Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
October 21, 2023
The men's individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 22 October 1964. The course, just short of 25 kilometres, was covered 8 times for a total distance of 194.832 kilometres. 132 cyclists from 35 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. The event was won by Mario Zanin of Italy, the nation's second victory in the men's individual road race and third consecutive Games in the top two. Kjell Rodian earned Denmark's first medal in the event with his silver. Walter Godefroot's bronze was Belgium's fifth medal in five Games (with 2 in 1952 making up for missing the podium in 1956).
Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
The course, in red
Venue
Hachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo 194.83 km (121.1 mi)
This was the seventh 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). Eddy Merckx of Belgium was the reigning world champion and the only one of the last four world champions to compete (the other three had all turned professional).[2]
The Republic of China, Hong Kong, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its seventh appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.
Competition format and courseEdit
The mass-start race was on a course that covered eight laps of a 24.354 kilometres circuit starting at the Takao train station, for a total of 194.832 kilometres. It was a "relatively easy course" that "featured a fairly steep, but short, climb of 65 metres at the 11th km., followed by a short descent, and then a mild climb over the next few kilometres."[2] The course ran into Hachioji, across the Asakawa Bridge, to Sanyu Corner, then northwest to Tobuki Cross with a detour to Takatsuki Terminal, then back south to Takao station again. It was a shorter version of the team time trial course, which went out to the Hino Bridge before looping back to Sanyu Corner.[3]
Nobody was able to make a successful breakaway, with 99 riders closely bunched throughout the race. The best attempts all fell short with no effective tries in the last 15 kilometres. Merckx had a late effort with 1.5 kilometres left but never got more than 20 metres clear of the pack. Zanin and Rodian reached the front in the final sprint, though all 99 cyclists in the pack finished within two tenths of a second of Zanin. Precise order within the pack, particularly after 35th place, is disputed.[2]
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The men s individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme It was held on 22 October 1964 The course just short of 25 kilometres was covered 8 times for a total distance of 194 832 kilometres 132 cyclists from 35 nations competed 1 The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four The event was won by Mario Zanin of Italy the nation s second victory in the men s individual road race and third consecutive Games in the top two Kjell Rodian earned Denmark s first medal in the event with his silver Walter Godefroot s bronze was Belgium s fifth medal in five Games with 2 in 1952 making up for missing the podium in 1956 Men s cycling road raceat the Games of the XVIII OlympiadThe course in redVenueHachioji Road Race Course Tokyo194 83 km 121 1 mi Date22 October 1964Competitors132 from 35 nationsWinning time4 39 51 63MedalistsMario Zanin ItalyKjell Rodian DenmarkWalter Godefroot Belgium 19601968 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format and course 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 Notes 6 ReferencesBackground EditThis was the seventh 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 Eddy Merckx of Belgium was the reigning world champion and the only one of the last four world champions to compete the other three had all turned professional 