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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint

{{short description|Cycling at the Olympics}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Women's cycling sprint

| games = 2004 Summer

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Athens Olympic Velodrome

| date = 22–24 August 2004

| competitors = 12

| nations = 11

| gold = Lori-Ann Muenzer

| goldNOC = CAN

| silver = Tamilla Abassova

| silverNOC = RUS

| bronze = Anna Meares

| bronzeNOC = AUS

| prev = 2000

| next = 2008

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{CyclingAt2004SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/CYC/womens-sprint.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/CYC/womens-sprint.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Sprint |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=11 March 2020}}

Medalists

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align=center bgcolor=gold| Image:Gold medal with cup.svg Gold

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Image:Silver medal with cup.svg Silver

|align=center bgcolor=cc9966| Image:Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze

{{flagIOCathlete|Lori-Ann Muenzer|CAN|2004 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tamilla Abassova|RUS|2004 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Anna Meares|AUS|2004 Summer}}

Records

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

Olga Slyusareva (RUS)Moscow, Russia10.831 s25 April 1993
!align="left" bgcolor = "eeffdd" | Olympic RecordMichelle Ferris (AUS)Atlanta, United States11.212 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.

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Rank

!style="width:16em"|Name

!style="width:6em"|Time (s)

!style="width:8em"|Avg. Speed (km/h)

1align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Anna Meares|AUS|2004 Summer}}11.29163.767
2align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Natallia Tsylinskaya|BLR|2004 Summer}}11.36463.357
3align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Tamilla Abassova|RUS|2004 Summer}}11.36463.357
4align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Lori-Ann Muenzer|CAN|2004 Summer}}11.38063.268
5align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Yvonne Hijgenaar|NED|2004 Summer}}11.40063.157
6align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Simona Krupeckaitė|LTU|2004 Summer}}11.43062.992
7align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Svetlana Grankovskaya|RUS|2004 Summer}}11.45662.849
8align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniela Larreal|VEN|2004 Summer}}11.59762.085
9align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Jennie Reed|USA|2004 Summer}}11.62261.951
10align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Victoria Pendleton|GBR|2004 Summer}}11.64661.823
11align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Katrin Meinke|GER|2004 Summer}}11.65561.776
12align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Evgenia Radanova|BUL|2004 Summer}}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.

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Heat

!Pos

!Rider

!Time

rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 11align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Anna Meares|AUS|2004 Summer}}11.927
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Evgenia Radanova|BUL|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|
rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 21align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Natallia Tsylinskaya|BLR|2004 Summer}}11.846
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Katrin Meinke|GER|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|
rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 31align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Tamilla Abassova|RUS|2004 Summer}}11.714
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Victoria Pendleton|GBR|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|
rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 41align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Lori-Ann Muenzer|CAN|2004 Summer}}11.881
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Jennie Reed|USA|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|
rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 51align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Daniela Larreal|VEN|2004 Summer}}11.849
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Yvonne Hijgenaar|NED|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|
rowspan=2 valign="top"| Heat 61align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Simona Krupeckaitė|LTU|2004 Summer}}11.872
2align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Svetlana Grankovskaya|RUS|2004 Summer}}bgcolor=wheat|

==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.

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Heat

!Time

!Speed

!Pos

!Rider

!Country

rowspan=4 valign="top"| Heat 1

| rowspan=4 valign="top"| 12.015 s

| rowspan=4 valign="top"| 59.925 km/h

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| 1

Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Jennie ReedUnited States
3Evgenia RadanovaBulgaria
rowspan=4 valign="top"| Heat 2

| rowspan=4 valign="top"| 12.132 s

| rowspan=4 valign="top"| 59.347 km/h

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| 1

Katrin 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.

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Pos

!Rider

!Country

!Time

!Speed

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.

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Heat

!Time

!Pos

!Rider

!Country

rowspan=3 valign="top"| Heat 1

| rowspan=3 valign="top"| 1st race: 11.916 s
2nd race: 12.048 s

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| 1

Anna MearesAustralia
2Katrin MeinkeGermany
rowspan=3 valign="top"| Heat 2

| rowspan=3 valign="top"| 1st race: 11.945 s
2nd race: 12.085 s

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| 1

Svetlana GrankovskayaRussia
2Natallia TsylinskayaBelarus
rowspan=3 valign="top"| Heat 3
1st race: 11.993 s
3rd race: 11.914 s

| bgcolor="honeydew"| 1

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Tamilla Abassova

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Russia

2nd race: 12.632 s

| 2

| Simona Krupeckaitė

| Lithuania

rowspan=3 valign="top"| Heat 4

| rowspan=3 valign="top"| 1st race: 12.064 s
2nd race: 11.888 s

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| 1

Lori-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.

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Pos

!Rider

!Country

!Time

!Speed

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.

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Heat

!Time

!Pos

!Rider

!Country

rowspan=3 valign="top"| SF 1
2nd race: 12.101 s
3rd race: 12.185 s

| bgcolor="honeydew"| 1

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Lori-Ann Muenzer

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Canada

1st race: 11.802 s

| 2

| Anna Meares

| Australia

rowspan=3 valign="top"| SF 2
2nd race: 11.965 s
3rd race: 11.894 s

| bgcolor="honeydew"| 1

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Tamilla Abassova

| bgcolor="honeydew"| Russia

1st race: 11.893 s

| 2

| Svetlana Grankovskaya

| Russia

==Bronze medal match==

The bronze medal match was best-of-three.

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Pos.

!Rider

!Country

!Time

1Anna MearesAustralia1st 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.

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Pos.

!Rider

!Country

!Time

1Lori-Ann MuenzerCanada1st race: 12.126 s
2nd race: 12.140 s
2Tamilla AbassovaRussia

Final classification

The final classification was

  1. {{FlagIOCathlete|Lori-Ann Muenzer|CAN|2004 Summer}}
  2. {{FlagIOCathlete|Tamilla Abassova|RUS|2004 Summer}}
  3. {{FlagIOCathlete|Anna Meares|AUS|2004 Summer}}
  4. {{FlagIOCathlete|Svetlana Grankovskaya|RUS|2004 Summer}}
  5. {{FlagIOCathlete|Natallia Tsylinskaya|BLR|2004 Summer}}
  6. {{FlagIOCathlete|Katrin Meinke|GER|2004 Summer}}
  7. {{FlagIOCathlete|Simona Krupeckaitė|LTU|2004 Summer}}
  8. {{FlagIOCathlete|Daniela Larreal|VEN|2004 Summer}}
  9. {{FlagIOCathlete|Victoria Pendleton|GBR|2004 Summer}}
  10. {{FlagIOCathlete|Jennie Reed|USA|2004 Summer}}
  11. {{FlagIOCathlete|Yvonne Hijgenaar|NED|2004 Summer}}
  12. {{FlagIOCathlete|Evgenia Radanova|BUL|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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