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.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Records World Record Olga Slyusareva (RUS) Moscow, Russia 10.831 s 25 April 1993 Olympic Record Michelle Ferris (AUS) Atlanta, United States 11.212 s 24 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.

RankNameTime (s)Avg. Speed (km/h) 1 11.291 63.767 2 11.364 63.357 3 11.364 63.357 4 11.380 63.268 5 11.400 63.157 6 11.430 62.992 7 11.456 62.849 8 11.597 62.085 9 11.622 61.951 10 11.646 61.823 11 11.655 61.776 12 12.457 57.798

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.

HeatPosRiderTime Heat 1 1 11.927 2 Heat 2 1 11.846 2 Heat 3 1 11.714 2 Heat 4 1 11.881 2 Heat 5 1 11.849 2 Heat 6 1 11.872 2

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.

HeatTimeSpeedPosRiderCountry Heat 1 12.015 s 59.925 km/h 1 Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia 2 Jennie Reed United States 3 Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria Heat 2 12.132 s 59.347 km/h 1 Katrin Meinke Germany 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar Netherlands 3 Victoria Pendleton Great 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.

PosRiderCountryTimeSpeed 1 Victoria Pendleton Great Britain 12.699 s 56.697 km/h 2 Jennie Reed United States 3 Yvonne Hijgenaar Netherlands 4 Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria

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.

HeatTimePosRiderCountry Heat 1 1st race: 11.916 s2nd race: 12.048 s 1 Anna Meares Australia 2 Katrin Meinke Germany Heat 2 1st race: 11.945 s2nd race: 12.085 s 1 Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia 2 Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus Heat 3 1st race: 11.993 s3rd race: 11.914 s 1 Tamilla Abassova Russia 2nd race: 12.632 s 2 Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania Heat 4 1st race: 12.064 s2nd race: 11.888 s 1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada 2 Daniela Greluis Larreal Chirinos Venezuela

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.

PosRiderCountryTimeSpeed 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus 11.364 s 63.357 km/h 2 Katrin Meinke Germany DNF Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania DSQ Daniela Greluis Larreal Chirinos Venezuela

Semifinals The semifinals were again best-of-three matches. Winners advanced to the final, while losers competed for the bronze medal.

HeatTimePosRiderCountry SF 1 2nd race: 12.101 s3rd race: 12.185 s 1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada 1st race: 11.802 s 2 Anna Meares Australia SF 2 2nd race: 11.965 s3rd race: 11.894 s 1 Tamilla Abassova Russia 1st race: 11.893 s 2 Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia

Bronze medal match The bronze medal match was best-of-three.

Pos.RiderCountryTime 1 Anna Meares Australia 1st race: 12.042 s2nd race: 11.822 s 2 Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia

Final The final was a best-of-three match; Muenzer won the first two races to eliminate the need for a third.

Pos.RiderCountryTime 1 Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada 1st race: 12.126 s2nd race: 12.140 s 2 Tamilla Abassova Russia

Final classification The final classification was

References

External links Official Olympic Report