Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta consisted of three separate categories: road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking. The road cycling events took place in downtown Atlanta, track cycling was carried out at the Stone Mountain velodrome in neighboring DeKalb County, and the mountain biking events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers.[1]

Cycling
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenuesGeorgia International Horse Park
Atlanta and surrounding area
Stone Mountain Velodrome
DateJuly 21 – July 28
Competitors477 from 68 nations

Road

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
Pascal Richard
 Switzerland
Rolf Sørensen
 Denmark
Max Sciandri
 Great Britain
Men's time trial
Miguel Indurain
 Spain
Abraham Olano
 Spain
Chris Boardman
 Great Britain
Women's road race
Jeannie Longo
 France
Imelda Chiappa
 Italy
Clara Hughes
 Canada
Women's time trial
Zulfiya Zabirova
 Russia
Jeannie Longo
 France
Clara Hughes
 Canada

Track

Men’s

Event Gold Silver Bronze
points race
Silvio Martinello
 Italy
Brian Walton
 Canada
Stuart O'Grady
 Australia
pursuit
Andrea Collinelli
 Italy
Philippe Ermenault
 France
Bradley McGee
 Australia
team pursuit
 France (FRA)
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
 Russia (RUS)
Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Alexei Markov
Anton Shantyr
 Australia (AUS)
Brett Aitken
Stuart O'Grady
Timothy O'Shannessey
Dean Woods
sprint
Jens Fiedler
 Germany
Marty Nothstein
 United States
Curt Harnett
 Canada
time trial
Florian Rousseau
 France
Erin Hartwell
 United States
Takanobu Jumonji
 Japan

Women’s

Event Gold Silver Bronze
points race
Nathalie Lancien
 France
Ingrid Haringa
 Netherlands
Lucy Tyler-Sharman
 Australia
pursuit
Antonella Bellutti
 Italy
Marion Clignet
 France
Judith Arndt
 Germany
sprint
Félicia Ballanger
 France
Michelle Ferris
 Australia
Ingrid Haringa
 Netherlands

Mountain bike

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Bart Brentjens
 Netherlands
Thomas Frischknecht
 Switzerland
Miguel Martinez
 France
Women's
Paola Pezzo
 Italy
Alison Sydor
 Canada
Susan DeMattei
 United States

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France5319
2 Italy4105
3 Netherlands1113
4 Russia1102
 Spain1102
 Switzerland1102
7 Germany1012
8 Canada0235
9 United States0213
10 Australia0145
11 Denmark0101
12 Great Britain0022
13 Japan0011
Totals (13 nations)14141442

Broken records

Event Name Nation Time Date Record
Men's flying 200 m time trialGary NeiwandAustralia10"12924 JulyOR
Men's 1 km time trialFlorian RousseauFrance1'02"71224 JulyOR
Men's individual pursuitAndrea CollinelliItaly4'19"69924 JulyWR, OR
Men's team pursuitEduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksey Markov
Anton Chantyr
Russia4'08"78526 JulyOR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France4'06"88027 JulyOR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France4'05"93027 JulyOR
Women's flying 200 m time trialMichelle FerrisAustralia11"21224 JulyOR
Women's individual pursuitAntonella BelluttiItaly3'34"13025 JulyOR
Antonella BelluttiItaly3'32"37125 JulyOR

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Sources[2][3]

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. "Union Cycliste Internationale – Men – Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. October 21, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  3. "Union Cycliste Internationale – Women – Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. October 21, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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