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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

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Men's track time trial
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Velodrome
Date13 August
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time1:00.711 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hoy
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arnaud Tournant
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefan Nimke
 Germany
← 2000

The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the 17 cyclists from 13 nations attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track.[1] Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Chris Hoy of Great Britain, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's track time trial (moving Great Britain into a five-way tie for second-most all-time at two). Arnaud Tournant of France earned silver after a disappointing fifth-place finish four years earlier. Stefan Nimke put Germany on the podium for the second consecutive Games with his bronze.

Background

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This was the 19th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It was also the last appearance, as the event was cancelled to make room on the programme for BMX events.

The returning cyclists from 2000 were silver medalist Stefan Nimke of Germany, bronze medalist (and 1992 silver medalist and 1996 competitor) Shane Kelly of Australia, fifth-place finisher Arnaud Tournant of France, sixth-place finisher Dimitrios Georgalis of Greece, and seventh-place finisher Grzegorz Krejner of Poland. Georgalis and Krejner had competed in 1996 as well. The field included every world championship winner since 1995: Kelly (1995, 1996, 1997), Tournant (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Chris Hoy of Great Britain (2002, 2004), and Nimke (2003). Tournant also held the world record.[2]

For the only time in the event's history, no nations made their debut. France made its 19th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

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The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.[2][3]

Records

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The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

World record  Arnaud Tournant (FRA) 58.875 La Paz, Bolivia 10 October 2001
Olympic record  Jason Queally (GBR) 1:01.609 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Arnaud Tournant broke the Olympic record with a time of 1:00.896. Stefan Nimke and Shane Kelly also beat the old Olympic record, but raced after Tournant and did not beat his new mark. Chris Hoy, racing last, did beat Tournant's mark with a new record of 1:00.711.

Schedule

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All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 17:55 Final

Results

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In a fascinating event the Olympic Record was broken four times, the final time by Chris Hoy of Great Britain retaining the title for his country that Jason Queally had won in Sydney four years previously.

Rank Race
number
Cyclist Nation 250 m 500 m 750 m Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 58 Chris Hoy  Great Britain 17.984 31.414 45.505 1:00.711 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 54 Arnaud Tournant  France 18.057 31.555 45.576 1:00.896
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 73 Stefan Nimke  Germany 18.487 31.919 46.027 1:01.186
4 7 Shane Kelly  Australia 18.351 31.861 46.057 1:01.224
5 101 Theo Bos  Netherlands 18.697 32.356 46.684 1:01.986
6 52 François Pervis  France 18.353 32.087 46.570 1:02.328
7 59 Craig MacLean  Great Britain 18.445 32.367 46.611 1:02.369
8 68 Carsten Bergemann  Germany 18.901 32.850 47.272 1:02.551
9 28 Ahmed López  Cuba 18.272 31.855 46.436 1:02.739
10 30 Alois Kaňkovský  Czech Republic 18.903 32.625 47.152 1:03.038
11 105 Teun Mulder  Netherlands 18.591 32.446 47.084 1:03.165
12 35 Ruben Donet  Spain 18.683 32.725 47.391 1:03.505
13 24 Wilson Meneses  Colombia 18.713 32.700 47.505 1:03.614
14 120 Grzegorz Krejner  Poland 19.083 33.112 47.929 1:03.923
15 76 Dimitrios Georgalis  Greece 18.852 32.943 48.002 1:04.204
16 137 Lin Chih-hsun  Chinese Taipei 19.716 34.503 49.800 1:06.240
17 21 Radoslav Konstantinov  Bulgaria 19.377 33.976 49.474 1:06.265

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1,000 metres Time Trial, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Track Cycling.
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