The men's individual road race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 154 participants from 61 nations, with 84 cyclists completing the race. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was three. The event was won by Fabio Casartelli of Italy, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race since 1968 and fourth overall (two more than any other nation). Erik Dekker's silver was the first medal for the Netherlands in the event since 1972. Dainis Ozols gave Latvia its first medal in the event in the country's first independent appearance since 1936.
Background
The race was the 14th event, after the interruption between 1896 and the summer of 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). A young triathlete from the United States named Lance Armstrong was among the favorites, along with Erik Dekker of the Netherlands.
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahrain, Benin, the Central African Republic, Estonia, Guam, Lithuania, Rwanda, Slovenia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men's individual road race; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team and some Yugoslav cyclists competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Great Britain made its 14th 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 194.4 kilometre course over the Sant Sadurni Cycling Circuit.Official Report, vol. 5, p. 160.
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round Sunday, 2 August 1992 8:30 Final
Results
During the penultimate lap, Casartelli, Dekker, and Ozols managed to break away from the lead pack; they maintained separation and finished in the medals with Casartelli winning the final sprint.
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Fabio Casartelli 4:35:21 Erik Dekker 4:35:22 Dainis Ozols 4:35:24 4 Erik Zabel 4:35:56 5 Lauri Aus 6 Andrzej Sypytkowski 7 Sylvain Bolay 8 Arvis Piziks 9 Raido Kodanipork 10 Grant Rice 11 Lars Michaelsen 12 Michel Lafis 13 Urs Güller 14 Lance Armstrong 15 Ángel Edo 16 Darren Smith 17 Richard Groenendaal 18 Christian Andersen 19 Roland Meier 20 Davide Rebellin 21 Tomokazu Fujino 22 Jacek Mickiewicz 23 Saulius Šarkauskas 24 Kiko García 25 František Trkal 26 Gianni Vignaduzzi 27 Miloslav Kejval 28 Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo 29 Peter Luttenberger 30 Steffen Wesemann 31 Xavier Pérez 32 Kevin Kimmage 33 Svyatoslav Ryabushenko 34 Claus Michael Møller 35 Conor Henry 36 Simeon Hempsall 37 Timm Peddie 38 Bjørn Stenersen 39 Tang Xuezhong 40 Carlos Maya 41 Nathael Sagard 42 Aleksandar Milenković 43 Juan Carlos Rosero 44 Zhu Zhengjun 45 Lars Kristian Johnsen 46 Hussein Monsalve 47 Petro Koshelenko 48 Pascal Hervé 49 José Robles 50 Federico Moreira 51 Graeme Miller 52 Héctor Palacio 53 Arnolds Ūdris 54 Andreas Langl 55 Zbigniew Piątek 56 Georg Totschnig 57 Karsten Stenersen 58 Csaba Steig 59 Brian Fowler 60 David Cook 61 Matthew Stephens 62 Jacques Landry 63 Valter Bonča 64 Wang Shusen 65 Paul Slane 66 Aleksey Bochkov 67 Michael Andersson 68 Christian Meyer 69 Pavel Padrnos 70 Armin Meier 71 Mirco Gualdi 72 Rob Compas 4:36:3373 Tom Bamford 4:36:4174 Sergio Tesitore 4:36:5275 Bob Mionske 4:42:3176 Libardo Niño 4:44:0577 Glenn Magnusson 4:44:3278 Radiša Čubrić 4:45:1479 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh 80 Károly Eisenkrammer 4:52:0781 Scott Richardson 4:58:2582 Emili Pérez 83 Dashjamtsyn Mönkhbat 5:02:1184 Kozo Fujita — Juan González Neil Lloyd Robert Marsh Robert Peters Lucien Dirksz Gerard van Vliet Patrick Jonker Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri Jameel Kadhem Saber Mohamed Hasan Erwin Thijs Michel Vanhaecke Wim Omloop Michael Lewis Douglas Lamb Ernest Meighan Cossi Houegban Fernand Gandaho Hernandes Quadri Tonny Azevedo Stefan Baraud Michele Smith Dennis Brooks Christ Yarafa Obed Ngaite Vincent Gomgadja Miguel Droguett Weng Yu-yi Ndjibu N'Golomingi Mobange Amisi Selenge Kimoto Biruk Abebe Asmelash Geyesus Tekle Hailemikael Emmanuel Magnien Thomas Ward Manuel García Martin Santos Aubrey Richmond Mikoš Rnjaković Hussain Eslami Khosrow Ghamari Hossein Mahmoudi Arthur Tenn Michael McKay Mitsuteru Tanaka Armen Arslanian Vatche Zadourian Murugayan Kumaresan Dashnyamyn Tömör-Ochir Norberto Oconer Domingo Villanueva Faustin Mparabanyi Emmanuel Nkurunziza Alphonse Nshimiyiama Guido Frisoni Medhadi Al-Dosari Saleh Al-Qobaissi Mohamed Al-Takroni Eleuterio Mancebo Malcolm Lange Wayne Burgess Realdo Jessurun Koku Ahiaku Komi Moreira Khalifa Bin Omair Ali Al-Abed Mansoor Bu Osaiba Robinson Merchán Chesen Frey
References
External links Official Report