Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
January 20, 2023
The men's individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held on Sunday July 29, 1984. There were 135 participants from 43 nations in the race over 190.20 km, on a course in Mission Viejo, California. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. 55 cyclists finished.[1] The event was won by Alexi Grewal of the United States, the nation's first medal in the men's individual road race. All three nations represented on the podium were there for the first time in the event; Canada with Steve Bauer's silver and Norway with Dag Otto Lauritzen's bronze joined the Americans.
This was the 12th 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 late 1970s and early 1980s had seen a shift in power in the sport from Western Europe to the world's superpowers, with Eastern Europe (particularly Poland) more generally also rising. With the Soviet-led boycott, the host Americans were favored. Davis Phinney was considered "the best sprinter on the US team" but "not a great climber"; the hilly course did not favor him. Alexi Grewal nearly missed being able to compete, testing positive for the stimulant phenylethylamine and being suspended 10 days before the Games; he successfully appealed and was reinstated, on the ground that the test was not able to distinguish between phenylethylamine and albuterol (which Grewal took for asthma).[2]
Bermuda, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 12th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.
Competition format and course
The mass-start race was on a 190.2 kilometre course over 12 laps of a circuit in Mission Viejo. The course was hilly.[2][3]
Grewal and Bauer separated from the lead pack on lap 11. They "never had a large lead" over the next pair, Lauritzen and Sæther, but were always clear of them. Grewal beat Bauer in the final sprint by "less than a wheel."[2]
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The men s individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California was held on Sunday July 29 1984 There were 135 participants from 43 nations in the race over 190 20 km on a course in Mission Viejo California The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four 55 cyclists finished 1 The event was won by Alexi Grewal of the United States the nation s first medal in the men s individual road race All three nations represented on the podium were there for the first time in the event Canada with Steve Bauer s silver and Norway with Dag Otto Lauritzen s bronze joined the Americans Men s road raceat the Games of the XXIII OlympiadGerman stamp commemorating Olympic cyclingVenueStreets of Mission ViejoDateJuly 29Competitors135 from 43 nationsWinning time4 59 57MedalistsAlexi Grewal United StatesSteve Bauer CanadaDag Otto Lauritzen Norway 19801988 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format and course 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditThis was the 12th 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 late 1970s and early 1980s had seen a shift in power in the sport from Western Europe to the world s superpowers with Eastern Europe particularly Poland more generally also rising With the Soviet led boycott the host Americans were favored Davis Phinney was considered the best sprinter on the US team but not a great climber the hilly course did not favor him Alexi Grewal nearly missed being able to compete testing positive for the stimulant phenylethylamine and being suspended 10 days before the Games he successfully appealed and was reinstated on the ground that the test was not able to distinguish between phenylethylamine and albuterol which Grewal took for asthma 2 Bermuda Belize the Cayman Islands Cyprus Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia and Uganda each made their debut in the men s individual road race Great Britain made its 12th 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 190 2 kilometre course over 12 laps of a circuit in Mission Viejo The course was hilly 2 3 Schedule EditAll times are Pacific Daylight Time UTC 7 Date Time RoundSunday 29 July 1984 13 00 FinalResults EditGrewal and Bauer separated from the lead pack on lap 11 They never had a large lead over the next pair Lauritzen and Saether but were always clear of them Grewal beat Bauer in the final sprint by less than a wheel 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time Alexi Grewal United States 4 59 57 Steve Bauer Canada s t Dag Otto Lauritzen Norway 0 21 4 Morten Saether Norway s t 5 Davis Phinney United States 1 19 6 Thurlow Rogers United States s t 7 Bojan Ropret Yugoslavia s t 8 Nestor Mora Colombia s t 9 Ron Kiefel United States 1 43 10 Richard Trinkler Switzerland s t 11 Raul Alcala Mexico s t 12 Stefan Maurer Switzerland 3 37 13 Alberto Volpi Italy 4 10 14 Per Christiansson Sweden s t 15 Helmut Wechselberger Austria s t 16 Enrique Campos Venezuela s t 17 Luis Rosendo Ramos Mexico 6 14 18 Brian Fowler New Zealand 6 48 19 Martin Earley Ireland s t 20 Atle Kvalsvoll Norway s t 21 Fabio Parra Colombia s t 22 Thomas Freienstein West Germany 7 51 23 Francisco Antequera Spain 11 30 24 Per Pedersen Denmark 11 46 25 Kari Myyrylainen Finland s t 26 Lars Wahlqvist Sweden s t 27 Paul Kimmage Ireland s t 28 Daniel Amardeilh France s t 29 Philippe Bouvatier France s t 30 Kjell Nilsson Sweden s t 31 Harry Hannus Finland s t 32 Stefan Brykt Sweden s t 33 Louis Garneau Canada 15 30 34 Kurt Zellhofer Austria s t 35 Primoz Cerin Yugoslavia s t 36 Achim Stadler West Germany s t 37 Stephen Cox New Zealand s t 38 Patrick Wackstrom Finland s t 39 Gary Thomson Ireland s t 40 Kim Eriksen Denmark s t 41 Werner Stauff West Germany 18 04 42 Jure Pavlic Yugoslavia s t 43 Seamus Downey 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