| Event: | Cycling |
| Games: | 2004 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Velodrome (track) Parnitha Mountain Bike Venue (mountain) Athens and surrounding area (road) |
| Dates: | 14 – 24 August 2004 |
| Competitors: | 464 |
| Nations: | 61 |
| Prev: | 2000 |
| Next: | 2008 |
| Num Events: | 18 |
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines:
In total, 464 cyclists participated: these consisted of 334 men and 130 women, from 61 countries. The youngest participant was Ignatas Konovalovas, at 18 years, while the oldest was Jeannie Longo, at 45 years. The most successful contestant was Bradley Wiggins, who won three medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze.[1] The most successful country was Australia, with its team members winning 6 gold and 11 total medals. Russia and Great Britain came in second place with 3 and 2 golds, respectively. After a disqualification, Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia was awarded his second gold medal in men's time trial, defending his title from 2000, and his third gold medal overall. He achieved his first victory back in 1988, when he competed in men's track pursuit as part of the Soviet team.[2]
Australia dominated track events, winning 5 out of its 6 cycling gold medals there.[3]
| Men's road race | ||||
| Men's time trial | ||||
| Women's road race | ||||
| Women's time trial |
| Keirin | ||||
| Madison | Graeme Brown Stuart O'Grady | Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi | Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins | |
| points race | ||||
| individual pursuit | ||||
| team pursuit | Graeme Brown Brett Lancaster Brad McGee Luke Roberts | Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins | ||
| individual sprint | ||||
| team sprint | Jens Fiedler Stefan Nimke René Wolff | Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka | Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant | |
| time trial |
| points race | |||
| pursuit | |||
| sprint | |||
| time trial | |||
| Men's | ||||
| Women's |
See main article: article and World and Olympic records set at the 2004 Summer Olympics.