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Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Today we are going to talk about Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. This topic is of utmost importance in today's society, since it impacts different aspects of daily life. It is necessary to thoroughly understand Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics to better understand how it influences our environment, our decisions and our interpersonal relationships. Throughout this article, we will explore the different aspects of Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics, from its origin to its current implications, with the aim of providing a complete overview and generating a constructive debate on this topic.

Cycling
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenuesArtesia Freeway, Streets of Mission Viejo
Olympic Velodrome
DateJuly 29 - August 3, 1984
Competitors359 from 54 nations
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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. Also newly introduced in these Games was the men's points race event.

Road cycling

Men's team time trial (USA team)

Men’s events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Road race
Alexi Grewal
 United States
Steve Bauer
 Canada
Dag Otto Lauritzen
 Norway
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 events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Road race
Connie Carpenter
 United States
Rebecca Twigg
 United States
Sandra Schumacher
 West Germany

Track cycling

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Points race
Roger Ilegems
 Belgium
Uwe Messerschmidt
 West Germany
José Youshimatz
 Mexico
Pursuit, individual
Steve Hegg
 United States
Rolf Gölz
 West Germany
Leonard Nitz
 United States
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
Nelson Vails
 United States
Tsutomu Sakamoto
 Japan
1 km time trial
Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
Curt Harnett
 Canada
Fabrice Colas
 France

Participating nations

359 cyclists from 54 nations competed.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4329
2 West Germany1225
3 Australia1001
 Belgium1001
 Italy1001
6 Canada0202
7 Switzerland0101
8 France0011
 Japan0011
 Mexico0011
 Norway0011
Totals (11 entries)88824

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2014.