Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
October 28, 2023
The men's points race was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, for which the final was held on August 3, 1984. There were 43 participants from 25 nations (with 6 other cyclists not starting). Each nation was limited to 2 cyclists. 24 cyclists competed in the final after two semifinals (twelve best in each qualified). The event was won by Roger Ilegems of Belgium, with Uwe Messerschmidt taking silver and José Youshimatz of Mexico bronze. It was the first medal in the event for each nation, none of which had competed in the previous edition in 1900 (though a united Germany had competed and taken a medal).
This was the second appearance of the event. It was first held in 1900 and not again until 1984; after that, it was held every Summer Games until 2008 when it was removed from the programme. The women's version was held from 1996 through 2008.[1]
The reigning World Champion (1983) was Michael Markussen of Denmark. The other two men from the world championship podium, Hans-Joachim Pohl of East Germany and Ivan Romanov of the Soviet Union, were not able to compete due to the Soviet-led boycott.[1]
23 nations made their debut in the event. France and Italy competed for the second time, the only nations to have competed in 1900 as well as 1984.
Competition formatedit
The contest consisted of two rounds: semifinals and a final. The distance varied by round, with 30 kilometres in the semifinals and 50 kilometres in the final. The top 12 in each of the two semifinals advanced to the 24-man final. Placement in each race was determined first by how many laps behind the leader the cyclist was and second by how many sprint points the cyclist accumulated. That is, a cyclist with more sprint points but who was lapped once would be ranked behind a cyclist with fewer points but who had not been lapped. Sprint points could be gained only by cyclists who had not been lapped.
In the semifinals, there were 20 sprints—one every 1.5 kilometres. Points were awarded based on the position of the cyclists at the end of the sprint. Most of the sprints were worth 5 points for the leader, 3 to the second-place cyclist, 2 to third, and 1 to fourth. The 10th (halfway) and 20th (final) sprint were worth double: 10 points, 6, 4, and 2.
The final featured 30 sprints—one every 1.67 kilometres. As in the semifinals, most sprints were worth 5/3/2/1 points, with the halfway (15th) and final (30th) sprints worth 10/6/4/2.[1]
^ abc"Points Race, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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The men s points race was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California for which the final was held on August 3 1984 There were 43 participants from 25 nations with 6 other cyclists not starting Each nation was limited to 2 cyclists 24 cyclists competed in the final after two semifinals twelve best in each qualified The event was won by Roger Ilegems of Belgium with Uwe Messerschmidt taking silver and Jose Youshimatz of Mexico bronze It was the first medal in the event for each nation none of which had competed in the previous edition in 1900 though a united Germany had competed and taken a medal Men s points raceat the Games of the XXIII OlympiadRoger Ilegems wearing his gold medalVenueOlympic Velodrome Los AngelesDates31 July to 3 AugustCompetitors43 from 25 nationsWinning score37 0 laps behind MedalistsRoger Ilegems BelgiumUwe Messerschmidt West GermanyJose Youshimatz Mexico 19001988 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Semifinals 4 1 1 Semifinal 1 4 1 2 Semifinal 2 4 2 Final 5 Results summary 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the