Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
October 31, 2023
The men's individual road race was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 115 cyclists from 32 nations took part.[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. The event was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov of the Soviet Union, the nation's second victory (after 1960; tying France for second-most behind Italy) in the men's individual road race. His teammate Yuri Barinov took bronze. Czesław Lang's silver put Poland on the podium in the event for the second straight Games.
This was the 11th 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). The traditional western powers (Italy, France, Belgium, Sweden) in the sport participated in the Moscow Games amid the American-led boycott. In previous years, the boycott would have had little effect on the competition, but in the late 1970s, the United States had its first international cycling star: Greg LeMond (who would turn professional in 1981 and never compete in the Olympics) who would have been the favorite. Instead, host-nation cyclist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov was the pick to win. Gilbert Glaus of Switzerland (1978) and Gianni Giacomini (1979) had won world championships and were also significant contenders.[2]
Libya and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 11th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.
Sukhoruchenkov broke away on lap 3, with a chase group including Glaus and Giacomini catching him on lap 5. Sukhoruchenkov broke away from that pack with 32 kilometres to go, riding by himself the rest of the way to the largest margin of victory in the event since 1896.[2]
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The men s individual road race was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow 115 cyclists from 32 nations took part 1 The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four The event was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov of the Soviet Union the nation s second victory after 1960 tying France for second most behind Italy in the men s individual road race His teammate Yuri Barinov took bronze Czeslaw Lang s silver put Poland on the podium in the event for the second straight Games Men s road raceat the Games of the XXII OlympiadSoviet stamp commemorating Olympic cyclingVenueMoscowDate28 JulyCompetitors115 from 32 nationsWinning time4 48 28MedalistsSergei Sukhoruchenkov Soviet UnionCzeslaw Lang PolandYuri Barinov Soviet Union 19761984 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format and course 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksBackground editThis was the 11th 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 The traditional western powers Italy France Belgium Sweden in the sport participated in the Moscow Games amid the American led boycott In previous years the boycott would have had little effect on the competition but in the late 1970s the United States had its first international cycling star Greg LeMond who would turn professional in 1981 and never compete in the Olympics who would have been the favorite Instead host nation cyclist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov was the pick to win Gilbert Glaus of Switzerland 1978 and Gianni Giacomini 1979 had won world championships and were also significant contenders 2 Libya and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the men s individual road race Great Britain made its 11th appearance in the event the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date Competition format and course edit nbsp Map of the courseThe mass start race was on a 189 kilometre course at the Krylatskoye Sports Complex in Moscow 2 3 Schedule editAll times are Moscow Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundMonday 28 July 1980 10 00 FinalResults editSukhoruchenkov broke away on lap 3 with a chase group including Glaus and Giacomini catching him on lap 5 Sukhoruchenkov broke away from that pack with 32 kilometres to go riding by himself the rest of the way to the largest margin of victory in the event since 1896 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time nbsp Sergei Sukhoruchenkov nbsp Soviet Union 4 48 28 9 nbsp Czeslaw Lang nbsp Poland 2 58 nbsp Yuri Barinov nbsp Soviet