Date | 23 August 2008 — 10:00 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Laoshan Shandi Zixingche Chang, Beijing | |
Participants | 30 from 22 countries | |
Format | 26.7 km. |
Since 2002 the greatest mountain biker in the world had been Gunn Rita Dahle-Flesja, who had won the gold medal in 2004, and was World Champion in 2002, and 2004-06. She competed in Beijing but withdrew on the fourth lap of the six-lap race of 27 km. With her out Sabine Spitz (GER), World Champion in 2003 and runner-up in 2007, won the race easily. Spitz took the lead on the first lap, and eventually won by 41 seconds over Poland’s Maja Wloszczowska, runner-up at the 2004-05 Worlds. The bronze medal went to Russia’s Irina Kalentyeva, the 2007 World Champion. The race was held over a difficult course with drops, climbs and technical rock sections that broke apart the 30-rider field. The day was very hot and humid, and this and the difficult course led to only 18 riders finishing the race.
Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Margin | |||
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1 | Sabine Spitz | GER | 1-45:11 | – | Gold | ||
2 | Maja Włoszczowska | POL | 1-45:52 | at 0:41 | Silver | ||
3 | Irina Kalentyeva | RUS | 1-46:28 | at 1:17 | Bronze | ||
4 | Catharine Pendrel | CAN | 1-46:37 | at 1:26 | |||
5 | Ren Chengyuan | CHN | 1-47:40 | at 2:29 | |||
6 | Petra Henzi | SUI | 1-48:41 | at 3:30 | |||
7 | Mary McConneloug | USA | 1-50:34 | at 5:23 | |||
8 | Georgia Gould | USA | 1-50:51 | at 5:40 | |||
9 | Rosara Joseph | NZL | 1-51:07 | at 5:56 | |||
10 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz | POL | 1-51:21 | at 6:10 | |||
11 | Elisabeth Osl | AUT | 1-51:39 | at 6:28 | |||
12 | Liu Ying | CHN | 1-52:01 | at 6:50 | |||
13 | Lene Byberg | NOR | 1-53:19 | at 8:08 | |||
14 | Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink | NED | 1-53:30 | at 8:19 | |||
15 | Nathalie Schneitter | SUI | 1-53:42 | at 8:31 | |||
16 | Eva Lechner | ITA | 1-58:22 | at 13:11 | |||
17 | Laurence Leboucher | FRA | 2-00:55 | at 15:44 | |||
18 | Adelheid Morath | GER | 2-02:25 | at 17:14 | |||
19 | Jaque Mourão | BRA | – | at 1 lap | |||
20 | Rie Katayama | JPN | – | at 1 lap | |||
21 | Blaža Klemenčič | SLO | – | at 1 lap | |||
22 | Yolande Speedy | RSA | – | at 2 laps | |||
23 | Vera Andreyeva | RUS | – | at 2 laps | |||
24 | Janka Števková | SVK | – | at 2 laps | |||
25 | Francisca Campos | CHI | – | at 2 laps | |||
26 | Dellys Starr | AUS | – | at 2 laps | |||
Gunn Rita Dahle-Flesjå | NOR | – | – | 1 | |||
Marga Fullana | ESP | – | – | 2 | |||
Marie-Hélène Prémont | CAN | – | – | 3 | |||
Tereza Huřiková | CZE | – | – | 4 |