2 The Republic of China Hong Kong Iran Malaysia Mongolia the Philippines and Thailand each made their debut in the men s individual road race Great Britain made its seventh appearance in the event the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date Competition format and course EditThe mass start race was on a course that covered eight laps of a 24 354 kilometres circuit starting at the Takao train station for a total of 194 832 kilometres It was a relatively easy course that featured a fairly steep but short climb of 65 metres at the 11th km followed by a short descent and then a mild climb over the next few kilometres 2 The course ran into Hachioji across the Asakawa Bridge to Sanyu Corner then northwest to Tobuki Cross with a detour to Takatsuki Terminal then back south to Takao station again It was a shorter version of the team time trial course which went out to the Hino Bridge before looping back to Sanyu Corner 3 Schedule EditAll times are Japan Standard Time UTC 9 Date Time RoundThursday 22 October 1964 10 00 FinalResults EditNobody was able to make a successful breakaway with 99 riders closely bunched throughout the race The best attempts all fell short with no effective tries in the last 15 kilometres Merckx had a late effort with 1 5 kilometres left but never got more than 20 metres clear of the pack Zanin and Rodian reached the front in the final sprint though all 99 cyclists in the pack finished within two tenths of a second of Zanin Precise order within the pack particularly after 35th place is disputed 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time nbsp Mario Zanin nbsp Italy 4 39 51 63 nbsp Kjell Rodian nbsp Denmark 4 39 51 65 nbsp Walter Godefroot nbsp Belgium 4 39 51 744 Raymond Bilney nbsp Australia 4 39 51 745 Jose Manuel Lopez nbsp Spain 4 39 51 746 Wilfried Peffgen nbsp United Team of Germany 4 39 51 747 Gosta Pettersson nbsp Sweden 4 39 51 748 Delmo Delmastro nbsp Argentina 4 39 51 749 Roberto Breppe nbsp Argentina 4 39 51 7410 Laurie Byers nbsp New Zealand 4 39 51 7411 Erik Pettersson nbsp Sweden 4 39 51 7412 Eddy Merckx nbsp Belgium 4 39 51 7413 Jan Kudra nbsp Poland 4 39 51 7414 Michael Hollingsworth nbsp Australia 4 39 51 7415 Ole Hojlund Pedersen nbsp Denmark 4 39 51 7416 Hans Luthi nbsp Switzerland 4 39 51 7417 Dick Johnstone nbsp New Zealand 4 39 51 7418 Roger Swerts nbsp Belgium 4 39 51 7419 Johny Schleck nbsp Luxembourg 4 39 51 7420 Bart Zoet nbsp Netherlands 4 39 51 7421 Flemming Hansen nbsp Denmark 4 39 51 7422 Daniel Grac nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 39 51 7423 Jose Manuel Lasa nbsp Spain 4 39 51 7424 Janos Juszko nbsp Hungary 4 39 51 7425 Colin Lewis nbsp Great Britain 4 39 51 7426 Terence West nbsp Great Britain 4 39 51 7427 Gerben Karstens nbsp Netherlands 4 39 51 7428 Severino Andreoli nbsp Italy 4 39 51 7429 Burkhard Ebert nbsp United Team of Germany 4 39 51 7530 Erwin Jaisli nbsp Switzerland 4 39 51 7531 Derek Harrison nbsp Great Britain 4 39 51 7532 Mariano Diaz nbsp Spain 4 39 51 7533 Felice Gimondi nbsp Italy 4 39 51 7634 Jorge Marine nbsp Spain 4 39 51 7635 Andras Meszaros nbsp Hungary 4 39 51 7636 Chow Kwong Man nbsp Hong Kong 4 39 51 7637 Masashi Omiya nbsp Japan 4 39 51 7638 Jozef Boons nbsp Belgium 4 39 51 7639 Louis Pfenninger nbsp Switzerland 4 39 51 7640 Harry Steevens nbsp Netherlands 4 39 51 7641 Gainan Saidkhuzhin nbsp Soviet Union 4 39 51 7742 Jan Pieterse nbsp Netherlands 4 39 51 7743 Yanjingiin Baatar nbsp Mongolia 4 39 51 7744 Jan Magiera nbsp Poland 4 39 51 7745 Ricardo Vazquez nbsp Uruguay 4 39 51 7846 Martin Rodriguez nbsp Colombia 4 39 51 7847 Antal Megyerdi nbsp Hungary 4 39 51 7848 Francisco Perez nbsp Uruguay 4 39 51 7849 Ruben Placanica nbsp Argentina 4 39 51 7950 Sven Hamrin nbsp Sweden 4 39 51 7951 Michael Cowley nbsp Great Britain 4 39 51 7952 