Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Cycling
Cycling
Venue	Track: Manchester Velodrome; Road, mountain biking: Rivington
Location	Manchester, England
Dates	25 July to 4 August 2002
	← 1998 2006 →

Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the 16th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002.^[1]

Competition saw an increase of four events on 1998, which included the debut of a mountain biking. The road events were held in Rivington^[2] and the track events took place at the Manchester Velodrome. The road race was a 130 miles course consisting of 18 laps starting at Rivington and ending at Blackrod High School.^[2]

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning ten gold medals.^[3]

Medal table

Medallists

Road

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Road race	Stuart O'Grady Australia	Cadel Evans Australia	Baden Cooke Australia
Road time trial	Cadel Evans Australia	Michael Rogers Australia	Nathan O'Neill Australia
Women
Road race	Nicole Cooke Wales	Sue Palmer-Komar Canada	Rachel Heal England
Road time trial	Clara Hughes Canada	Anna Millward Australia	Lyne Bessette Canada

Track

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Sprint	Ryan Bayley Australia	Sean Eadie Australia	Jobie Dajka Australia
Team sprint	Australia Jobie Dajka Sean Eadie Ryan Bayley	England Jamie Staff Jason Queally Andy Slater	Scotland Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Ross Edgar
Time trial details	Chris Hoy Scotland	Jason Queally England	Jamie Staff England
Individual pursuit	Bradley McGee Australia	Bradley Wiggins England	Paul Manning England
Team pursuit	Australia Graeme Brown Luke Roberts Mark Renshaw Peter Dawson Stephen Wooldridge	England Bradley Wiggins Bryan Steel Chris Newton Paul Manning Stephen Cummings	New Zealand Greg Henderson Hayden Roulston Lee Vertongen Matthew Randall
Scratch race	Graeme Brown Australia	Huw Pritchard Wales	Tony Gibb England
Points race	Greg Henderson New Zealand	Mark Renshaw Australia	Chris Newton England
Women
Sprint details	Kerrie Meares Australia	Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada	Anna Meares Australia
Time trial details	Kerrie Meares Australia	Julie Paulding England	Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada
Individual pursuit	Sarah Ulmer New Zealand	Katherine Bates Australia	Alison Wright Australia
Points race details	Katherine Bates Australia	Rochelle Gilmore Australia	Clara Hughes Canada

Mountain biking

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Cross country	Roland Green Canada	Seamus McGrath Canada	Liam Killeen England
Women
Cross country	Chrissy Redden Canada	Susy Pryde New Zealand	Mary Grigson Australia

Results

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Road

Men's road race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Stuart O'Grady	4:43:17
2	Cadel Evans	4:45:25
3	Baden Cooke	4:45:45
4	Glen Mitchell	4:45:45
5	Eric Wohlberg	4:46:04
6	Hayden Roulston	4:46:09
7	Robbie Hunter	4:46:18
8	Roger Hammond	4:46:19
9	Mike Barry	4:46:19
10	David George	4:46:31
11	Mark Walters	4:49:16
12	Tommy Evans	4:52:52
13	Yanto Barker	4:52:53
14	Ryan Russell	4:53:34
15	Anthony Malarczyk	4:53:34
16	Duncan Urquhart	4:54:13
17	Karl Moore	4:54:44
18	John Tanner	4:54:44
19	Denis Easton	4:55:10
20	Emile Abraham	4:55:12
21	Mark Lovatt	4:55:13
22	Julian Winn	4:55:13
23	Stephen Gallagher	4:55:13
24	Malcolm Lange	4:55:14
25	Kachi Leuchs	4:55:15
26	Daniel Spence	4:55:20
27	Nic White	4:55:20
28	Charly Wegelius	4:55:46
29	Johannes Heymans	4:57:20
30	David Gardiner	4:58:04
31	James Griffiths	4:58:04
32	Andrew Roche	4:58:04
33	Gordon McCauley	4:58:04

Men's road time trial

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Cadel Evans	1:00:53.50
2	Michael Rogers	1:02:50.36
3	Nathan O'Neill	1:03:20.69
4	Eric Wohlberg	1:04:29.76
5	Charly Wegelius	1:04:44.43
6	David George	1:04:53.50
7	James Piri	1:04:57.28
8	David McCann	1:05:24.64
9	Gordon McCauley	1:05:44.38
10	Heath Blackgrove	1:05:49.78
11	Glen Mitchell	1:05:58.06
12	Julian Winn	1:06:26.20
13	Nic White	1:06:32.48
14	Andrew Roche	1:06:52.34
15	Michael Hutchinson	1:07:16.96
16	Jason MacIntyre	1:07:32.61
17	Mark Walters	1:07:49.14
18	Chris Hedges	1:08:11.10
19	Duncan Urquhart	1:08:26.71
20	Anthony Malarczyk	1:09:12.60
21	Paul Sheppard	1:09:26.55
22	Hudson Mathieu	1:10:51.59
23	David Kinja Njau	1:11:41.42
24	Chris Spence	1:12:38.19
25	Brendan Doherty	1:13:03.80
26	Erik Hoffman	1:13:32.89
27	Paul Brehaut	1:14:14.54
28	Jonathan David Massie	1:16:18.85
29	Charles Bryan	1:16:38.17
30	Martinien Tega	1:17:05.79

