Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

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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]

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Canada.svg  Lori-Ann Muenzer  (CAN)Flag of Russia.svg  Tamilla Abassova  (RUS)Flag of Australia.svg  Anna Meares  (AUS)

Records

World RecordOlga Slyusareva (RUS) Moscow, Russia 10.831 s25 April 1993
Olympic RecordMichelle Ferris (AUS) Atlanta, United States 11.212 s24 July 1996

Qualifying round

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

RankNameCountryTime (s)Avg. Speed (km/h)
1 Anna Meares Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11.29163.767
2 Natallia Tsylinskaya Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 11.36463.357
3 Tamilla Abassova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11.36463.357
4 Lori-Ann Muenzer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 11.38063.268
5 Yvonne Hijgenaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11.40063.157
6 Simona Krupeckaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 11.43062.992
7 Svetlana Grankovskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11.45662.849
8 Daniela Larreal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 11.59762.085
9 Jennie Reed Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.62261.951
10 Victoria Pendleton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 11.64661.823
11 Katrin Meinke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.65561.776
12 Evgenia Radanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 12.45757.798

1/8 final

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.

HeatTimePosRiderCountry
Heat 111.927 s
1Anna MearesAustralia
2Evegenia RadanovaBulgaria
Heat 211.846 s
1Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
Heat 311.714 s
1Tamilla AbassovaRussia
2Victoria PendletonGreat Britain
Heat 411.881 s
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada
2Jennie ReedUnited States
Heat 511.849 s
1Daniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela
2Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
Heat 611.872
1Simona KrupeckaitėLithuania
2Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia

1/8 repechage

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.

HeatTimeSpeedPosRiderCountry
Heat 112.015 s59.925 km/h
1Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Jennie ReedUnited States
3Evgenia RadanovaBulgaria
Heat 212.132 s59.347 km/h
1Katrin MeinkeGermany
2Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
3Victoria PendletonGreat Britain

Classification 9-12

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.

PosRiderCountryTimeSpeed
1Victoria PendletonGreat Britain12.699 s56.697 km/h
2Jennie ReedUnited States
3Yvonne HijgenaarNetherlands
4Evgenia RadanovaBulgaria

Quarterfinals

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.

HeatTimePosRiderCountry
Heat 11st race: 11.916 s
2nd race: 12.048 s
1Anna MearesAustralia
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
Heat 21st race: 11.945 s
2nd race: 12.085 s
1Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus
Heat 3
1st race: 11.993 s
3rd race: 11.914 s
1Tamilla AbassovaRussia
2nd race: 12.632 s2Simona KrupeckaitėLithuania
Heat 41st race: 12.064 s
2nd race: 11.888 s
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada
2Daniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela

Classification 5-8

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.

PosRiderCountryTimeSpeed
1Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus11.364 s63.357 km/h
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
DNFSimona KrupeckaitėLithuania
DSQDaniela Greluis Larreal ChirinosVenezuela

Semifinals

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

HeatTimePosRiderCountry
SF 1
2nd race: 12.101 s
3rd race: 12.185 s
1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada
1st race: 11.802 s2Anna MearesAustralia
SF 2
2nd race: 11.965 s
3rd race: 11.894 s
1Tamilla AbassovaRussia
1st race: 11.893 s2Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was best-of-three.

Pos.RiderCountryTime
1 Anna Meares Australia1st race: 12.042 s
2nd race: 11.822 s
2Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia

Final

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

Pos.RiderCountryTime
1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada1st race: 12.126 s
2nd race: 12.140 s
2 Tamilla Abassova Russia

Final classification

The final classification was [1]

  1. Flag of Canada.svg  Lori-Ann Muenzer  (CAN)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg  Tamilla Abassova  (RUS)
  3. Flag of Australia.svg  Anna Meares  (AUS)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Grankovskaya  (RUS)
  5. Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Natallia Tsylinskaya  (BLR)
  6. Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Meinke  (GER)
  7. Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)
  8. Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Daniela Larreal  (VEN)
  9. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Victoria Pendleton  (GBR)
  10. Flag of the United States.svg  Jennie Reed  (USA)
  11. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Yvonne Hijgenaar  (NED)
  12. Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Evgenia Radanova  (BUL)

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