Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country

Women's cross-country cycling at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Mountain Bike Centre
Date	20 August
Competitors	29 from 23 nations
Winning time	1h 30' 15"
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jenny Rissveds File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maja Włoszczowska File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Catharine Pendrel File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

The women's cross-country cycling event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Mountain Bike Centre on 20 August. The medals were presented by Tricia Smith, IOC member, Canada and Emin Muftuoglu, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start. The length of the course was 29.67 km (0.57 km + 6 laps of 4.85 km each).

Schedule

All times are Brasília time

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 20 August 2016	12:30	Final

Start list and result

No.	Rider	Country	UCI rank	Pos.	Time
7	Jenny Rissveds	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	6	1st place, gold medalist(s)	1h 30' 15"
5	Maja Włoszczowska	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	4	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	1h 30' 52"
10	Catharine Pendrel	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	9	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	1h 31' 41"
9	Emily Batty	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	8	4	1h 31' 43"
16	Kateřina Nash	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	17	5	1h 32' 25"
4	Jolanda Neff	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	3	6	1h 32' 43"
22	Lea Davison	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	27	7	1h 33' 27"
8	Linda Indergand	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	7	8	1h 33' 27"
6	Yana Belomoyna	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	5	9	1h 33' 28"
13	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	13	10	1h 33' 34"
2	Annika Langvad	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	1	11	1h 33' 48"
19	Helen Grobert	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	23	12	1h 34' 08"
18	Tanja Žakelj	File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	21	13	1h 35' 17"
23	Chloe Woodruff	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	29	14	1h 36' 17"
20	Anne Terpstra	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	24	15	1h 36' 33"
14	Daniela Campuzano	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	15	16	1h 36' 33"
25	Irina Kalentieva	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	33	17	1h 36' 54"
21	Eva Lechner	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	26	18	1h 38' 45"
3	Sabine Spitz	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	2	19	1h 39' 16"
11	Raiza Goulão	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	10	20	1h 39' 21"
17	Githa Michiels	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	18	21	1h 40' 23"
24	Iryna Popova	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	30	22	1h 41' 29"
26	Perrine Clauzel	File:Flag of France.svg France	37	23	1h 42' 23"
31	Yao Ping	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	478	24	1h 43' 20"
12	Rebecca Henderson	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	11	2 Lap	—
29	Michelle Vorster	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	96	2 Lap	—
15	Jovana Crnogorac	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	16	2 Lap	—
30	Francelina Cabral	File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor	325	5 Lap	—
28	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	File:Flag of France.svg France	83	DNF	—