Women's road race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Nicole Cooke	2:35:17
2	Sue Palmer-Komar	2:35:18
3	Rachel Heal	2:35:18
4	Hayley Rutherford	2:35:18
5	Roz Reekie-May	2:35:18
6	Caroline Alexander	2:35:18
7	Lyne Bessette	2:35:19
8	Frances Newstead	2:35:43
9	Anna Millward	2:36:57
10	Elizabeth Tadich	2:39:05
11	Melissa Holt	2:39:05
12	Margaret Hemsley	2:39:08
13	Rochelle Gilmore	2:42:46
14	Emma Davies	2:42:46
15	Erin Carter	2:42:46
16	Ann Bowditch	2:42:47
17	Mel Sears	2:42:47
18	Vanessa Guyton	2:42:47
19	Sally Ashbridge	2:42:47
20	Clara Hughes	2:42:47
21	Sara Carrigan	2:42:47
22	Nina Davies	2:42:47
23	Kirsty Robb	2:42:47
24	Julia Lesley Hawley	2:42:47
25	Melanie Claude	2:42:47
26	Sara Symington	2:42:47
27	Penny Edwards	2:42:47
28	Sue Carter	2:42:47
29	Sarah Ulmer	2:42:48
30	Jacqui Fletcher	2:42:49
31	Joanne Cavill	2:44:14
32	Katrina Hair	2:44:14
33	Caroline Cook	2:51:09
34	Sharon Watterson	2:52:18

Women's road time trial

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Clara Hughes	34:51.66
2	Anna Millward	35:00:77
3	Lyne Bessette	35:10.42
4	Margaret Hemsley	35:41.83
5	Sara Carrigan	35:43.65
6	Kirsty Robb	35:47.88
7	Sue Palmer-Komar	35:53.14
8	Frances Newstead	36:09.96
9	Melissa Holt	36:24.81
10	Nicole Cooke	37:15.50
11	Sally Ashbridge	37:22.67
12	Mel Sears	38:06.66
13	Caroline Cook	38:07.75
14	Melanie Claude	38:37.79
15	Julia Lesley Hawley	38:50.98
16	Nina Davies	39:15.59
17	Ann Bowditch	39:27.15
18	Katrina Hair	39:45.29
19	Jacqui Fletcher	40:03.56
20	Sharon Watterson	40:29.41

Track

Men

Men's 1km time trial

Men's sprint

Pos	Athlete
1	Ryan Bayley
2	Sean Eadie
3	Jobie Dajka
4	Jamie Staff
5	Josiah Ng
6	Ross Edgar
7	Andy Slater
8	Barry Forde

Quarter finals

Eadie 11.330/10.990 bt Ng
Staff 11.360/12/013 bt Slater
Bayley 10/905/10.600 bt Edgar
Dajka 10.870 bt Forde 11.035/relegation

Semi finals

Eadie bt Dajka
Bayley bt Staff

Bronze

Dajka bt Staff

Final

Bayley bt Eadie

Men's 750m team sprint

Pos	Athlete
1	Jobie Dajka, Sean Eadie, Ryan Bayley
2	Jason Queally, Andy Slater, Jamie Staff
3	Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy, Marco Librizzi
4	Justin Grace, Anthony Peden, Nathan Seddon
5	Jim Fisher, Steen Madsen, Lars Madsen
6	Fairoz Izni Abdul Ghani, Josiah Ng, Ghaffuan Ghazali
7	Dean Edwards, Jean-Pierre van Zyl, Shawn Lynch
8	Azikiwe Kellar, Clinton Grant, Michael Phillips

Semi finals

New Zealand 46.193 bt Canada 46.694
Scotland 44.994 bt Malaysia 47.572
Australia 44.703 bt South Africa 47.738
England 44.710 bt Trinidad 48.694

Bronze

Sotland 44.934 bt New Zealand 45.926

Final

Australia 44.506 bt England 44.772

Men's 4,000m individual pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Bradley McGee
2	Bradley Wiggins
3	Paul Manning
4	Luke Roberts
5	Hayden Godfrey
6	Peter Dawson
7	Hayden Roulston
8	Kieran Page

