Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
| Women's cross-country at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Colline d'Élancourt | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 July 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of cyclists Qualification | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
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| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | women |
| Keirin | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
| Madison | men | women |
| Omnium | men | women |
| Mountain biking | ||
| Cross-country | men | women |
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| BMX racing | men | women |
| BMX freestyle | men | women |
The women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2024 at Colline d'Élancourt (Elancourt Hill) which is the highest point in the Paris region. 36 cyclists from 28 nations competed.[1]
Background
[edit]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 Jolanda Neff of Switzerland.
Qualification
[edit]Competition format
[edit]The competition is a mass-start, seven-lap race. There is only one round of competition. The mountain bike course is 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) long, with sudden changes in elevation, narrow dirt trails, and rocky sections. Riders that are lapped or are slower than 80% of the race leader’s time are eliminated.[2]
Start list
[edit]Results
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cycling Women's Cross-country Results" (PDF). Paris 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ NBC Olympics (29 April 2024). "Cycling 101: Mountain biking Olympic rules and competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
