Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Team time trial | men | |
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| Track time trial | men | |
| Individual pursuit | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | |
| Points race | men | |
The cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five track cycling events. For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program, with a single event, the individual road race. Also newly introduced in these Games was the men's points race event.[1]
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's road race |
Alexi Grewal United States
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Steve Bauer Canada
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Dag Otto Lauritzen Norway
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| Men's team time trial |
 Italy (ITA)Marcello Bartalini Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli |
 Switzerland (SUI)Alfred Achermann Richard Trinkler Laurent Vial Benno Wiss |
 United States (USA)Ron Kiefel Clarence Knickman Davis Phinney Andrew Weaver |
| Women's road race |
Connie Carpenter United States
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Rebecca Twigg United States
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Sandra Schumacher West Germany
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Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Points race |
Roger Ilegems Belgium
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Uwe Messerschmidt West Germany
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José Youshimatz Mexico
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| Pursuit, Individual |
Steve Hegg United States
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Rolf Gölz West Germany
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Leonard Nitz United States
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| Pursuit, Team |
 Australia (AUS)Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur Dean Woods |
United States (USA) David Grylls Steve Hegg Patrick McDonough Leonard Nitz Brent Emery |
 West Germany (FRG)Reinhard Alber Rolf Gölz Roland Günther Michael Marx |
| Sprint |
Mark Gorski United States
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Nelson Vails United States
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Tsutomu Sakamoto Japan
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| 1 km time trial |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany
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Curt Harnett Canada
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Fabrice Colas France
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Participating nations
359 cyclists from 54 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
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