Union s t 4 Thomas Barth nbsp East Germany 7 44 5 Tadeusz Wojtas nbsp Poland s t 6 Anatoly Yarkin nbsp Soviet Union 8 26 7 Adri van der Poel nbsp Netherlands s t 8 Christian Faure nbsp France s t 9 Marc Madiot nbsp France 8 32 10 Andreas Petermann nbsp East Germany 8 49 11 Gilbert Glaus nbsp Switzerland s t 12 Harry Hannus nbsp Finland s t 13 Jiri Skoda nbsp Czechoslovakia s t 14 Marco Cattaneo nbsp Italy s t 15 Jacques Hanegraaf nbsp Netherlands 8 52 16 Peter Jonsson nbsp Sweden 9 05 17 Vlastibor Konecny nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 10 18 Gianni Giacomini nbsp Italy s t 19 Herbert Spindler nbsp Austria s t 20 Jesus Torres nbsp Venezuela s t 21 John Herety nbsp Great Britain s t 22 Krzysztof Sujka nbsp Poland s t 23 Yury Kashirin nbsp Soviet Union s t 24 Kari Puisto nbsp Finland s t 25 Michael Wilson nbsp Australia s t 26 Peter Winnen nbsp Netherlands s t 27 Giuseppe Petito nbsp Italy s t 28 Andras Takacs nbsp Hungary s t 29 Richard Trinkler nbsp Switzerland 12 09 30 Francis Castaing nbsp France 15 39 31 Henning Jorgensen nbsp Denmark s t 32 Olaf Ludwig nbsp East Germany s t 33 Jacques van Meer nbsp Netherlands s t 34 Mario Medina nbsp Venezuela s t 35 Hubert Seiz nbsp Switzerland s t 36 Johann Traxler nbsp Austria 17 19 37 Ladislav Ferebauer nbsp Czechoslovakia s t 38 Mauno Uusivirta nbsp Finland s t 39 Bernt Scheler nbsp Sweden s t 40 Zoltan Halasz nbsp Hungary s t 41 Billy Kerr nbsp Ireland s t 42 Verner Blaudzun nbsp Denmark s t 43 Regis Clere nbsp France s t 44 Anders Adamson nbsp Sweden 17 29 45 Stephen Roche nbsp Ireland 20 29 46 Luc De Smet nbsp Belgium 20 37 47 Jeff Williams nbsp Great Britain s t 48 Jurg Luchs nbsp Switzerland s t 49 Neil Martin nbsp Great Britain s t 50 Bruno Bulic nbsp Yugoslavia 22 07 51 Gyorgy Szuromi nbsp Hungary 24 44 52 Laszlo Halasz nbsp Hungary s t Kevin Bradshaw nbsp Australia DNFRemo Sansonetti nbsp Australia DNFGraham Seers nbsp Australia DNFJohann Lienhart nbsp Austria DNFJan Nevens nbsp Belgium DNFRonald Van Avermaet nbsp Belgium DNFJan Wijnants nbsp Belgium DNFGilson Alvaristo nbsp Brazil DNFJose Carlos de Lima nbsp Brazil DNFFernando Louro nbsp Brazil DNFDavis Pereira nbsp Brazil DNFBorislav Asenov nbsp Bulgaria DNFYordan Penchev nbsp Bulgaria DNFAndon Petrov nbsp Bulgaria DNFNencho Staykov nbsp Bulgaria DNFJoseph Evouna nbsp Cameroon DNFJoseph Kono nbsp Cameroon DNFThomas Nyemeg nbsp Cameroon DNFNicolas Owona nbsp Cameroon DNFGregorio Aldo Arencibia nbsp Cuba DNFCarlos Cardet nbsp Cuba DNFAntonio Quintero nbsp Cuba DNFMichal Klasa nbsp Czechoslovakia DNFAllan Jacobsen nbsp Denmark DNFPer Sandahl Jorgensen nbsp Denmark DNFZeragaber Gebrehiwot nbsp Ethiopia DNFJemal Rogora nbsp Ethiopia DNFTilahun Woldesenbet nbsp Ethiopia DNFMusse Yohannes nbsp Ethiopia DNFSixten Wackstrom nbsp Finland DNFJoseph Waugh nbsp Great Britain DNFBernd Drogan nbsp East Germany DNFTony Lally nbsp Ireland DNFAlberto Minetti nbsp Italy DNFPeter Aldridge nbsp Jamaica DNFSalloum Kaysar nbsp Lebanon DNFKamal Ghalayni nbsp Lebanon DNFEl Munsif Ben Youssef nbsp Libya DNFAli Hamid El Aila nbsp Libya DNFMohamed Ganfud nbsp Libya DNFNuri Kaheil nbsp Libya DNFJoseph Farrugia nbsp Malta DNFCarmel Muscat nbsp Malta DNFAlfred Tonna nbsp Malta DNFLuvsandagvyn Jargalsaikhan nbsp Mongolia DNFBatsukhiin Khayankhyarvaa nbsp Mongolia DNFDorjpalamyn Tsolmon nbsp Mongolia DNFDashjamtsyn Tomorbaatar nbsp Mongolia DNFJan Jankiewicz nbsp Poland DNFMircea Romascanu nbsp Romania DNFTeodor Vasile nbsp Romania DNFMaurizio Casadei nbsp San Marino DNFMats Gustafsson nbsp Sweden DNFOlinto Silva nbsp Venezuela DNFJuan Arroyo nbsp Venezuela DNFVinko Poloncic nbsp Yugoslavia DNFBojan Ropret nbsp Yugoslavia DNFBojan Udovic nbsp Yugoslavia DNFDavid Gillow nbsp Zimbabwe DNFMichael McBeath nbsp Zimbabwe DNFKurt Zellhofer nbsp Austria DSQAlbert Micallef nbsp Malta DSQRoberto Tomassini nbsp San Marino DSQReferences edit Cycling at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games Men s Road Race Individual Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 3 May 2015 a b c Road Race Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 6 November 2020 Official Report vol 3 p 211 External links editOfficial Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men 27s individual road race amp oldid 1070810274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
