Once again the Kiwis were the first from down under at this years Olympics with Joseph riding with distinction into 9th place overall.  Two crashes set the NZ Champion back a little on the technically demanding course.

1 Sabine Spitz (Germany)             1.45.11
2 Maja Wloszczowska (Poland)            0.41
3 Irina Kalentyeva (Russia)             1.17
4 Catharine Pendrel (Canada)            1.26
5 Chengyuan Ren (China)                 2.29
6 Petra Henzi (Switzerland)             3.30
7 Mary Mcconneloug (United States)      5.23
8 Georgia Gould (United States)         5.40
9 Rosara Joseph (New Zealand)           5.56
10 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Poland)       6.10
11 Elisabeth Osl (Austria)              6.28
12 Ying Liu (China)                     6.50
13 Lene Byberg (Norway)                 8.08
14 Elsbeth Van Rooy (Netherlands)       8.19
15 Nathalie Schneitter (Switzerland)    8.31
16 Eva Lechner (Italy)                 13.11
17 Laurence Leboucher (France)         15.44
18 Adelheid Morath (Germany)           17.14

One lap behind

19 Jaqueline Mourao (Brazil)               
20 Rie Katayama (Japan)                    
21 Blaza Klemencic (Slovenia)              

Two laps behind

22 Yolande Speedy (South Africa)           
23 Vera Andreeva (Russia)                  
24 Janka Stevkova (Slovakia)               
25 Francisca Campos (Chile)                
26 Dellys Starr (Australia)                
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Norway)          
DNF Margarita Fullana (Spain)              
DNF Marie-Helene Premont (Canada)          
DNF Tereza Hurikova (Czech Republic)