Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venues
Road cycling Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
Track cycling Velòdrom d'Horta
Dates 26 July - 31 July
Cyclists 451 from 76 countries
Top ranked countries
Germany: 4 1st, gold medalist(s)  2 2nd, silver medalist(s)  0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
Italy: 2 1st, gold medalist(s)  1 2nd, silver medalist(s)  0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
Australia: 1 1st, gold medalist(s)  4 2nd, silver medalist(s)  0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
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The cycling competitions at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling, with ten events being contested. The road team time trial event took place at the Circuit de Catalunya and the A-17 highway, the individual road races were held in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, and track cycling took place at the Velòdrom d'Horta.[1]

Road cycling

Men's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual road race
 Fabio Casartelli
 Italy		 Erik Dekker
 Netherlands		 Dainis Ozols
 Latvia
Team Time Trial
  Germany (GER)
Michael Rich
Bernd Dittert
Christian Meyer
Uwe Peschel		  Italy (ITA)
Andrea Peron
Flavio Anastasia
Luca Colombo
Gianfranco Contri		  France (FRA)
Jean-Louis Harel
Hervé Boussard
Didier Faivre-Pierret
Philippe Gaumont

Women's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual road race
 Kathryn Watt
 Australia		 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
 France		 Monique Knol
 Netherlands

Track cycling

Men's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Points race
 Giovanni Lombardi
 Italy		 Léon van Bon
 Netherlands		 Cédric Mathy
 Belgium
Individual pursuit
 Chris Boardman
 Great Britain		 Jens Lehmann
 Germany		 Gary Anderson
 New Zealand
Team Pursuit
  Germany (GER)
Stefan Steinweg
Andreas Walzer
Guido Fulst
Michael Glöckner
Jens Lehmann		  Australia (AUS)
Stuart O'Grady
Brett Aitken
Stephen McGlede
Shaun O'Brien		  Denmark (DEN)
Jan Petersen
Michael Sandstød
Ken Frost
Jimmi Madsen
Klaus Kynde Nielsen
Sprint
 Jens Fiedler
 Germany		 Gary Neiwand
 Australia		 Curtis Harnett
 Canada
1 km Time Trial
 José Manuel Moreno
 Spain		 Shane Kelly
 Australia		 Erin Hartwell
 United States

Women's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual pursuit
 Petra Roßner
 Germany		 Kathryn Watt
 Australia		 Rebecca Twigg
 United States
Sprint
 Erika Salumäe
 Estonia		 Annett Neumann
 Germany		 Ingrid Haringa
 Netherlands

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 4 2 0 6
2 Italy 2 1 0 3
3 Australia 1 4 0 5
4 Estonia 1 0 0 1
Great Britain 1 0 0 1
Spain 1 0 0 1
7 Netherlands 0 2 2 4
8 France 0 1 1 2
9 United States 0 0 2 2
10 Belgium 0 0 1 1
Canada 0 0 1 1
Denmark 0 0 1 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
New Zealand 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

451 cyclists from 76 nations competed.[1]

Broken records

Event Name Nation Score Date Record
Men's flying 200 m time trial Jens Fiedler Germany 10"252 28 July OR
Men's individual pursuit Chris Boardman Great Britain 4'27"357 27 July WR, OR
Chris Boardman Great Britain 4'24"496 28 July WR, OR
Men's team pursuit Brett Aitken
Stephen McGlede
Shaun O’Brien
Stuart O'Grady 		Australia 4'11"245 30 July WR, OR
Brett Aitken
Stephen McGlede
Shaun O’Brien
Stuart O'Grady 		Australia 4'10"438 30 July WR, OR
Michael Glockner
Jens Lehmann
Stefan Steinweg
Guido Fulst 		Germany 4'08"791 31 July WR, OR
Women's individual pursuit Kathy Watt Australia 3'41"886 30 July OR
Petra Rossner Germany 3'41"509 30 July OR

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Sources[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Union Cycliste Internationale - Women - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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