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Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

The men's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at Colline d'Élancourt (Elancourt Hill) which is the highest point in the Paris region. 36 cyclists from 28 nations competed.[1] The gold medal was awarded to the defending 2020 Olympic champion Tom Pidcock.[2]

Men's cross-country
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic mountain bike cycling
VenueColline d'Élancourt
Date29 July 2024
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Pidcock  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victor Koretzky  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Hatherly  South Africa
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Background

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This was the 8th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since mountain bike cycling was added to the programme in 1996.

The reigning Olympic champion was Tom Pidcock of Great Britain.

Qualification

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Main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition format

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The competition was a mass-start, eight-lap race. There was only one round of competition. The mountain bike course was 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) long, with sudden changes in elevation, narrow dirt trails, and rocky sections. Riders that were lapped or were slower than 80% of the race leader’s time were eliminated.[3]

Start list

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Main article: List of cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Results

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Result[4]
Rank # Cyclist Nation Time Diff.
  1 Tom Pidcock   Great Britain 1:26:22
  2 Victor Koretzky   France 1:26:31 +0:09
  5 Alan Hatherly   South Africa 1:26:33 +0:11
4 10 Luca Braidot   Italy 1:26:56 +0:34
5 3 Mathias Flückiger   Switzerland 1:27:42 +1:20
6 15 Samuel Gaze   New Zealand 1:28:03 +1:41
7 7 Riley Amos   United States 1:28:08 +1:46
8 14 Charlie Aldridge   Great Britain 1:28:32 +2:10
9 4 Nino Schurter   Switzerland 1:28:44 +2:22
10 23 David Valero Serrano   Spain 1:28:49 +2:27
11 13 Martín Vidaurre   Chile 1:29:00 +2:38
12 11 Simon Andreassen   Denmark 1:29:05 +2:43
13 9 Christopher Blevins   United States 1:29:06 +2:44
14 6 Jordan Sarrou   France 1:29:08 +2:46
15 19 Julian Schelb   Germany 1:29:08 +2:46
16 8 Luca Schwarzbauer   Germany 1:29:10 +2:48
17 16 Mārtiņš Blūms   Latvia 1:29:11 +2:49
18 20 Pierre de Froidmont   Belgium 1:30:21 +3:59
19 17 Simone Avondetto   Italy 1:30:52 +4:30
20 28 Knut Røhme   Norway 1:30:55 +4:33
21 28 Ulan Bastos Galinski   Brazil 1:30:55 +4:33
22 24 Maximilian Foidl   Austria 1:31:26 +5:04
23 30 Adair Gutierrez Prieto   Mexico 1:31:42 +5:20
24 12 Jofre Cullell Estape   Spain 1:32:13 +5:51
25 22 Ondřej Cink   Czech Republic 1:32:28 +6:06
26 18 Jens Schuermans   Belgium 1:33:29 +7:07
27 29 Krzysztof Łukasik   Poland 1:33:55 +7:33
28 35 Romano Püntener   Liechtenstein 1:34:33 +8:11
29 26 Tomer Zaltsman   Israel 1:34:47 +8:25
30 25 Gunnar Holmgren   Canada 1:34:57 +8:35
31 31 Diego Arias   Colombia 1:35:13 +8:51
32 27 Oleksandr Hudyma   Ukraine — -1 LAP
33 34 Mi Jiujiang   China — -2 LAP
34 33 Ede-Károly Molnár   Romania — -6 LAP
32 Alex Miller   Namibia DNF
36 Joni Savaste   Finland DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling Men's Cross-country Extended Start List" (PDF). Paris 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Pidcock defies puncture to retain Olympic title". BBC Sport. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ NBC Olympics (29 April 2024). "Cycling 101: Mountain biking Olympic rules and competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). Paris 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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