The women's 500 metre time trial in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the twelve cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for two laps (500 metres) of the track.[1]
In a field of personal bests, 20-year-old World Champion for the 500 m time trial, Anna Meares from Australia, set a new world record to claim the gold medal in 33.952 seconds. The previous world record was held by Yonghua Jiang of China, who minutes previously had set a new Olympic record in this event to claim the silver medal with a time of 34.112 seconds. Natallia Tsylinskaya from Belarus was awarded the bronze medal.
Anna Meares's time of 33.952 seconds in the event set a new world record, beatingJiang Yonghua's world record and Félicia Ballanger's Olympic record.
| World Record | Jiang Yonghua (CHN) | Kunming, China P.R. | 34.000 s | 11 August 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| !align="left" bgcolor = "eeffdd" | Olympic Record | Félicia Ballanger (FRA) | Sydney, Australia | 34.140 s | 16 September 2000 |
| Rank | Race Number | Name | Country | 250 m Time | 500 m Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 19.164 | 33.952 WR | ||||
| 7 | 19.192 | 34.112 | ||||
| 4 | 19.305 | 34.167 | ||||
| 4 | 23 | 19.517 | 34.317 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 19.519 | 34.532 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 19.696 | 34.626 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 19.630 | 34.628 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 19.523 | 34.783 | |||
| 9 | 32 | 19.739 | 34.797 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 19.704 | 35.045 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 19.789 | 35.088 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 19.982 | 35.147 |