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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/editions">Games</a></li><li><a href="/editions/24">1996 Summer Olympics</a></li><li><a href="/editions/24/sports/MTB">Cycling Mountain Bike</a></li><li class="active">Cross-Country, Women</li> </ol> <div><form class="form-inline form-inline-header"><select name="id" id="same_games_select" class="form-control"><option value="">Other 1996 cycling mountain bike events</option> <option value="154880">Cross-Country, Men</option></select><script>$('#same_games_select').change(function(){location.href='/results/' + $('#same_games_select').val();})</script></form> | <form class="form-inline form-inline-header"><select name="id" id="other_games_select" class="form-control"><option value="">In other Games</option> <option value="155047">2000</option> <option value="155177">2004</option> <option value="259031">2008</option> <option value="308111">2012</option> <option value="356962">2016</option> <option value="19001705">2020</option></select><script>$('#other_games_select').change(function(){location.href='/results/' + $('#other_games_select').val();})</script></form> | <a href="/event_names/248">Event type</a></div><h1 class="event_title">Cross-Country, Women<small></small></h1><table class="biodata"><tr><th>Date</th><td>30 July 1996 — 14:30</td></tr><tr><th>Status</th><td>Olympic</td></tr><tr><th>Location</th><td><a href="/venues/723">Mountainbike Course, Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, Georgia</a></td></tr><tr><th>Participants</th><td>29 from 19 countries</td></tr><tr><th>Format</th><td colspan="2">31.8 km. (19.8 miles).</td></tr></table><div class="description"><p>The leader in the World Cup was Canada’s <a href="/athletes/13237">Alison Sydor</a>, who had won six of the seven races in 1996. But the Italian team had not taken part in the World Cup races in 1996. Sydor was the 1994-95 World Champion, but a challenge was expected to come from Italy’s <a href="/athletes/13198">Paola Pezzo</a>, the 1993 World Champion and European Champion in 1994-96. After an early fall, Pezzo regained touch with the leaders quickly, and at 11 km. powered away from the pack on an uphill stretch. Pezzo opened a big lead, which Sydor closed slightly near the end, but Pezzo won gold by over a minute. The biggest story of the race, however, was likely Pezzo’s cleavage. An attractive woman, she raced on a day of sweltering heat, and to combat that, had her jersey unzipped almost to her navel. The Italian press discussed this fact almost as much as her cycling abilities. She would again win the World Championship in 1997.</p> </div><table class="table table-striped"><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Competitor</th><th>NOC</th><th>Time</th><th>Margin</th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tr class="" style=""><td>1</td><td><a href="/athletes/13198">Paola Pezzo</a></td><td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" />ITA</a></td><td>1-50:51</td><td>–</td><td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>2</td><td><a href="/athletes/13237">Alison Sydor</a></td><td><a href="/countries/CAN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CAN.png" />CAN</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 1:07</td><td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>3</td><td><a href="/athletes/13097">Susan DeMattei</a></td><td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 1:45</td><td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>4</td><td><a href="/athletes/13094">Gunn Rita Dahle</a></td><td><a href="/countries/NOR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NOR.png" />NOR</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 2:59</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>5</td><td><a href="/athletes/13258">Elsbeth Vink</a></td><td><a href="/countries/NED"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NED.png" />NED</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 3:47</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>6</td><td><a href="/athletes/13234">Annabella Stropparo</a></td><td><a href="/countries/ITA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" />ITA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 5:05</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>7</td><td><a href="/athletes/13175">Regina Marunde</a></td><td><a href="/countries/GER"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GER.png" />GER</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 6:30</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>8</td><td><a href="/athletes/13171">Kathy Lynch</a></td><td><a href="/countries/NZL"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/NZL.png" />NZL</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 6:49</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>9</td><td><a href="/athletes/13190">Eva Loweová-Orvošová</a></td><td><a href="/countries/SVK"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SVK.png" />SVK</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 7:05</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>10</td><td><a href="/athletes/13109">Juli Furtado</a></td><td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 7:41</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>11</td><td><a href="/athletes/13164">Laurence Leboucher</a></td><td><a href="/countries/FRA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FRA.png" />FRA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 8:09</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>12</td><td><a href="/athletes/13112">Daniela Gassmann</a></td><td><a href="/countries/SUI"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SUI.png" />SUI</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 8:20</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>13</td><td><a href="/athletes/13244">Lesley Tomlinson</a></td><td><a href="/countries/CAN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CAN.png" />CAN</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 10:13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>14</td><td><a href="/athletes/13105">Alla Yepifanova</a></td><td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" />RUS</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 10:44</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>15</td><td><a href="/athletes/13119">Mary Grigson</a></td><td><a href="/countries/AUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/AUS.png" />AUS</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 11:47</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>16</td><td><a href="/athletes/13108">Silvia Fürst</a></td><td><a href="/countries/SUI"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SUI.png" />SUI</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 12:13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>17</td><td><a href="/athletes/13118">Erica Green</a></td><td><a href="/countries/RSA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RSA.png" />RSA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 12:15</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>18</td><td><a href="/athletes/81928">Kateřina Neumannová</a></td><td><a href="/countries/CZE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CZE.png" />CZE</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 13:12</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>19</td><td><a href="/athletes/100034">Kateřina Hanušová</a></td><td><a href="/countries/CZE"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CZE.png" />CZE</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 13:14</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>20</td><td><a href="/athletes/13068">Laura Blanco</a></td><td><a href="/countries/ESP"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ESP.png" />ESP</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 13:29</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>21</td><td><a href="/athletes/13141">Lenka Ilavská</a></td><td><a href="/countries/SVK"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/SVK.png" />SVK</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 13:52</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>22</td><td><a href="/athletes/13181">Deb Murrell</a></td><td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 13:53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>23</td><td><a href="/athletes/13241">Kanako Tanikawa</a></td><td><a href="/countries/JPN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/JPN.png" />JPN</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 14:53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>24</td><td><a href="/athletes/13242">Sandra Temporelli</a></td><td><a href="/countries/FRA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FRA.png" />FRA</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 16:06</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>25</td><td><a href="/athletes/13111">Gao Hongying</a></td><td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/CHN.png" />CHN</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 18:17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>26</td><td><a href="/athletes/13214">Silvia Rovira</a></td><td><a href="/countries/ESP"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ESP.png" />ESP</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 18:26</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td>27</td><td><a href="/athletes/13195">Nadezhda Pashkova</a></td><td><a href="/countries/RUS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/RUS.png" />RUS</a></td><td>–</td><td>at 25:45</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td><span class="label label-primary"><abbrev title="Did Not Finish">DNF</abbrev></span></td><td><a href="/athletes/13054">Caroline Alexander</a></td><td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td><td>–</td><td>–</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr class="" style=""><td><span class="label label-primary"><abbrev title="Did Not Finish">DNF</abbrev></span></td><td><a href="/athletes/13056">Sandra Ambrosio</a></td><td><a href="/countries/ARG"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ARG.png" />ARG</a></td><td>–</td><td>–</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>Speed skater <a href="/athletes/84619">Guido Caroli</a> carried the Olympic Torch on the ice during the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics. 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