second appearance of the event It was first held in 1900 and not again until 1984 after that it was held every Summer Games until 2008 when it was removed from the programme The women s version was held from 1996 through 2008 1 The reigning World Champion 1983 was Michael Markussen of Denmark The other two men from the world championship podium Hans Joachim Pohl of East Germany and Ivan Romanov of the Soviet Union were not able to compete due to the Soviet led boycott 1 23 nations made their debut in the event France and Italy competed for the second time the only nations to have competed in 1900 as well as 1984 Competition format editThe contest consisted of two rounds semifinals and a final The distance varied by round with 30 kilometres in the semifinals and 50 kilometres in the final The top 12 in each of the two semifinals advanced to the 24 man final Placement in each race was determined first by how many laps behind the leader the cyclist was and second by how many sprint points the cyclist accumulated That is a cyclist with more sprint points but who was lapped once would be ranked behind a cyclist with fewer points but who had not been lapped Sprint points could be gained only by cyclists who had not been lapped In the semifinals there were 20 sprints one every 1 5 kilometres Points were awarded based on the position of the cyclists at the end of the sprint Most of the sprints were worth 5 points for the leader 3 to the second place cyclist 2 to third and 1 to fourth The 10th halfway and 20th final sprint were worth double 10 points 6 4 and 2 The final featured 30 sprints one every 1 67 kilometres As in the semifinals most sprints were worth 5 3 2 1 points with the halfway 15th and final 30th sprints worth 10 6 4 2 1 Schedule editAll times are Pacific Daylight Time UTC 7 Date Time RoundTuesday 31 July 1984 15 30 Semifinal 1Wednesday 1 August 1984 13 25 Semifinal 2Friday 3 August 1984 14 30 FinalResults editSemifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points Notes1 Brian Holm nbsp Denmark 0 37 Q2 Brian Fowler nbsp New Zealand 0 24 Q3 Juan Curuchet nbsp Argentina 1 35 Q4 Silvio Martinello nbsp Italy 1 13 Q5 William Palacio nbsp Colombia 1 11 Q6 Gary Trevisiol nbsp Canada 1 10 Q7 Roger Ilegems nbsp Belgium 1 9 Q8 Glenn Clarke nbsp Australia 2 20 Q9 Paul Curran nbsp Great Britain 2 13 Q10 Uwe Messerschmidt nbsp West Germany 2 10 Q11 Eric Louvel nbsp France 2 9 Q12 Stephan Joho nbsp Switzerland 2 8 Q13 Kurt Zellhofer nbsp Austria 2 614 Hans Fischer nbsp Brazil 2 515 Hitoshi Sato nbsp Japan 2 2Danny Van Haute nbsp United States 2 217 Peter Aldridge nbsp Jamaica 2 118 Deogracias Asuncion nbsp Philippines 2 0Roberto Munoz nbsp Chile 2 0Semifinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points Notes1 Jorg Muller nbsp Switzerland 0 14 Q2 Jose Youshimatz nbsp Mexico 0 8 Q3 Didier Garcia nbsp France 0 6 Q4 Balbino Jaramillo nbsp Colombia 0 4 Q5 Michael Markussen nbsp Denmark 1 26 Q6 Alex Stieda nbsp Canada 1 23 Q7 Juan Carlos Haedo nbsp Argentina 1 19 Q8 Shaun Wallace nbsp Great Britain 1 18 Q9 Rudi Ceyssens nbsp Belgium 1 17 Q10 Manfred Donike nbsp West Germany 1 16 Q11 Derk van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 1 15 Q12 Stefano Allocchio nbsp Italy 1 12 Q13 Graeme Miller nbsp New Zealand 1 1014 Mark Whitehead nbsp United States 1 915 Akio Kuwazawa nbsp Japan 1 816 Miguel Droguett nbsp Chile 1 4Carlos Garcia nbsp Uruguay 1 418 Gary West nbsp Australia 1 319 Edgardo Pagarigan nbsp Philippines 1 1Paul Popp nbsp Austria 1 121 Aubrey Richmond nbsp Guyana 2 0 Elisha Hughes nbsp Antigua and Barbuda DNF Ernest Moodie nbsp Cayman Islands DNF Ian Stanley nbsp Jamaica DNF Final edit The final