Men's cross-country
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueLaoshan Mountain Bike Course
DatesAugust 23, 2008
Competitors50 from 33 nations
Winning time1:55:59
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julien Absalon
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean-Christophe Péraud
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nino Schurter
 Switzerland

The men's cross-country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23, 2008.

France's Julien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title in the event with a gold-medal time in 1:55:59.[1][2] Absalon also enjoyed his teammate Jean-Christophe Péraud taking home the silver in 1:57:06, as the Frenchmen climbed on top of the podium with a spectacular 1–2 finish.[3] Meanwhile, Switzerland's Nino Schurter delivered an exciting sprint challenge for the bronze in 1:57:52, edging out his teammate, three-time Olympian and reigning world champion Christoph Sauser by two seconds.[4][5] Among the 50 mountain bikers who competed in the cross-country race, only twenty-eight of them managed to complete the full distance.

Competition format

The competition began at 15:00 with a mass-start in which riders are positioned according to their current world ranking so that the higher-ranked riders are near the front. The cross-country race also involved eight laps, with 172 m of elevation change for each, around the 4.45 km course at Laoshan Mountain Bike Course.[6] The overall distance of the race was 35.60 km.

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)[7]

Date Time Round
Saturday, 23 August 200815:00Final

Results

Rank Rider Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julien Absalon France 1:55:59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean-Christophe Péraud France 1:57:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nino Schurter Switzerland 1:57:52
4 Christoph Sauser Switzerland 1:57:54
5 Marco Aurelio Fontana Italy 1:59:59
6 Christoph Soukup Austria 2:00:11
7 Liam Killeen Great Britain 2:00:14
8 Iñaki Lejarreta Spain 2:00:21
9 Sven Nys Belgium 2:01:00
10 José Antonio Hermida Spain 2:01:01
11 Manuel Fumic Germany 2:01:16
12 Oliver Beckingsale Great Britain 2:01:25
13 Marek Galiński Poland 2:01:29
14 Cédric Ravanel France 2:01:38
15 Burry Stander South Africa 2:01:58
16 Moritz Milatz Germany 2:02:59
17 Fredrik Kessiakoff Sweden 2:03:09
18 Jaroslav Kulhavý Czech Republic 2:03:20
19 Roel Paulissen Belgium 2:03:30
20 Geoff Kabush Canada 2:03:55
21 Rubens Donizete Brazil 2:05:19
22 Ji Jianhua China 2:05:29
23 András Parti Hungary 2:06:00
24 Kashi Leuchs New Zealand 2:06:30
25 Jakob Fuglsang Denmark 2:06:41
26 Héctor Páez Colombia 2:06:46
27 Dario Alejandro Gasco Argentina 2:07:04
28 Carlos Coloma Nicolás Spain 2:09:05
29 Adam Craig United States LAP (1 lap)
30 Yader Zoli Italy LAP (1 lap)
31 Klaus Nielsen Denmark LAP (1 lap)
32 Filip Meirhaeghe Belgium LAP (2 laps)
33 Wolfram Kurschat Germany LAP (2 laps)
34 Rudi van Houts Netherlands LAP (2 laps)
35 Bilal Akgül Turkey LAP (2 laps)
36 Cristóbal Silva Chile LAP (2 laps)
37 Bart Brentjens Netherlands LAP (2 laps)
38 Emil Lindgren Sweden LAP (2 laps)
39 Daniel McConnell Australia LAP (2 laps)
40 Chan Chun Hing Hong Kong LAP (2 laps)
41 Yury Trofimov Russia LAP (2 laps)
42 Sergiy Rysenko Ukraine LAP (3 laps)
43 Todd Wells United States LAP (3 laps)
44 Seamus McGrath Canada LAP (3 laps)
45 Mannie Heymans Namibia LAP (3 laps)
46 Kohei Yamamoto Japan LAP (3 laps)
47 Federico Ramírez Costa Rica LAP (5 laps)
48 Antipass Kwari Zimbabwe LAP (6 laps)
Florian Vogel Switzerland DNF
Robin Seymour Ireland DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Absalon secures men's mountain bike gold". ABC News Australia. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Americans lapped as France's Absalon defends gold". USA Today. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "French cyclists on top of the mountain". France 24. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fourth Olympic bronze for Switzerland". Swissinfo. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Jones, Rob (23 August 2008). "French dominate the rest of the World". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Mountain Biking Competition Format". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mountain Biking: Results and Schedules". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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