title: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
text: # Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
  
  The men's cross-country event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 1 start loop and 7 full loops around a circuit - totalling 43.3 km. The race started at 11:00 on 28 August 2004.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Julien Absalon (FRA) | José Antonio Hermida (ESP) | Bart Brentjens (NED) |
  
  ## Results
  
  Final results :
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Julien Absalon | France | 2:15:02 |
  | | José Antonio Hermida | Spain | 2:16:02 |
  | | Bart Brentjens | Netherlands | 2:17:05 |
  | 4 | Roel Paulissen | Belgium | 2:18:10 |
  | 5 | Liam Killeen | Great Britain | 2:18:32 |
  | 6 | Ralph Näf | Switzerland | 2:19:15 |
  | 7 | Thomas Frischknecht | Switzerland | 2:19:39 |
  | 8 | Manuel Fumic | Germany | 2:20:29 |
  | 9 | Seamus McGrath | Canada | 2:20:33 |
  | 10 | Marco Bui | Italy | 2:20:45 |
  | 11 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | France | 2:20:59 |
  | 12 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Sweden | 2:21:23 |
  | 13 | Bas Peters | Netherlands | 2:21:44 |
  | 14 | Marek Galiński | Poland | 2:22:14 |
  | 15 | Christoph Soukup | Austria | 2:22:50 |
  | 16 | Iván Álvarez | Spain | 2:23:08 |
  | 17 | Oli Beckingsale | Great Britain | 2:23:15 |
  | 18 | Peter Riis Andersen | Denmark | 2:24:03 |
  | 19 | Todd Wells | United States | 2:24:37 |
  | 20 | Carsten Bresser | Germany | 2:25:09 |
  | 21 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski | United States | 2:25:28 |
  | 22 | Radim Korinek | Czech Republic | 2:25:28 |
  | 23 | Sid Taberlay | Australia | 2:26:16 |
  | 24 | Marcin Karczynski | Poland | 2:26:41 |
  | 25 | Thijs Al | Netherlands | 2:27:13 |
  | 26 | José Adrián Bonilla | Costa Rica | 2:27:13 |
  | 27 | Yuri Trofimov | Russia | 2:27:46 |
  | 28 | Kashi Leuchs | New Zealand | 2:28:20 |
  | 29 | Mannie Heymans | Namibia | 2:28:28 |
  | 30 | Robin Seymour | Ireland | 2:28:32 |
  | 31 | Joshua Fleming | Australia | 2:29:54 |
  | 32 | Michael Weiss | Austria | 2:30:14 |
  | 33 | Edvandro Cruz | Brazil | 2:30:35 |
  | 34 | Ľuboš Kondis | Slovakia | 2:31:15 |
  | 35 | Yader Zoli | Italy | 2:31:39 |
  | 36 | Sergiy Rysenko | Ukraine | 2:33:10 |
  | 37 | Ovidiu Oprea | Romania | -1 lap |
  | 38 | Kenji Takeya | Japan | -1 lap |
  | 39 | Christian Poulsen | Denmark | -1 lap |
  | 40 | Cristóbal Silva | Chile | -1 lap |
  | 41 | Sigvard Kukk | Estonia | -2 laps |
  | 42 | Zhu Yongbiao | China | -2 laps |
  | 43 | Zsolt Vinczeffy | Hungary | -2 laps |
  | 44 | Carlos Gennero | Argentina | -3 laps |
  | 45 | Manolis Kotoulas | Greece | -3 laps |
  | — | Miguel Martinez | France | DNF |
  | — | Jaroslav Kulhavý | Czech Republic | DNF |
  | — | Lado Fumic | Germany | DNF |
  | — | Christoph Sauser | Switzerland | DNF |
  | — | Ryder Hesjedal | Canada | DNF |
  