The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the thirty-two cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track. The race was held on Monday, July 27 at the Velòdrom d'Horta. Adler Capelli rode a bike that allowed for a single gear change, a first for an Olympic track event. There were 32 competitors from 32 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won by José Manuel Moreno of Spain, the nation's first medal in the men's track time trial. The United States also earned its first medal in the event, with Erin Hartwell's bronze. Shane Kelly took Australia's second consecutive silver medal in the track time trial.

Background

This was the 16th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It would be held every Games until being dropped from the programme after 2004. The returning cyclists from 1988 were gold medalist Aleksandr Kirichenko of the Soviet Union (now competing for the Unified Team), seventeenth-place finisher Mika Hämäläinen of Finland, nineteenth-place finisher Nelson Mario Pons of Ecuador, and thirtieth-place finisher Neil Lloyd of Antigua and Barbuda. Host nation Spain had the reigning world champion, José Manuel Moreno.

Indonesia and Latvia each made their debut in the men's track time trial; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. France made its 16th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.Official Report, vol. 5, p. 154.

Records

The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round Monday, 27 July 1992 20:00 Final

Results

Rank Cyclist Nation 250 m 500 m 750 m Time Speed(km/h) José Manuel Moreno 19.007 32.954 47.656 1:03.342 56.834 Shane Kelly 18.843 33.105 48.151 1:04.288 55.998 Erin Hartwell 18.993 33.302 48.391 1:04.753 55.595 4 Jens Glücklich 18.712 33.084 48.378 1:04.798 55.5575 Adler Capelli 19.664 34.207 49.266 1:05.065 55.329 6 Frédéric Lancien 19.398 33.968 49.175 1:05.157 55.251 7 Jon Andrews 19.795 34.345 49.464 1:05.240 55.180 8 Gene Samuel 18.969 33.426 48.871 1:05.485 54.974 9 Dirk Jan van Hameren 19.574 34.009 49.259 1:05.524 54.941 10 Keiji Kojima 19.688 34.083 49.456 1:05.994 54.55011 Ingus Veips 19.248 33.535 49.089 1:06.074 54.484 12 Aleksandr Kirichenko 18.738 33.117 48.724 1:06.137 54.432 13 Christian Meidlinger 19.445 34.170 49.769 1:06.509 54.128 14 Anthony Stirrat 19.831 34.576 49.993 1:06.522 54.11715 Mika Hämäläinen 19.480 34.321 50.055 1:06.808 53.885 16 Rocco Travella 19.192 33.846 49.739 1:06.811 53.883 17 Nelson Mario Pons 19.296 34.060 49.804 1:06.878 53.829 18 César Muciño 19.590 34.187 49.955 1:06.984 53.74419 Tom Steels 19.629 34.451 50.170 1:07.085 53.66320 Grzegorz Krejner 19.504 34.244 50.126 1:07.235 53.543 21 Kiril Georgiev 19.752 35.061 50.965 1:07.371 53.43522 Sergio Rolando 20.206 35.561 51.502 1:08.267 52.73423 Kurt Innes 20.206 35.215 51.219 1:08.593 52.483 24 Livingstone Alleyne 20.434 35.543 51.689 1:09.014 52.163 25 José Velásquez 20.594 36.149 52.515 1:10.143 51.323 26 Sean Bloch 19.888 35.021 51.786 1:10.145 51.322 27 Herry Janto Setiawan 19.781 35.407 52.273 1:10.342 51.178 28 Mohamed Reza Banna 20.819 36.572 53.197 1:11.036 50.678 29 Andrew Myers 21.407 37.694 54.973 1:13.186 49.189 30 Pedro Vaca 21.304 37.389 55.069 1:14.175 48.338 31 Neil Lloyd 22.138 38.226 55.810 1:14.816 48.118 32 Don Campbell 22.205 39.011 57.042 1:16.192 47.249

References

External links Official Olympic Report