List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in cycling from 1984 to 2012.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men), Cycling at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists

Current events

Road cycling

Road race

The individual road race has been run every time since 1984.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles	Connie Carpenter (USA)	Rebecca Twigg (USA)	Sandra Schumacher (FRG)
1988 Seoul	Monique Knol (NED)	Jutta Niehaus (FRG)	Laima Zilporytė (URS)
1992 Barcelona	Kathy Watt (AUS)	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)	Monique Knol (NED)
1996 Atlanta	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)	Imelda Chiappa (ITA)	Clara Hughes (CAN)
2000 Sydney	Leontien Zijlaard (NED)	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)	Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
2004 Athens	Sara Carrigan (AUS)	Judith Arndt (GER)	Olga Slyusareva (RUS)
2008 Beijing	Nicole Cooke (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)
2012 London	Marianne Vos (NED)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)

Time trial

The individual time trial was introduced in 1996, and has been run ever since.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)	Clara Hughes (CAN)
2000 Sydney	Leontien Zijlaard (NED)	Mari Holden (USA)	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
2004 Athens	Leontien van Moorsel (NED)	Dede Barry (USA)	Karin Thürig (SUI)
2008 Beijing	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	Emma Pooley (GBR)	Karin Thürig (SUI)
2012 London	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	Judith Arndt (GER)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)

Track cycling

Keirin

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	Guo Shuang (CHN)	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)

Omnium

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Laura Trott (GBR)	Sarah Hammer (USA)	Annette Edmondson (AUS)

Pursuit, Team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Great Britain (GBR) Danielle King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell	United States (USA) Sarah Hammer Dotsie Bausch Jennie Reed Lauren Tamayo	Canada (CAN) Tara Whitten Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser

Sprint, Individual

The individual sprint was first Olympic in 1988 and has been so ever since.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Erika Salumäe (URS)	Christa Luding (GDR)	Connie Young (USA)
1992 Barcelona	Erika Salumäe (EST)	Annett Neumann (GER)	Ingrid Haringa (NED)
1996 Atlanta	Félicia Ballanger (FRA)	Michelle Ferris (AUS)	Ingrid Haringa (NED)
2000 Sydney	Félicia Ballanger (FRA)	Oksana Grishina (RUS)	Iryna Yanovych (UKR)
2004 Athens	Lori-Ann Muenzer (CAN)	Tamilla Abassova (RUS)	Anna Meares (AUS)
2008 Beijing	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	Anna Meares (AUS)	Guo Shuang (CHN)
2012 London	Anna Meares (AUS)	Victoria Pendleton (GBR)	Guo Shuang (CHN)

Sprint, Team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Germany (GER) Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte	China (CHN) Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang	Australia (AUS) Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares

Cross Country

The cross-country has been on the Olympic program from 1996 on.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Paola Pezzo (ITA)	Alison Sydor (CAN)	Susan DeMattei (USA)
2000 Sydney	Paola Pezzo (ITA)	Barbara Blatter (SUI)	Margarita Fullana (ESP)
2004 Athens	Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)	Marie-Hélène Prémont (CAN)	Sabine Spitz (GER)
2008 Beijing	Sabine Spitz (GER)	Maja Włoszczowska (POL)	Irina Kalentieva (RUS)
2012 London	Julie Bresset (FRA)	Sabine Spitz (GER)	Georgia Gould (USA)

BMX

The BMX was introduced in 2008.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Beijing	Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Laëtitia Le Corguillé (FRA)	Jill Kintner (USA)
2012 London	Mariana Pajón (COL)	Sarah Walker (NZL)	Laura Smulders (NED)

Discontinued events

Track cycling

Points race

The points race has been on the program from 1996 until 2008, but will not be used in 2012.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Nathalie Lancien (FRA)	Ingrid Haringa (NED)	Lucy Tyler-Sharman (AUS)
2000 Sydney	Antonella Bellutti (ITA)	Leontien Zijlaard (NED)	Olga Slyusareva (RUS)
2004 Athens	Olga Slyusareva (RUS)	Belem Guerrero (MEX)	María Luisa Calle (COL)
2008 Beijing	Marianne Vos (NED)	Yoanka González (CUB)	Leire Olaberria (ESP)

Pursuit, Individual

The individual pursuit over 3000 m was first done in 1992.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Petra Rossner (GER)	Kathy Watt (AUS)	Rebecca Twigg (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Antonella Bellutti (ITA)	Marion Clignet (FRA)	Judith Arndt (GER)
2000 Sydney	Leontien Zijlaard (NED)	Marion Clignet (FRA)	Yvonne McGregor (GBR)
2004 Athens	Sarah Ulmer (NZL)	Katie Mactier (AUS)	Leontien van Moorsel (NED)
2008 Beijing	Rebecca Romero (GBR)	Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR)	Lesya Kalitovska (UKR)

Time trial

The 500 m time trial was only used in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Félicia Ballanger (FRA)	Michelle Ferris (AUS)	Cuihua Jiang (CHN)
2004 Athens	Anna Meares (AUS)	Jiang Yonghua (CHN)	Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR)

All-time medal table (Women's) 1984-2012

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	7	5	1	13
2	Netherlands (NED)	7	2	5	14
3	Great Britain (GBR)	6	4	1	11
4	Australia (AUS)	4	5	4	13
5	Italy (ITA)	4	1	1	6
6	United States (USA)	3	5	5	13
7	Germany (GER)	3	5	2	10
8	Russia (RUS)	2	2	5	9
9	Canada (CAN)	1	2	3	6
10	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
11	Colombia (COL)	1	0	1	2
11	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
13	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
13	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
15	China (CHN)	0	3	3	6
15	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
17	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
18	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
18	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
18	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
18	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
23	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
23	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
25	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
25	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
25	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Total		42	42	42	126