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Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's road race
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
German stamp commemorating Olympic cycling
VenueStreets of Mission Viejo
DateJuly 29
Competitors135 from 43 nations
Winning time4:59:57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexi Grewal
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Bauer
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dag Otto Lauritzen
 Norway
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The men's individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held on Sunday July 29, 1984. There were 135 participants from 43 nations in the race over 190.20 km, on a course in Mission Viejo, California. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. 55 cyclists finished.[1] The event was won by Alexi Grewal of the United States, the nation's first medal in the men's individual road race. All three nations represented on the podium were there for the first time in the event; Canada with Steve Bauer's silver and Norway with Dag Otto Lauritzen's bronze joined the Americans.

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). The late 1970s and early 1980s had seen a shift in power in the sport from Western Europe to the world's superpowers, with Eastern Europe (particularly Poland) more generally also rising. With the Soviet-led boycott, the host Americans were favored. Davis Phinney was considered "the best sprinter on the US team" but "not a great climber"; the hilly course did not favor him. Alexi Grewal nearly missed being able to compete, testing positive for the stimulant phenylethylamine and being suspended 10 days before the Games; he successfully appealed and was reinstated, on the ground that the test was not able to distinguish between phenylethylamine and albuterol (which Grewal took for asthma).[2]

Bermuda, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 12th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a 190.2 kilometre course over 12 laps of a circuit in Mission Viejo. The course was hilly.[2][3]

Schedule

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All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 1984 13:00 Final