Sture Pettersson nbsp Sweden 4 39 51 7953 Francis Bazire nbsp France 4 39 51 8054 Immo Rittmeyer nbsp United Team of Germany 4 39 51 8055 Pablo Hernandez nbsp Colombia 4 39 51 8056 Anatoly Olizarenko nbsp Soviet Union 4 39 51 8057 Gabriel Moiceanu nbsp Romania 4 39 51 8058 Constantin Ciocan nbsp Romania 4 39 51 8159 Ion Cosma nbsp Romania 4 39 51 8160 Yury Melikhov nbsp Soviet Union 4 39 51 8161 Des Thomson nbsp New Zealand 4 39 51 8162 Aleksei Petrov nbsp Soviet Union 4 39 51 8163 Hans Heinemann nbsp Switzerland 4 39 51 8264 Vid Cencic nbsp Uruguay 4 39 51 8265 David Humphreys nbsp Australia 4 39 51 8266 Max Grace nbsp New Zealand 4 39 51 8367 Jiri Daler nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 39 51 8368 Malcolm McCredie nbsp Australia 4 39 51 8369 Ruben Dario Gomez nbsp Colombia 4 39 51 8370 Frantisek Rezac nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 39 51 8371 Jan Smolik nbsp Czechoslovakia 4 39 51 8372 Stephen Lim nbsp Malaysia 4 39 51 8373 Arturo Romeo nbsp Philippines 4 39 51 8374 Ole Ritter nbsp Denmark 4 39 51 8375 John Allis nbsp United States 4 39 51 8376 Phạm Văn Sau nbsp Vietnam 4 39 51 8377 Andrzej Blawdzin nbsp Poland 4 39 51 8378 Gunter Hoffmann nbsp United Team of Germany 4 39 51 8379 Mikael Saglimbeni nbsp Ethiopia 4 39 51 8380 Lucien Aimar nbsp France 4 39 51 8381 Mashallah Amin Sorour nbsp Iran 4 39 51 8382 Rajmund Zielinski nbsp Poland 4 39 51 8383 Laszlo Maho nbsp Hungary 4 39 51 8384 Teofilo Toda nbsp Peru 4 39 51 8385 Luvsangiin Erkhemjamts nbsp Mongolia 4 39 51 8386 Her Jong chau nbsp Taiwan 4 39 51 8387 Shue Ming shu nbsp Taiwan 4 39 51 8388 Gheorghe Bădără nbsp Romania 4 39 51 8389 Tarwon Jirapan nbsp Thailand 4 39 51 8390 Trần Văn Nen nbsp Vietnam 4 39 51 8391 Pakdi Chillananda nbsp Thailand 4 39 51 8392 Chow Kwong Choi nbsp Hong Kong 4 39 51 8393 Melesio Soto nbsp Mexico 4 39 51 8394 Bernard Guyot nbsp France 4 39 51 8395 Christian Raymond nbsp France 4 39 51 8396 Edy Schutz nbsp Luxembourg 4 39 51 8397 Daniel Olivares nbsp Philippines 4 39 51 8398 Cornelio Padilla nbsp Philippines 4 39 51 8399 Sayed Esmail Hosseini nbsp Iran 4 39 51 83100 Michael Hiltner nbsp United States 4 59 54 00101 Akbar Poudeh nbsp Iran 4 59 59 00102 Wilde Baridon nbsp Uruguay 5 01 50 00103 Luvsangiin Buudai nbsp Mongolia 5 01 57 00104 Francisco Coronel nbsp Mexico 5 02 15 00105 Hiroshi Yamao nbsp Japan 5 10 40 00106 Toshiro Akamatsu nbsp Japan 5 27 10 00107 Lee Seon bae nbsp South Korea 5 27 16 An Byeong hun nbsp South Korea DNFChainarong Sophonpong nbsp Thailand DNFDavoud Akhlagi nbsp Iran DNFDeng Chueng hwai nbsp Taiwan DNFFerruccio Manza nbsp Italy DNFFisihasion Ghebreyesus nbsp Ethiopia DNFHeriberto Diaz nbsp Mexico DNFHwang Chang sik nbsp South Korea DNFRaymond Castilloux nbsp United States DNFMario Escobar nbsp Colombia DNFMichael Andrew nbsp Malaysia DNFNorberto Arceo nbsp Philippines DNFChoijiljavyn Samand nbsp Mongolia DNFSuleman Ambaye nbsp Ethiopia DNFHamid Supaat nbsp Malaysia DNFThomas Montemage nbsp United States DNFVitool Charernratana nbsp Thailand DNFWi Gyeong yong nbsp South Korea DNFYemane Negassi nbsp Ethiopia DNFZain Safar ud Din nbsp Malaysia DSQNguyễn Văn Khoi nbsp Vietnam DSQMasanori Tsuji nbsp Japan DSQMoises Lopez nbsp Mexico DSQMok Sau Hei nbsp Hong Kong DSQNguyễn Văn Ngan nbsp Vietnam DSQNotes EditTokyo Organizing Committee 1964 The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964 vol 2 References Edit Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Men s Road Race Individual sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 10 August 2014 a b c Road Race Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 5 November 2020 Official Report vol 2 p 263 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics Men 27s individual road race 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