The Women's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 at the Urban Road Cycling Course. Of the 25 women competing in the event, the medal hopefuls included Karin Thürig (Switzerland), Judith Arndt and Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany), Marianne Vos (Netherlands), Christiane Soeder (Austria), and road race gold medalist Nicole Cooke (Great Britain).
Cyclists started at two-minute intervals on the course, which was in length. They competed against the clock rather than in a direct race against the cyclists.
Kristin Armstrong of the USA won the event in under 35 minutes, finishing 24.29 seconds ahead of Emma Pooley of Great Britain. Armstrong's average speed was 40.445 km/h (25.1 mph).
Result
Rank Rider Country Time Kristin Armstrong 34:51.72 Emma Pooley 35:16.01 Karin Thürig 35:50.994 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli 35:52.625 Christine Thorburn 35:54.166 Judith Arndt 35:59.777 Christiane Soeder 36:20.758 Priska Doppmann 36:27.799 Zulfiya Zabirova 36:29.4710 Susanne Ljungskog 36:33.5011 Hanka Kupfernagel 36:35.0512 Tatiana Guderzo 36:37.9713 Linda Villumsen 36:50.6214 Marianne Vos 36:58.6715 Nicole Cooke 37:14.2516 Natalia Boyarskaya 37:14.6517 Gao Min 37:15.2318 Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel 37:51.5919 Marta Vilajosana 37:54.9920 Maryline Salvetat 38:09.7221 Emma Johansson 38:28.8322 Oenone Wood 38:53.4523 Edita Pučinskaitė 38:55.3724 Alexandra Wrubleski 39:15.4225 Meng Lang 40:51.61
See also 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Women's Time Trial
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