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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's individual pursuit

|games = 2004 Summer

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|gold = Sarah Ulmer

|goldNOC = NZL

|silver = Katie Mactier

|silverNOC = AUS

|bronze = Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel

|bronzeNOC = NED

|prev = 2000

|next = 2008}}

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The women's Individual Pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of matches between two cyclists. The riders would start at opposite ends of the track. They had 12 laps (3 kilometres) in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 12 laps, the times for the distance were used to determine the victor. In the twelve matches of the 2004 event, one cyclist was lapped.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/CYC/womens-individual-pursuit-3000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/CYC/womens-individual-pursuit-3000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=11 March 2020}}

Records

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| !align="left" bgcolor = "ddeeff" | World Record

Sarah Ulmer (NZL)Auckland, New Zealand3:30.60427 May 2004
!align="left" bgcolor = "eeffdd" | Olympic RecordLeontien Zijlaard (NED)Sydney, Australia3:30.81617 September 2000

Ulmer held the world record coming into this event, which she set at the world championships in Melbourne in May 2004. She reduced the world record by more than 6 seconds during this event. All three of the medallists in Athens beat the previous world record.

WR denotes world record

Q denotes qualification for next round

=Qualifying round=

The riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round was not based on who won those matches, however. The cyclists with the eight fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match. This resulted in the first two heats not having any riders advance while the next four heats each had both winners and losers advance.

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Time

!Place

!Rider

!Country

colspan=4| Heat 1
3:54.37211thLenka ValovaCzech Republic
3:56.05512thEvelyn GarcíaEl Salvador
colspan=4| Heat 2
3:35.4309thMaría Luisa CalleColombia
3:36.99210thErin MirabellaUnited States
colspan=4| Heat 3
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| 3:31.236 Q

4thKatherine BatesAustralia
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| 3:35.069 Q

7thEmma DaviesGreat Britain

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Time

!Place

!Rider

!Country

colspan=4| Heat 4
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| 3:33.709 Q

5thElena ChalykhRussia
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| 3:34.746 Q

6thKarin ThürigSwitzerland
colspan=4| Heat 5
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| 3:29.945 Q

2ndKatie MactierAustralia
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| 3:30.422 Q

3rdLeontien Zijlaard-van MoorselNetherlands
colspan=4| Heat 6
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| 3:26.400 WR Q

1stSarah UlmerNew Zealand
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| 3:35.177 Q

8thOlga SlyusarevaRussia

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=First round=

In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest cyclist faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the third, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

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Time

!Place

!Rider

!Country

colspan=4| Heat 1
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| 3:34.743 Q

4thKatherine BatesAustralia
3:36.4427thElena ChalykhRussia
colspan=4| Heat 2
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| 3:28.747 Q

3rdLeontien Ziljaard-van MoorselNetherlands
3:34.8315thKarin ThürigSwitzerland
colspan=4| Heat 3
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| 3:28.095 Q

2ndKatie MactierAustralia
Overlapped8thEmma DaviesGreat Britain
colspan=4| Heat 4
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| 3:27.444 Q

1stSarah UlmerNew Zealand
3:36.2636thOlga SlyusarevaRussia

=Finals=

In the women's individual pursuit finals, the current world champion and world record holder, Sarah Ulmer from New Zealand, set a new world record in the final for a time of 3:24.537 for the gold medal. It is the first time New Zealand has ever won a cycling gold medal. The Australian, Katie Mactier (3:27.650), set a very fast first 1000 m of 1:10.618, with a lead of one second, but Ulmer reversed this lead in the second 1000 m, and went on to win the pursuit by 3 seconds. Netherlands rider and former world champion, Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel rode a time of 3:27.037 for the bronze defeating Australian, Katherine Bates (3:31.715)

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|+Gold/Silver medal race

Pos

!Rider

!Country

!Time

bgcolor="gold"| 1Sarah Ulmer{{flagIOC|NZL|2004 Summer}}3:24.537 WR
bgcolor="silver"| 2Katie Mactier{{flagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}3:27.650

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|+Bronze medal race

Pos

!Rider

!Country

!Time

bgcolor="CC9966"| 1Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel{{flagIOC|NED|2004 Summer}}3:27.037
2Katherine Bates{{flagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}3:31.715

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Final classification

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|+Final classification

Pos.AthleteNOC
bgcolor="gold"| 1.Sarah Ulmer{{flagIOC|NZL|2004 Summer}}
bgcolor="silver"| 2.Katie Mactier{{flagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}
bgcolor="CC9966"| 3.Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel{{flagIOC|NED|2004 Summer}}
4.Katherine Bates{{flagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}
5.Karin Theurig{{flagIOC|SUI|2004 Summer}}
6.Olga Slyusareva{{flagIOC|RUS|2004 Summer}}
7.Elena Chalykh{{flagIOC|RUS|2004 Summer}}
8.Emma Davies{{flagIOC|GBR|2004 Summer}}
9.María Luisa Calle{{flagIOC|COL|2004 Summer}}
10.Erin Mirabella{{flagIOC|USA|2004 Summer}}
11.Lenka Valova{{flagIOC|CZE|2004 Summer}}
12.Evelyn García{{flagIOC|ESA|2004 Summer}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

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