Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

Men's cross-country at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic mountain bike cycling
Venue	Colline d'Élancourt
Date	29 July 2024
Competitors	36 from 28 nations
Medalists
Tom Pidcock   Great Britain Victor Koretzky   France Alan Hatherly   South Africa
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The men's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at Colline d'Élancourt (Elancourt Hill) which is the highest point in the Paris region. 36 cyclists from 28 nations competed. ^[1] The gold medal was awarded to the defending 2020 Olympic champion Tom Pidcock. ^[2]

Background

This was the 8th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since mountain bike cycling was added to the programme in 1996.

The reigning Olympic champion was Tom Pidcock of Great Britain.

Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition format

The competition was a mass-start, eight-lap race. There was only one round of competition. The mountain bike course was 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) long, with sudden changes in elevation, narrow dirt trails, and rocky sections. Riders that were lapped or were slower than 80% of the race leader’s time were eliminated. ^[3]

Start list

Main article: List of cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Results

Result ^[4]

Rank	#	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Diff.
	1	Tom Pidcock	Great Britain	1:26:22
	2	Victor Koretzky	France	1:26:31	+0:09
	5	Alan Hatherly	South Africa	1:26:33	+0:11
4	10	Luca Braidot	Italy	1:26:56	+0:34
5	3	Mathias Flückiger	Switzerland	1:27:42	+1:20
6	15	Samuel Gaze	New Zealand	1:28:03	+1:41
7	7	Riley Amos	United States	1:28:08	+1:46
8	14	Charlie Aldridge	Great Britain	1:28:32	+2:10
9	4	Nino Schurter	Switzerland	1:28:44	+2:22
10	23	David Valero Serrano	Spain	1:28:49	+2:27
11	13	Martín Vidaurre	Chile	1:29:00	+2:38
12	11	Simon Andreassen	Denmark	1:29:05	+2:43
13	9	Christopher Blevins	United States	1:29:06	+2:44
14	6	Jordan Sarrou	France	1:29:08	+2:46
15	19	Julian Schelb	Germany	1:29:08	+2:46
16	8	Luca Schwarzbauer	Germany	1:29:10	+2:48
17	16	Mārtiņš Blūms	Latvia	1:29:11	+2:49
18	20	Pierre de Froidmont	Belgium	1:30:21	+3:59
19	17	Simone Avondetto	Italy	1:30:52	+4:30
20	28	Knut Røhme	Norway	1:30:55	+4:33
21	28	Ulan Bastos Galinski	Brazil	1:30:55	+4:33
22	24	Maximilian Foidl	Austria	1:31:26	+5:04
23	30	Adair Gutierrez Prieto	Mexico	1:31:42	+5:20
24	12	Jofre Cullell Estape	Spain	1:32:13	+5:51
25	22	Ondřej Cink	Czech Republic	1:32:28	+6:06
26	18	Jens Schuermans	Belgium	1:33:29	+7:07
27	29	Krzysztof Łukasik	Poland	1:33:55	+7:33
28	35	Romano Püntener	Liechtenstein	1:34:33	+8:11
29	26	Tomer Zaltsman	Israel	1:34:47	+8:25
30	25	Gunnar Holmgren	Canada	1:34:57	+8:35
31	31	Diego Arias	Colombia	1:35:13	+8:51
32	27	Oleksandr Hudyma	Ukraine	—	-1 LAP
33	34	Mi Jiujiang	China	—	-2 LAP
34	33	Ede-Károly Molnár	Romania	—	-6 LAP
	32	Alex Miller	Namibia	DNF
	36	Joni Savaste	Finland	DNF

References

1. "Cycling Men's Cross-country Extended Start List" (PDF). Paris 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
2. "Pidcock defies puncture to retain Olympic title". BBC Sport. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
3. NBC Olympics (29 April 2024). "Cycling 101: Mountain biking Olympic rules and competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
4. "Results" (PDF). Paris 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.