# Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
* Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time trial events).
* Track cycling, held at the Olympic Velodrome.
* Mountain biking, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
In total, 464 cyclists participated: these consisted of 334 men and 130 women, from 61 countries. The youngest participant was Ignatas Konovalovas, at 18 years, while the oldest was Jeannie Longo, at 45 years. The most successful contestant was Bradley Wiggins, who won three medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze. The most successful country was Australia, with its team members winning 6 gold and 11 total medals. Russia and Great Britain came in second place with 3 and 2 golds, respectively. After a disqualification, Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia was awarded his second gold medal in men's time trial, defending his title from 2000, and his third gold medal overall. He achieved his first victory back in 1988, when he competed in men's track pursuit as part of the Soviet team.
Australia dominated track events, winning 5 out of its 6 cycling gold medals there.

## Road cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's road race details | Paolo Bettini Italy | Sérgio Paulinho Portugal | Axel Merckx Belgium |
| Men's time trial details | Viatcheslav Ekimov Russia | Bobby Julich United States | Michael Rogers Australia |
| Women's road race details | Sara Carrigan Australia | Judith Arndt Germany | Olga Slyusareva Russia |
| Women's time trial details | Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands | Deirdre Demet-Barry United States | Karin Thürig Switzerland |

## Track cycling
### Men's

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Keirin details | Ryan Bayley Australia | José Antonio Escuredo Spain | Shane Kelly Australia |
| Madison details | Australia (AUS) Graeme Brown Stuart O'Grady | Switzerland (SUI) Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi | Great Britain (GBR) Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins |
| points race details | Mikhail Ignatiev Russia | Joan Llaneras Spain | Guido Fulst Germany |
| individual pursuit details | Bradley Wiggins Great Britain | Brad McGee Australia | Sergi Escobar Spain |
| team pursuit details | Australia (AUS) Graeme Brown Brett Lancaster Brad McGee Luke Roberts | Great Britain (GBR) Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins | Spain (ESP) Carlos Castaño Sergi Escobar Asier Maeztu Carlos Torrent |
| individual sprint details | Ryan Bayley Australia | Theo Bos Netherlands | René Wolff Germany |
| team sprint details | Germany (GER) Jens Fiedler Stefan Nimke René Wolff | Japan (JPN) Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka | France (FRA) Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant |
| time trial details | Chris Hoy Great Britain | Arnaud Tournant France | Stefan Nimke Germany |

### Women's

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| points race details | Olga Slyusareva Russia | Belem Guerrero Méndez Mexico | María Luisa Calle Colombia |
| pursuit details | Sarah Ulmer New Zealand | Katie Mactier Australia | Leontien van Moorsel Netherlands |
| sprint details | Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada | Tamilla Abassova Russia | Anna Meares Australia |
| time trial details | Anna Meares Australia | Jiang Yonghua China | Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus |

## Mountain biking

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Julien Absalon France | José Antonio Hermida Spain | Bart Brentjens Netherlands |
| Women's details | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Norway | Marie-Hélène Prémont Canada | Sabine Spitz Germany |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## World records broken

* Women's 500 m time trial: Australia's Anna Meares, 33.952 s (20 August). The previous record of 34.000 s was set in August 2002 by Yonghua Jiang.
* Women's individual pursuit: New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537 (22 August). This record was broken multiple times during these Games, the prior instances being New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer, 3:26.400 (21 August); Australia's Katie Mactier, 3:29.945 (21 August). The previous record of 3:30.604 was set in May by Ulmer.
* Men's team pursuit: Australia's Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Bradley McGee, Luke Roberts, 3:56.610 (22 August). The previous record of 3:59:583 was set in 2002 by Australian team.