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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Buckhead Cycling Course, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 31, 1996
Date Finished: July 31, 1996
Format: 221.85 km. (137.85 miles) mass start race.
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For the first time at the Olympics, all the top professional riders were allowed to compete. This caused some changes to the road race especially. The race was longer, at 221.85 km., more in keeping with the length of professional classics. And each nation was allowed to have five riders, rather than the standard three, to allow the nationsâ teams to work together more, similar to the professional peleton. It was difficult to choose a favorite for the race. Spainâs [Miguel Induráin], who had won the Tour de France was in the race, his first Olympic appearance since 1984. But he had lost the 1996 Tour de France, and was not a great sprinter or classics rider. The race came down to a three-man break, consisting of [Pascal Richard] (FRA), [Rolf Sørensen] (DEN), and [Max Sciandri] (GBR), who got away with 33 km. remaining. Richard won the sprint for the gold medal. The Americans had hoped for a medal on their home course, but had to settle for fourth place, as [Frankie Andreu] won a three-rider sprint for the 4th-6th places.
There were 183 riders from 57 nations in the race, but one more country had also attempted to enter the event. Eritrea had gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, but was not yet recognized by the IOC, failing to meet the minimum requirement of five national sports federations. They had only a cycling federation, which sent Yonas Zekerias and Bekeret Zere to Atlanta apparently in ignorance of the IOC decision. But they were not allowed to compete.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | M | T | |
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1 | Pascal Richard | 32 | Switzerland | SUI | Gold | 4-53:56 | ||
2 | Rolf Sørensen | 31 | Denmark | DEN | Silver | at 0:00 | ||
3 | Max Sciandri | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | Bronze | at 0:02 | ||
4 | Frankie Andreu | 29 | United States | USA | at 1:14 | |||
5 | Richard Virenque | 26 | France | FRA | at 1:14 | |||
6 | Melchor Mauri | 30 | Spain | ESP | at 1:15 | |||
7 | Fabio Baldato | 28 | Italy | ITA | at 1:28 | |||
8 | Michele Bartoli | 26 | Italy | ITA | at 1:28 | |||
9 | Zbigniew Spruch | 30 | Poland | POL | at 1:29 | |||
10 | Johan Museeuw | 30 | Belgium | BEL | at 1:29 | |||
11 | Jesper Skibby | 32 | Denmark | DEN | at 1:29 | |||
12 | Lance Armstrong | 24 | United States | USA | at 1:29 | |||
13 | Dmitry Konyshev | 30 | Russia | RUS | at 2:29 | |||
14 | Serhiy Ushakov | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | at 2:29 | |||
15 | Wilfried Peeters | 32 | Belgium | BEL | at 2:32 | |||
16 | Olaf Ludwig | 36 | Germany | GER | at 2:36 | |||
17 | Laurent Brochard | 28 | France | FRA | at 2:37 | |||
18 | Arvis Piziks | 26 | Latvia | LAT | at 2:37 | |||
19 | Neil Stephens | 32 | Australia | AUS | at 2:38 | |||
20 | Erik Zabel | 26 | Germany | GER | at 2:47 | |||
21 | Laurent Jalabert | 27 | France | FRA | at 2:47 | |||
22 | Kaspars Ozers | 27 | Latvia | LAT | at 2:47 | |||
23 | Robbie McEwen | 24 | Australia | AUS | at 2:48 | |||
24 | Jaan Kirsipuu | 27 | Estonia | EST | at 2:48 | |||
25 | Frank Vandenbroucke | 21 | Belgium | BEL | at 2:48 | |||
26 | Miguel Induráin | 32 | Spain | ESP | at 2:48 | |||
27 | Vasily Davidenko | 26 | Russia | RUS | at 2:48 | |||
28 | Rolf Aldag | 27 | Germany | GER | at 2:48 | |||
29 | Andrey Kivilyov | 22 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | at 2:48 | |||
30 | Ján Svorada | 27 | Czech Republic | CZE | at 2:48 | |||
31 | Juris Silovs | 23 | Latvia | LAT | at 2:48 | |||
32 | Francesco Casagrande | 25 | Italy | ITA | at 2:48 | |||
33 | Andriy Chmil | 33 | Ukraine | UKR | at 2:48 | |||
34 | Michel Lafis | 28 | Sweden | SWE | at 2:48 | |||
