These are the results of the women's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

. The pre-race favourite, Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle, dominated the race throughout, despite a fall that damaged the gears on her bicycle. The reigning world champion Sabine Spitz overtook Alison Sydor

Alison Sydor

Alison Sydor is a retired Canadian professional cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria...

 late in the race to claim bronze, behind Marie-Hélène Prémont

Marie-Hélène Prémont

Marie-Hélène Prémont is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker with the Rocky Mountain Bicycles factory team for 2012. For the 2009-2011 seasons she rode for the Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Team. From June 2004 through 2008 she rode for the Rocky Mountain Bikes race team...

. The winner of the gold medal at the previous two Olympics, Paola Pezzo

Paola Pezzo

Paola Pezzo is a cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona, Italy.Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S., she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut...

 of Italy, did not finish.

The race consisted of 1 start loop and 5 full loop, a total of 31.3 km. It was held at 11:00 on August 27, 2004.

Medalists

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Time
1		1:56:51
2		1:57:50
3		1:59:21
4		1:59:47
5		2:01:41
6		2:02:08
7		2:05:18
8		2:05:34
9		2:06:12
10		2:07:01
11		2:07:44
12		2:08:42
13		2:08:57
14		2:09:22
15		2:09:50
16		2:10:59
17		2:13:18
18		2:13:52
19		2:16:07
20		2:16:16
21		-1 lap
22		-1 lap
23		-1 lap
24		-2 laps
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF