Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial

The men's team time trial cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics. The qualification and quarter finals were on 2 August and the semi-finals and finals on 3 August.[1]

Cycling - Men's team time trial
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueArtesia Freeway, Buena Park, California
Dates5 August
Competitors104 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcello Bartalini
Marco Giovannetti
Eros Poli
Claudio Vandelli
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfred Achermann
Richard Trinkler
Laurent Vial
Benno Wiss
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ron Kiefel
Clarence Knickman
Davis Phinney
Andrew Weaver
 United States
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The Italian team recorded a dominant victory by winning by 4:10 over Switzerland. The Italian team was one of the first teams to use modern carbon-fiber disc wheels, which are now commonly used in time trials. Their time of 1h 58:28 was the fastest time ever recorded over 100 km in a team time trial, and would have been faster without a flat tire that cost them 20 seconds to change the wheel. The venue was a 15½-mile stretch of the Artesia Freeway.

Results edit

Rank Cyclists Nation Time
  Marcello Bartalini
Marco Giovannetti
Eros Poli
Claudio Vandelli
  Italy 1:58:28
  Alfred Achermann
Richard Trinkler
Laurent Vial
Benno Wiss
  Switzerland 2:02:38
  Ron Kiefel
Clarence Knickman
Davis Phinney
Andrew Weaver
  United States 2:02:57
4 Jos Alberts
Erik Breukink
Maarten Ducrot
Gert Jakobs
  Netherlands 2:04:46
5 Bengt Asplund
Per Christiansson
Magnus Knutsson
Håkan Larsson
  Sweden 2:05:07
6 Jean-François Bernard
Philippe Bouvatier
Thierry Marie
Denis Pelizzari
  France 2:05:31
7 John Carlsen
Kim Eriksen
Lars Jensen
Søren Lilholt
  Denmark 2:05:31
8 Steven Poulter
Keith Reynolds
Peter Sanders
Darryl Webster
  Great Britain 2:05:51
9 Bruno Bulić
Primož Čerin
Janez Lampič
Bojan Ropret
  Yugoslavia 2:05:55
10 Dag Hopen
Hans Petter Ødegård
Arnstein Raunehaug
Morten Sæther
  Norway 2:07:05
11 Karl Krenauer
Johann Lienhart
Peter Muckenhuber
Helmut Wechselberger
  Austria 2:08:08
12 Hartmut Bölts
Thomas Freienstein
Bernd Gröne
Michael Maue
  West Germany 2:08:15
13 Harry Hannus
Kari Myyryläinen
Patrick Wackström
Sixten Wackström
  Finland 2:08:17
14 Pierre Harvey
Alain Masson
Robert Pulfer
Martin Willock
  Canada 2:09:44
15 Jeff Leslie
Michael Lynch
Gary Trowell
John Watters
  Australia 2:10:20
16 Philip Cassidy
Martin Earley
Paul Kimmage
Gary Thomson
  Ireland 2:10:52
17 Raúl Alcalá
Félipe Enríquez
Guillermo Gutiérrez
Cuauthémoc Muñoz
  Mexico 2:13:16
18 Gilson Alvaristo
Jair Braga
Renan Ferraro
Marcos Mazzaron
  Brazil 2:15:37
19 Choy Yiu Chung
Hung Chung Yam
Law Siu On
Leung Hung Tak
  Hong Kong 2:17:24
20 Jo Geon-haeng
Jang Yun-ho
Kim Cheol-seok
Lee Jin-ok
  South Korea 2:17:25
21 Han Shuxiang
Liu Fu
Wang Wanqiang
Zeng Bo
  China 2:17:34
22 David Dibben
Alfred Ebanks
Craig Merren
Aldyn Wint
  Cayman Islands 2:22:49
23 Alain Ayissi
Lucas Feutsa
Joseph Kono
Dieudonné Ntep
  Cameroon 2:25:26
24 Hassan Al-Absi
Ahmed Al-Saleh
Mohammed Al-Shanqiti
Rajab Moqbil
  Saudi Arabia 2:28:28
25 Joslyn Chavarria
Warren Coye
Kurt Cutkelvin
Merlyn Dawson
  Belize 2:36:55
26 Dyton Chimwaza
Daniel Kaswanga
George Nayeja
Amadu Yusufu
  Malawi 2:37:32

References edit

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1984 Summer Games: Men's team time trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2015.