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Encyclopedia > Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Bicycle racing encompasses many forms in which bicycles are used for competition. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles. ... Mountain biker riding in the Arizona desert. ...

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Road cycling

Men's Road Race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Jan Ullrich (GER) 5:29:08
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) 5:29:17
3 Andreas Klöden (GER) 5:29:20

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 1973) is a Kazakh cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Andreas Klöden, (born 22 June 1975 in Mittweida, Germany), is a professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour T-Mobile Team. ...

Men's Time Trial

Pos Athlete Time
1 Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 57:40
2 Jan Ullrich (GER) 57:48
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) 58:14

Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov (Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born February 4, 1966 in Vyborg near St Petersburg, Russia), nicknamed Eki, became a professional bicycle racer in 1990. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ...

Women's Road Race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Leontien Zijlaard (NED) 3:06:31.001
2 Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 3:06:31.002
3 Diana Ziliute (LTU) 3:06:031.003

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Leontien van Moorsel (born March 22, 1970, Boekel) is a Dutch cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Hanka Kupfernagel (born March 19, 1974 is a German professional cycle racer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Diana Ziliute Diana Ziliute is a Lithuanian cyclist (born: May 28, 1976) who dominated the sport in the late 1990s and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day. ...

Women's Time Trial

Pos Athlete Time
1 Leontien Zijlaard (NED) 42:00
2 Mari Holden (USA) 42:37
3 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA) 42:52

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Leontien van Moorsel (born March 22, 1970, Boekel) is a Dutch cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... golscow ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Jeannie Longo en route to a 1st place finish in the Rupert to Pomerelle stage of the 2000 Womens Challenge Jeannie Longo (born October 31, 1958) is a female French cyclist, multiple French and world champion, who is still active in cycling in 2004. ...

Track cycling

Men's 1 km Time Trial

Pos Athlete Time
1 Jason Queally (GBR) 1:01.609
2 Stefan Nimke (GER) 1:02.487
3 Shane Kelly (AUS) 1:02.818

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Jason Queally is a British Olympic cyclist from Chorley, Lancashire, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Shane Kelly is an Australian cyclist. ...

Men's Individual Pursuit, 4 km

Pos Athlete
1 Robert Bartko (GER)
2 Jens Lehmann (GER)
3 Bradley McGee (AUS)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Bradley McGee, born on the 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a professional cyclist, who started cycling in 1986 at ten years of age. ...

Men's Sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Marty Nothstein (USA)
2 Florian Rousseau (FRA)
3 Jens Fiedler (GER)

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Martin Marty Nothstein (born February 10, 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jens Fiedler (born 15 February 1970) is a German professional cyclist and triple Olympic champion. ...

Men's Keirin

Pos Athlete
1 Florian Rousseau (FRA)
2 Gary Neiwand (AUS)
3 Jens Fiedler (GER)

Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jens Fiedler (born 15 February 1970) is a German professional cyclist and triple Olympic champion. ...

Men's Points Race

Pos Athlete
1 Juan Llaneras (ESP)
2 Milton Wynants (URU)
3 Alexey Markov (RUS)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez (born March 29, 1971) is a cyclist from Uruguay, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...

Men's Madison

Pos Athlete
1 Brett Aitken & Scott McGrory (AUS)
2 Etienne de Wilde & Matthew Gilmore (BEL)
3 Silvio Martinello & Marco Villa (ITA)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

Men's Olympic Sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Florian Rousseau, Arnaud Tournant, Laurent Gane (FRA)
2 Chris Hoy, Craig Maclean, Jason Queally (GBR)
3 Gary Neiwand, Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill (AUS)

Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Chris Hoy (born 23 March 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish track cyclist and Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner. ... Jason Queally is a British Olympic cyclist from Chorley, Lancashire, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ...

Men's Team Pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann (GER)
2 Guozheng Liu, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Symonenko, Oleksandr Fedenko (UKR)
3 Paul Manning, Chris Newton, Bryan Steel, Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Paul Manning (b. ... Bradley Wiggins, OBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British racing cyclist. ...

Women's 500 m Time Trial

Pos Athlete Time
1 Félicia Ballanger (FRA) 34.14
2 Michelle Ferris (AUS) 34.70
3 Cuihua Jiang (CHN) 34.77

Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Felicia Ballanger (born 12 June 1971) is a French professional cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ...

Women's Individual Pursuit, 3 km

Pos Athlete
1 Leontien Zijlaard (NED)
2 Marion Clignet (FRA)
3 Yvonne McGregor (GBR)

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Leontien van Moorsel (born March 22, 1970, Boekel) is a Dutch cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...

Women's Sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Félicia Ballanger (FRA)
2 Oksana Grishina (RUS)
3 Iryna Yanovych (UKR)

Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Felicia Ballanger (born 12 June 1971) is a French professional cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Oksana Grishina (Russian: ; born 27 November 1968) is a Russian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a silver medal in the sprint event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Iryna Yanovych (born 14 July 1976) is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event. ...

Women's Points Race

Pos Athlete
1 Antonella Bellutti (ITA)
2 Leontien Zijlaard (NED)
3 Olga Slioussareva (RUS)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Leontien van Moorsel (born March 22, 1970, Boekel) is a Dutch cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...

Mountain biking

Men's Cross-Country

Pos Athlete Time
1 Miguel Martinez (FRA) 2:09:02.50
2 Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL) 2:10:05.51
3 Christoph Sauser (SUI) 2:11:21.00

Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Miguel Martinez is a member of the New York City Council representing the 10th Council district in Manhattan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Filip Meirhaeghe (born March 5, 1971) is a Belgian cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Christoph Sauser (born April 13, [1976] in Sigriswil, Switzerland) is a cross-country mountain biker, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ...

Women's Cross-Country

Pos Athlete Time
1 Paola Pezzo (ITA) 1:49:24.38
2 Barbara Blatter (SUI) 1:49:51.42
3 Margarita Fullana (ESP) 1:49:57.39

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