Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenuesGeorgia International Horse Park
Atlanta and surrounding area
Stone Mountain Velodrome
DateJuly 21–28, 1996
Competitors477 from 68 nations
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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]

Road[edit]

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

Track[edit]

Men’s[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
points race
details
Silvio Martinello
 Italy
Brian Walton
 Canada
Stuart O'Grady
 Australia
pursuit
details
Andrea Collinelli
 Italy
Philippe Ermenault
 France
Bradley McGee
 Australia
team pursuit
details
 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
details
Jens Fiedler
 Germany
Marty Nothstein
 United States
Curt Harnett
 Canada
time trial
details
Florian Rousseau
 France
Erin Hartwell
 United States
Takanobu Jumonji
 Japan

Women’s[edit]

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

Mountain bike[edit]

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

Medal table[edit]

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 entries)14141442

Broken records[edit]

Event Name Nation Time Date Record
Men's flying 200 m time trial Gary Neiwand Australia 10"129 24 July OR
Men's 1 km time trial Florian Rousseau France 1'02"712 24 July OR
Men's individual pursuit Andrea Collinelli Italy 4'19"699 24 July WR, OR
Men's team pursuit Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksey Markov
Anton Chantyr
Russia 4'08"785 26 July OR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France 4'06"880 27 July OR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France 4'05"930 27 July OR
Women's flying 200 m time trial Michelle Ferris Australia 11"212 24 July OR
Women's individual pursuit Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'34"130 25 July OR
Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'32"371 25 July OR

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Sources[2][3]

References[edit]

  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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