classification was as follows 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points nbsp Roger Ilegems nbsp Belgium 0 37 nbsp Uwe Messerschmidt nbsp West Germany 0 16 nbsp Jose Youshimatz nbsp Mexico 1 294 Jorg Muller nbsp Switzerland 1 235 Juan Curuchet nbsp Argentina 1 206 Glenn Clarke nbsp Australia 1 137 Brian Fowler nbsp New Zealand 1 128 Derk van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 2 569 Michael Markussen nbsp Denmark 2 2110 Alex Stieda nbsp Canada 2 1711 Rudi Ceyssens nbsp Belgium 2 1612 Didier Garcia nbsp France 2 1313 Balbino Jaramillo nbsp Colombia 2 1214 Stefano Allocchio nbsp Italy 2 1115 William Palacio nbsp Colombia 2 916 Silvio Martinello nbsp Italy 2 817 Brian Holm nbsp Denmark 3 1218 Gary Trevisiol nbsp Canada 3 1019 Manfred Donike nbsp West Germany 3 320 Juan Carlos Haedo nbsp Argentina 3 121 Shaun Wallace nbsp Great Britain 3 122 Paul Curran nbsp Great Britain 4 13 Eric Louvel nbsp France DNF Stephan Joho nbsp Switzerland DNF Results summary editRank Cyclist Nation Semifinals FinalLaps behind Points Laps behind Points nbsp Roger Ilegems nbsp Belgium 1 9 0 37 nbsp Uwe Messerschmidt nbsp West Germany 2 10 0 16 nbsp Jose Youshimatz nbsp Mexico 0 8 1 294 Jorg Muller nbsp Switzerland 0 14 1 235 Juan Curuchet nbsp Argentina 1 35 1 206 Glenn Clarke nbsp Australia 2 20 1 137 Brian Fowler nbsp New Zealand 0 24 1 128 Derk van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 1 15 2 569 Michael Markussen nbsp Denmark 1 26 2 2110 Alex Stieda nbsp Canada 1 23 2 1711 Rudi Ceyssens nbsp Belgium 1 17 2 1612 Didier Garcia nbsp France 0 6 2 1313 Balbino Jaramillo nbsp Colombia 0 4 2 1214 Stefano Allocchio nbsp Italy 1 12 2 1115 William Palacio nbsp Colombia 1 11 2 916 Silvio Martinello nbsp Italy 1 13 2 817 Brian Holm nbsp Denmark 0 37 3 1218 Gary Trevisiol nbsp Canada 1 10 3 1019 Manfred Donike nbsp West Germany 1 16 3 320 Juan Carlos Haedo nbsp Argentina 1 19 3 121 Shaun Wallace nbsp Great Britain 1 18 3 122 Paul Curran nbsp Great Britain 2 13 4 1323 Eric Louvel nbsp France 2 9 DNF Stephan Joho nbsp Switzerland 2 8 DNF 25 Graeme Miller nbsp New Zealand 1 10 Did not advance26 Mark Whitehead nbsp United States 1 9 Did not advance27 Akio Kuwazawa nbsp Japan 1 8 Did not advance28 Miguel Droguett nbsp Chile 1 4 Did not advanceCarlos Garcia nbsp Uruguay 1 4 Did not advance30 Gary West nbsp Australia 1 3 Did not advance31 Edgardo Pagarigan nbsp Philippines 1 1 Did not advancePaul Popp nbsp Austria 1 1 Did not advance33 Kurt Zellhofer nbsp Austria 2 6 Did not advance34 Hans Fischer nbsp Brazil 2 5 Did not advance35 Hitoshi Sato nbsp Japan 2 2 Did not advanceDanny Van Haute nbsp United States 2 2 Did not advance37 Peter Aldridge nbsp Jamaica 2 1 Did not advance38 Deogracias Asuncion nbsp Philippines 2 0 Did not advanceRoberto Munoz nbsp Chile 2 0 Did not advance40 Aubrey Richmond nbsp Guyana 2 0 Did not advance Elisha Hughes nbsp Antigua and Barbuda DNF Did not advanceErnest Moodie nbsp Cayman Islands DNF Did not advanceIan Stanley nbsp Jamaica DNF Did not advance Lee Fu hsiang nbsp Chinese Taipei DNS Did not advanceKari Myyrylainen nbsp Finland DNS Did not advanceSalvador Rios nbsp Mexico DNS Did not advanceGene Samuel nbsp Trinidad and Tobago DNS Did not advanceRandolph Toussaint nbsp Guyana DNS Did not advanceClyde Wilson nbsp Bermuda DNS Did not advanceReferences edit a b c Points Race Men Olympedia Retrieved 1 February 2021 Cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games Men s Points Race Final Round Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 External links editOfficial Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men 27s points race amp oldid 1141917042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