Semi-final round

Manning 4:21.184 bt Godfrey 4:32.974
Wiggins 4:19.168 bt Dawson 4:27.539
McGee 4:18.194 bt Roulston 4:28.878
Roberts 4:20.086 bt Page 4:38.771

Bronze

Manning 4:21.813 bt Roberts

Final

McGee 4:16.358 bt Wiggins

Men's 4,000m team pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Brown, Dawson, Renshaw, Wooldridge
2	Cummings, Manning, Newton, Steel
3	Roulston, Vertongen, Randall, Henderson
4	Sheppard, Ingram-Dodd, Wright, Pritchard
5	Anderson, Muir, Chapman

Qualifying

Australia 4:04.034, England 4:05.003, New Zelaand 4:07.824, Wales 4:25.029, Scotland 5:06.133

Semi finals

Eadie bt Dajka
Bayley bt Staff

Bronze

Dajka bt Staff

Final

Australia 3:59.58 bt England 4:02.665

Men's 20km scratch race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Graeme Brown	24:14.660
2	Huw Pritchard
3	Tony Gibb
4	Lee Vertongen
5	Jean-Pierre van Zyl
6	Greg Henderson
7	Ashley Hutchinson
8	Mark Renshaw
9	Hayden Godfrey
10	Alwyn McMath
11	Mark Richard Kelly
12	Ross Muir
13	Carlitos Jones
14	Richard Chapman
15	Emile Abraham
16	James McCallum
17	Will Wright
18	Paul Sheppard
19	Tim Buckle
20	Steve Cummings

Men's 40km points race

Pos	Athlete	Points
1	Greg Henderson	35
2	Mark Renshaw	37
3	Chris Newton	17
4	Huw Pritchard	13
5	Jean-Pierre van Zyl	13
6	Lee Vertongen	4
7	Mark Richard Kelly	4
8	Paul Sheppard	3
9	Ross Muir	0
10	Peter Dawson	0

Women

Women's Sprint

Women's 500m time trial

Women's 24km points race

Women's 3,000m individual pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Sarah Ulmer
2	Katherine Bates
3	Alison Wright
4	Emma Davies
5	Sara Symington
6	Clara Hughes
7	Erin Carter
8	Lyne Bessette

semi-final round

Davies 3:39.282 bt Hughes 3:40.398
Wright 3:37.185 bt Carter 3:44.504
Bates 3:35.305 bt Symington 3:38.128
Ulmer 3:34.884 bt Bessette 3:49.511

Bronze

Wright 3:40.409 bt Davies 3:41.019

Final

Ulmer 3:32.467 bt Bates 3:34.193

Mountain biking

Men's cross country^[5]^[6]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Roland Green	1:52:48
2	Seamus McGrath	1:53:34
3	Liam Killeen	1:55:34
4	Kashi Leuchs	1:58:42
5	Craig Gordon	1:58:45
6	Barrie Clarke	2:01:31
7	Josh Fleming	2:01:36
8	Oli Beckingsale	2:03:42
9	Paul Rowney	2:05:08
10	Geoff Kabush	2:06:52
11	Jamie Norfolk	2:07:50
12	Mannie Heymans	2:10:26

Women's cross country^[5]^[6]

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Chrissy Redden	1:32:10
2	Susy Pryde	1:32:26
3	Mary Grigson	1:32:49
4	Marie-Hélène Prémont	1:34:06
5	Kiara Bisaro	1:37:06
6	Anna Baylis	1:38:07
7	Dellys Franke	1:38:33
8	Sue Thomas	1:40:46
9	Penny Edwards	1:41:53
10	Victoria Wilkinson	1:45:12
11	Jacqui Fletcher	1:52:31
12	Jenny Copnall	1:56:13

References

↑ "Medal Standings Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
1 2 "Rivington to stage Gamwes rehearsal". Wigan Evening Post. 26 June 2002. p. 24. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
↑ "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
1 2 "Killeen peaks with bronze". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 30 July 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 "Cycling". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 30 July 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England, 27 July – 3 August 2002 results cyclingnews.com

[1] "Medal Standings Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[Riv-2] 1 2 "Rivington to stage Gamwes rehearsal". Wigan Evening Post. 26 June 2002. p. 24. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[4] "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[YPLI1-5] 1 2 "Killeen peaks with bronze". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 30 July 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[YPLI2-6] 1 2 "Cycling". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 30 July 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Cycling

Venue	Track: Manchester Velodrome Road, mountain biking: Rivington
Location	Manchester, England
Dates	25 July to 4 August 2002
← 1998 2006 →

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	10	7	6	23
2	Canada	3	3	3	9
3	New Zealand	2	1	1	4
4	Wales	1	1	0	2
5	Scotland	1	0	1	2
6	England	0	5	6	11
Totals (6 entries)		17	17	17	51