Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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]

Cycling
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuesSant Sadurní d'Anoia
Velòdrom d'Horta
Date26–31 July 1992
Competitors451 from 76 nations
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Road cycling

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Men's

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Road race
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Fabio Casartelli
  Italy
Erik Dekker
  Netherlands
Dainis Ozols
  Latvia
Team time trial
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  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

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Road race
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Kathryn Watt
  Australia
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
  France
Monique Knol
  Netherlands

Track cycling

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Men's

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Points race
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Giovanni Lombardi
  Italy
Léon van Bon
  Netherlands
Cédric Mathy
  Belgium
Individual pursuit
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Chris Boardman
  Great Britain
Jens Lehmann
  Germany
Gary Anderson
  New Zealand
Team pursuit
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  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
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Jens Fiedler
  Germany
Gary Neiwand
  Australia
Curtis Harnett
  Canada
1 km time trial
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José Manuel Moreno
  Spain
Shane Kelly
  Australia
Erin Hartwell
  United States

Women's

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany4206
2  Italy2103
3  Australia1405
4  Estonia1001
  Great Britain1001
  Spain1001
7  Netherlands0224
8  France0112
9  United States0022
10  Belgium0011
  Canada0011
  Denmark0011
  Latvia0011
  New Zealand0011
Totals (14 entries)10101030

Participating nations

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451 cyclists from 76 nations competed.[1]

Broken records

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. 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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