23-24 September 2000: MTB Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Miguel Martinez brings France its first Olympic gold medal in mountain biking ahead of the Belgian Philip Meirhaeghe and the Swiss Christopher Sauser. Martinez deservedly wins, proving to be the strongest and taking away all his opponents one by one. Disappointment for Cadel Evans, only seventh.
Paola Piece enters the history of Mountain Bike by winning his 2nd consecutive Olympic gold medal (considering that it is the 2nd edition of the Mountain Bike Olympic Games a real record). Behind her is Switzerland Barbara Blatter and the Spanish Margarita Fullana. Tense climate at the end of the race for Pezzo, who is accused by the Spanish Fullana of having hindered her and dragged her to the ground, here is the moment of contact: Video.
| EL-M | ||
 |  Miguel MARTINEZ | 2h09'02 " |
 |  Filip MEIRHAEGHE | + 1.03 |
 |  Christoph SAUSER | + 2.18 |
| 4 |  Jose Antonio Hermida | + 2.40 |
| 5 |  Lado Fumic | + 2.55 |
| 6 | Thomas Frischknecht | + 3.39 |
| 7 |  Cadel evans | + 4.29 |
| 8 | Carsten Bresser | + 4.34 |
| 9 |  Geoff Kabush | + 4.58 |
| 10 | Paul Rowney | + 5.19 |
| 11 |  Bas van Dooren | + 5.34 |
| 12 | Bart Brentjens | + 5.39 |
| 13 | Rob Woods | + 5.39 |
| 14 | Roland Green | + 6.16 |
| 15 | Roberto Lezaun | + 6.54 |
| 16 |  Marco Bui | + 7.06 |
| 17 |  Kashi Leuchs | + 7.35 |
| 18 | Ludovic Dubau | + 7.46 |
| 19 | Roel Paulissen | + 7.52 |
| 20 |  Pavel Cherkassov | + 8.19 |
| 21 |  Marek Galinski | + 8.33 |
| 22 |  Michael Rasmussen | + 9.13 |
| 23 |  Beckingsale Oils | + 9.14 |
| 24 |  Ziranda Madrigal | + 10.31 |
| 25 | Nick Craig | + 10.57 |
| 26 |  Mannie Heymans | + 11.29 |
| 27 |  Sergiy Rysenko | + 11.37 |
| 28 |  Robin Seymour | + 11.37 |
| 29 |  Radim Korinek | + 12.06 |
| 30 |  Tinker Juarez | + 10.57 |
| 31 | Hubert Pallhuber | + 13.53 |
| 32 | Travis brown | + 13.59 |
| 33 |  José Adrian Bonilla | + 21.00 |
| EL W | ||
| Paola PEZZO | 1h49'24 " |
| Barbara BLATTER | + 0.27 |
| Margarita FULLANA | + 0.35 |
| 4 | Alla Epifanova | + 1.21 |
| 5 | Alison Sydor | + 2.55 |
| 6 | Mary Grigson | + 3.58 |
| 7 | Alison Dunlap | + 4.28 |
| 8 | Chrissy Redden | + 4.42 |
| 9 | Sabine Spitz | + 5.22 |
| 10 | Ruthie Matthes | + 5.51 |
| 11 | Chantal Daucourt | + 7.25 |
| 12 | Caroline Alexander | + 7.26 |
| 13 | Hedda Zu Putlit | + 8.55 |
| 14 | Silvia Rovira | + 9.35 |
| 15 | Louise Robinson | + 9.58 |
| 16 | Ann Trombley | + 10.18 |
| 17 | Corine Dorland | + 10.34 |
| 18 | Laurence Leboucher | + 11.14 |
| 19 | Lesley Tomlinson | + 11.19 |
| 20 |  Jimena Florit | + 11.24 |
| 21 | Anna Baylis | + 11.29 |
| 22 |  Ragnhild Kostøl | + 12.26 |
| 23 | Sophie Villeneuve | + 13.07 |
| 24 |  Flor Marina Delgadill | + 13.52 |
| 25 |  Erica Lynn Green | + 14.08 |
| 26 |  Hiroko Nambu | + 16.49 |
| 27 |  Alexandra Ka-Wah Yeung | + 22.05 |
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