrome
Venue Athens Olympic Velodrome
Date13 August
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time1:00.711 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chris Hoy
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Arnaud Tournant
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Stefan Nimke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2000

The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the 17 cyclists from 13 nations attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track. [1] Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Chris Hoy of Great Britain, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's track time trial (moving Great Britain into a five-way tie for second-most all-time at two). Arnaud Tournant of France earned silver after a disappointing fifth-place finish four years earlier. Stefan Nimke put Germany on the podium for the second consecutive Games with his bronze.

Background

This was the 19th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It was also the last appearance, as the event was cancelled to make room on the programme for BMX events.

The returning cyclists from 2000 were silver medalist Stefan Nimke of Germany, bronze medalist (and 1992 silver medalist and 1996 competitor) Shane Kelly of Australia, fifth-place finisher Arnaud Tournant of France, sixth-place finisher Dimitrios Georgalis of Greece, and seventh-place finisher Grzegorz Krejner of Poland. Georgalis and Krejner had competed in 1996 as well. The field included every world championship winner since 1995: Kelly (1995, 1996, 1997), Tournant (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Chris Hoy of Great Britain (2002, 2004), and Nimke (2003). Tournant also held the world record. [2]

For the only time in the event's history, no nations made their debut. France made its 19th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start. [2] [3]

Records

The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

World recordFlag of France.svg  Arnaud Tournant  (FRA)58.875 La Paz, Bolivia 10 October 2001
Olympic recordFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Jason Queally  (GBR)1:01.609 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Arnaud Tournant broke the Olympic record with a time of 1:00.896. Stefan Nimke and Shane Kelly also beat the old Olympic record, but raced after Tournant and did not beat his new mark. Chris Hoy, racing last, did beat Tournant's mark with a new record of 1:00.711.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 20 August 200417:55Final

Results

In a fascinating event the Olympic Record was broken four times, the final time by Chris Hoy of Great Britain retaining the title for his country that Jason Queally had won in Sydney four years previously.

RankRace
number
CyclistNation250 m500 m750 mTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg58 Chris Hoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.98431.41445.5051:00.711 OR
Silver medal icon.svg54 Arnaud Tournant Flag of France.svg  France 18.05731.55545.5761:00.896
Bronze medal icon.svg73 Stefan Nimke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18.48731.91946.0271:01.186
47 Shane Kelly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18.35131.86146.0571:01.224
5101 Theo Bos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18.69732.35646.6841:01.986
652 François Pervis Flag of France.svg  France 18.35332.08746.5701:02.328
759 Craig MacLean Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 18.44532.36746.6111:02.369
868 Carsten Bergemann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18.90132.85047.2721:02.551
928 Ahmed López Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 18.27231.85546.4361:02.739
1030 Alois Kaňkovský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 18.90332.62547.1521:03.038
11105 Teun Mulder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18.59132.44647.0841:03.165
1235 Ruben Donet Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18.68332.72547.3911:03.505
1324 Wilson Meneses Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 18.71332.70047.5051:03.614
14120 Grzegorz Krejner Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19.08333.11247.9291:03.923
1576 Dimitrios Georgalis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 18.85232.94348.0021:04.204
16137 Lin Chih-hsun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 19.71634.50349.8001:06.240
1721 Radoslav Konstantinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 19.37733.97649.4741:06.265

See also

References

  1. "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "1,000 metres Time Trial, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, Results Book for Track Cycling.