The cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five track cycling events. For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program. Also newly introduced in these Games was the men's points race event.[1]
| Cycling at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Artesia Freeway, Streets of Mission Viejo Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | July 29–August 3, 1984 |
| Competitors | 359 from 54 nations |
Road cycling
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Men's events
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |
Alexi Grewal United States
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Steve Bauer Canada
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Dag Otto Lauritzen Norway
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| Team time trial |
 Italy (ITA)Marcello Bartalini Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli |
 Switzerland (SUI)Alfred Achermann Richard Trinkler Laurent Vial Benno Wiss |
 United States (USA)Ron Kiefel Clarence Knickman Davis Phinney Andrew Weaver |
Women's events
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |
Connie Carpenter United States
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Rebecca Twigg United States
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Sandra Schumacher West Germany
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Track cycling
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points race |
Roger Ilegems Belgium
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Uwe Messerschmidt West Germany
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José Youshimatz Mexico
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| Pursuit, individual |
Steve Hegg United States
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Rolf Gölz West Germany
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Leonard Nitz United States
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| Pursuit, team |
 Australia (AUS)Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur Dean Woods |
United States (USA) David Grylls Steve Hegg Patrick McDonough Leonard Nitz Brent Emery |
 West Germany (FRG)Reinhard Alber Rolf Gölz Roland Günther Michael Marx |
| Sprint |
Mark Gorski United States
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Nelson Vails United States
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Tsutomu Sakamoto Japan
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| 1 km time trial |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany
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Curt Harnett Canada
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Fabrice Colas France
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Participating nations
edit359 cyclists from 54 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2014.