The Women's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

took place on August 13 at the Urban Road Cycling Course

Urban Road Cycling Course

The Urban Cycling Road Course was one of nine temporary venues used during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The road cycling race started at the North Square of Yongdingmen in Beijing's Chongwen District and finished at Juyong Pass in Changping District...

. Of the 25 women competing in the event, the medal hopefuls included Karin Thürig

Karin Thürig

Karin Thürig is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the sister of fellow professional cyclist Andrea Thürig.-Cycling:2001200220032004...

 (Switzerland), Judith Arndt

Judith Arndt

Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...

 and Hanka Kupfernagel

Hanka Kupfernagel

Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...

 (Germany), Marianne Vos

Marianne Vos

Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...

 (Netherlands), Christiane Soeder

Christiane Soeder

Christiane Soeder is a German-born Austrian road racing cyclist and former duathlete who now lives in Vienna. She finished 4th in Olympic road race with a time of 3h 32′ 28...

 (Austria), and road race gold medalist Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

 (Great Britain).

Cyclists started at two-minute intervals on the course,
which was 23.5 km (14.6 mi) in length. They competed against the clock rather than in a direct race against the cyclists.

Kristin Armstrong

Kristin Armstrong

Kristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ...

 of the USA won the event in under 35 minutes, finishing 24.29 seconds ahead of Emma Pooley

Emma Pooley

Emma Jane Pooley is an English professional cyclist and Olympic silver medallist currently riding for . Pooley was the 2010 World Time Trial Champion and is a former British Road Race and Time Trial Champion.-Biography:...

 of Great Britain

Great Britain

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. Armstrong's average speed was 40.445 km/h (25.1 mph). http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/CR/C73T/CRW011101.shtml#CRW011101

Result

Rank	Rider	Time
		34:51.72
		35:16.01
		35:50.99
4		35:52.62
5		35:54.16
6		35:59.77
7		36:20.75
8		36:27.79
9		36:29.47
10		36:33.50
11		36:35.05
12		36:37.97
13		36:50.62
14		36:58.67
15		37:14.25
16		37:14.65
17		37:15.23
18		37:51.59
19		37:54.99
20		38:09.72
21		38:28.83
22		38:53.45
23		38:55.37
24		39:15.42
25		40:51.61