30 July 1996 – 1st edition of the mountain bike Olympics with many new names ready to come to the fore. The race is a success with a large audience following it and Bart Brentjens (Netherlands) who wins easily on Thomas Frischknecht (Switzerland) e Miguel Martinez (France), who did it again 4 years later in Sydney by winning the gold medal. 4th Dupouey and 5th the Italian Daniele Pontoni.

Paola Piece wins the first Mountain Bike Olympics beating the Canadian Alison Sydor and the US Susan DeMattei.

EL-M
	Bart BRENTJENS	2:17.38
	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	2:20:14
	Miguel MARTINEZ	2:20:36
4	Christophe Dupouey	2:25:03
5	Daniel Pontoni	2:25:08
6	Andres José Brenes	2:25:51
7	Lennie Kristensen	2:26:02
8	Luca Bramati	2:26:05
9	Cadel evans	2:26:15
10	Ralph Berner	2:27:45
11	Rune Høydahl	2:28:16
12	Gary Foor	2:29:10
13	Warren Sallenback	2:29:57
14	Beat Wabel	2:32:17
15	David Baker	2:32:30
16	Robert woods	2:33:14
17	Roel Paulissen	2:33:53
18	Jan Erik Østergaard	2:34:30
19	David juarez	2:35:15
20	Don Myra	2:35:50
21	Roger Persso	2:37:17
22	Jokin Mujika	2:41:15
23	John Arias Sanchez	2:42:04
24	Radovan For	2:42:43
25	Martin Earley	2:43:56
26	Kyoshi Miura	2:45:03
27	Marcio Ravelli	2:45:16
28	Denifl Ernst	2:45:34
29	Marek Galinski	2:45:54
30	Peter Hric	2:46:22

EL W
	Paola PEZZO	1:50.51
	Alison SYDOR	1:51.58
	Susan DEMATTEI	1:52.36
4	Gunn-Rita Dahle	1:53.50
5	Elsbeth Vink	1:54.38
6	Annabella Stropparo	1:55.56
7	Queen Marund	1:57.21
8	Kathy Lynch	1:57.40
9	Eva Orvošová	1:57.56
10	Juliana Furtado	1:58.32
11	Laurence Lebouche	1:59.00
12	Daniela Gassmann	1:59.11
13	Lesley Tomlinson	2:01.04
14	Alla Yepifanova	2:01.35
15	Mary Grigson	2:02.38
16	Silvia Furst	2:03.04
17	Erica Green	2:03.06
18	Katerina Neumannová	2:04.03
19	Katerina Hanushová	2:04.05
20	Laura White	2:04.20

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WOMEN RACE