Results

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Grewal and Bauer separated from the lead pack on lap 11. They "never had a large lead" over the next pair, Lauritzen and Sæther, but were always clear of them. Grewal beat Bauer in the final sprint by "less than a wheel."[2]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexi Grewal  United States 4:59:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Bauer  Canada s.t.
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dag Otto Lauritzen  Norway + 0' 21"
4 Morten Sæther  Norway s.t.
5 Davis Phinney  United States + 1' 19"
6 Thurlow Rogers  United States s.t.
7 Bojan Ropret  Yugoslavia s.t.
8 Néstor Mora  Colombia s.t.
9 Ron Kiefel  United States 1' 43"
10 Richard Trinkler  Switzerland s.t.
11 Raúl Alcalá  Mexico s.t.
12 Stefan Maurer  Switzerland + 3' 37"
13 Alberto Volpi  Italy + 4' 10"
14 Per Christiansson  Sweden s.t.
15 Helmut Wechselberger  Austria s.t.
16 Enrique Campos  Venezuela s.t.
17 Luis Rosendo Ramos  Mexico + 6' 14"
18 Brian Fowler  New Zealand + 6' 48"
19 Martin Earley  Ireland s.t.
20 Atle Kvålsvoll  Norway s.t.
21 Fabio Parra  Colombia s.t.
22 Thomas Freienstein  West Germany + 7' 51"
23 Francisco Antequera  Spain + 11' 30"
24 Per Pedersen  Denmark + 11' 46"
25 Kari Myyryläinen  Finland s.t.
26 Lars Wahlqvist  Sweden s.t.
27 Paul Kimmage  Ireland s.t.
28 Daniel Amardeilh  France s.t.
29 Philippe Bouvatier  France s.t.
30 Kjell Nilsson  Sweden s.t.
31 Harry Hannus  Finland s.t.
32 Stefan Brykt  Sweden s.t.
33 Louis Garneau  Canada + 15' 30"
34 Kurt Zellhofer  Austria s.t.
35 Primož Čerin  Yugoslavia s.t.
36 Achim Stadler  West Germany s.t.
37 Stephen Cox  New Zealand s.t.
38 Patrick Wackström  Finland s.t.
39 Gary Thomson  Ireland s.t.
40 Kim Eriksen  Denmark s.t.
41 Werner Stauff  West Germany + 18' 04"
42 Jure Pavlič  Yugoslavia s.t.
43 Séamus Downey  Ireland s.t.
44 Jean-Paul van Poppel  Netherlands + 22' 20"
45 Matsuyoshi Takahashi  Japan s.t.
46 Marko Cuderman  Yugoslavia s.t.
47 Salvador Rios  Mexico s.t.
48 Park Se-ryong  South Korea s.t.
49 Johann Traxler  Austria s.t.
50 Jeff Leslie  Australia s.t.
51 Fernando Correa  Venezuela s.t.
52 Carlos Jaramillo  Colombia s.t.
53 Arthur Tenn  Jamaica s.t.
54 Mustapha Najjari  Morocco + 22' 30"
55 Michael Lynch  Australia + 27' 05"
Luis Biera  Argentina DNF
Gary Trowell  Australia DNF
John Watters  Australia DNF
Paul Popp  Austria DNF
Carlo Bomans  Belgium DNF
Ronny Van Sweevelt  Belgium DNF
Frank Verleyen  Belgium DNF
Joslyn Chavarria  Belize DNF
Warren Coye  Belize DNF
Lindford Gillitt  Belize DNF
Wernell Reneau  Belize DNF
John Ford  Bermuda DNF
Earl Godfrey  Bermuda DNF
Clyde Wilson  Bermuda DNF
Alain Ayissi  Cameroon DNF
Joseph Kono  Cameroon DNF
Dieudonné Ntep  Cameroon DNF
Thomas Siani  Cameroon DNF
Pierre Harvey  Canada DNF
Alain Masson  Canada DNF
Craig Merren  Cayman Islands DNF
David Dibben  Cayman Islands DNF
Alfred Ebanks  Cayman Islands DNF
Aldyn Wint  Cayman Islands DNF
Manuel Aravena  Chile DNF
Roberto Muñoz  Chile DNF
Rogelio Arango  Colombia DNF
Spyros Agrotis  Cyprus DNF
Ole Byriel  Denmark DNF
Søren Lilholt  Denmark DNF
Harri Hedgren  Finland DNF
Claude Carlin  France DNF
Denis Pelizzari  France DNF
Andreas Kappes  West Germany DNF
Mark Bell  Great Britain DNF
Neil Martin  Great Britain DNF
Peter Sanders  Great Britain DNF
Darryl Webster  Great Britain DNF
Kanellos Kanellopoulos  Greece DNF
Ilias Kelesidis  Greece DNF
Randolph Toussaint  Guyana DNF
Choy Yiu Chung  Hong Kong DNF
Hung Chung Yam  Hong Kong DNF
Law Siu On  Hong Kong DNF
Leung Hung Tak  Hong Kong DNF
Stefano Colagè  Italy DNF
Roberto Pagnin  Italy DNF
Renato Piccolo  Italy DNF
Lorenzo Murdock  Jamaica DNF
Kim Cheol-seok  South Korea DNF
Lee Jin-ok  South Korea DNF
Sin Dae-cheol  South Korea DNF
Sirop Arslanian  Lebanon DNF
Dyton Chimwaza  Malawi DNF
Daniel Kaswanga  Malawi DNF
George Nayeja  Malawi DNF
Amadu Yusufu  Malawi DNF
Jesús Rios  Mexico DNF
Mustapha Afandi  Morocco DNF
Brahim Ben Bouilla  Morocco DNF
Ahmed Rhail  Morocco DNF
Hans Daams  Netherlands DNF
Twan Poels  Netherlands DNF
Nico Verhoeven  Netherlands DNF
Roger Sumich  New Zealand DNF
Hans Petter Ødegård  Norway DNF
Ramón Zavaleta  Peru DNF
Ramón Rivera  Puerto Rico DNF
Maurizio Casadei  San Marino DNF
Hassan Al-Absi  Saudi Arabia DNF
Mohammed Al-Shanqiti  Saudi Arabia DNF
Abdullah Al-Shaye  Saudi Arabia DNF
Ali Al-Ghazawi  Saudi Arabia DNF
Manuel Jorge Domínguez  Spain DNF
Miguel Indurain  Spain DNF
José Salvador Sanchis  Spain DNF
Heinz Imboden  Switzerland DNF
Benno Wiss  Switzerland DNF
Muharud Mukasa  Uganda DNF
Ernest Buule  Uganda DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1980Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379.
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