35 | Glenn Magnusson | 27 | Sweden | SWE | at 2:49 | |||
36 | Lauri Aus | 25 | Estonia | EST | at 2:49 | |||
37 | Maurizio Fondriest | 31 | Italy | ITA | at 2:49 | |||
38 | Erik Dekker | 25 | Netherlands | NED | at 2:49 | |||
39 | Orlando Rodrigues | 26 | Portugal | POR | at 2:49 | |||
40 | Brian Holm Sørensen | 33 | Denmark | DEN | at 2:49 | |||
41 | Steve Bauer | 37 | Canada | CAN | at 2:49 | |||
42 | Lars Michaelsen | 27 | Denmark | DEN | at 2:49 | |||
43 | Oleh Pankov | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | at 2:49 | |||
44 | Werner Riebenbauer | 22 | Austria | AUT | at 2:49 | |||
45 | Erik Breukink | 32 | Netherlands | NED | at 2:49 | |||
46 | Harald Morscher | 24 | Austria | AUT | at 2:49 | |||
47 | Ruber MarÃn | 28 | Colombia | COL | at 2:49 | |||
48 | Pedro Lopes | 21 | Portugal | POR | at 2:49 | |||
49 | Andres Lauk | 31 | Estonia | EST | at 2:50 | |||
50 | SÅawomir Chrzanowski | 27 | Poland | POL | at 2:50 | |||
51 | Pavel Tonkov | 27 | Russia | RUS | at 2:50 | |||
52 | Beat Zberg | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | at 2:50 | |||
53 | Aleksandr Vinokurov | 22 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | at 2:50 | |||
54 | Peter Wrolich | 22 | Austria | AUT | at 2:50 | |||
55 | Markus Andersson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | at 2:50 | |||
56 | Aart Vierhouten | 26 | Netherlands | NED | at 2:50 | |||
57 | Joona Laukka | 24 | Finland | FIN | at 2:50 | |||
58 | Pyotr Ugryumov | 35 | Russia | RUS | at 2:50 | |||
59 | Milan DvorÅ¡ÄÃk | 26 | Slovakia | SVK | at 2:50 | |||
60 | Johan Bruyneel | 31 | Belgium | BEL | at 2:51 | |||
61 | Doug Ryder | 24 | South Africa | RSA | at 2:51 | |||
62 | Georg Totschnig | 25 | Austria | AUT | at 2:51 | |||
63 | Kari Myyryläinen | 32 | Finland | FIN | at 2:51 | |||
64 | Michael Barry | 20 | Canada | CAN | at 2:51 | |||
65 | Damian McDonald | 24 | Australia | AUS | at 2:51 | |||
66 | Ric Reid | 26 | New Zealand | NZL | at 2:51 | |||
67 | Abraham Olano | 26 | Spain | ESP | at 2:52 | |||
68 | Ján Valach | 22 | Slovakia | SVK | at 2:52 | |||
69 | Pavel Kavetsky | 21 | Belarus | BLR | at 2:52 | |||
70 | Robert PintariÄ | 31 | Slovenia | SLO | at 2:52 | |||
71 | Eduardo Graciano | 29 | Mexico | MEX | at 2:53 | |||
72 | David McCann | 23 | Ireland | IRL | at 2:53 | |||
73 | Veaceslav Oriol | 27 | Moldova | MDA | at 2:53 | |||
74 | Greg Randolph | 23 | United States | USA | at 2:53 | |||
75 | Gord Fraser | 27 | Canada | CAN | at 2:53 | |||
76 | George Hincapie | 23 | United States | USA | at 2:53 | |||
77 | Manuel Fernández | 25 | Spain | ESP | at 2:53 | |||
78 | Nuno Marta | 19 | Portugal | POR | at 2:53 | |||
79 | Malcolm Elliott | 35 | Great Britain | GBR | at 2:53 | |||
80 | Eric Wohlberg | 31 | Canada | CAN | at 2:54 | |||
81 | Peter Luttenberger | 23 | Austria | AUT | at 2:54 | |||
82 | Mario Cipollini | 29 | Italy | ITA | at 2:54 | |||
83 | Didier Rous | 25 | France | FRA | at 2:54 | |||
84 | Javier Zapata | 26 | Colombia | COL | at 2:54 | |||
85 | Aleksandr Shefer | 24 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | at 2:54 | |||
86 | Ãscar Giraldo | 23 | Colombia | COL | at 2:54 | |||
87 | Bjarne Riis | 32 | Denmark | DEN | at 2:55 | |||
88 | Jacques Landry | 26 | Canada | CAN | at 2:55 | |||
89 | Andrey Teteryuk | 28 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | at 2:55 | |||
90 | Eduardo Uribe | 26 | Mexico | MEX | at 2:55 | |||
91 | Mauro Ribeiro | 32 | Brazil | BRA | at 2:55 | |||
92 | Dainis Ozols | 29 | Latvia | LAT | at 2:55 | |||
93 | Steve Hegg | 32 | United States | USA | at 2:55 | |||
94 | Tomasz Brożyna | 25 | Poland | POL | at 2:56 | |||
95 | Remigijus Lupeikis | 27 | Lithuania | LTU | at 2:56 | |||
96 | Raido Kodanipork | 27 | Estonia | EST | at 2:56 | |||
97 | Blayne Wikner | 24 | South Africa | RSA | at 2:56 | |||
98 | Stephen Hodge | 35 | Australia | AUS | at 2:57 | |||
99 | John Tanner | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | at 2:57 | |||
100 | Dzhamolidin Abduzhaparov | 32 | Uzbekistan | UZB | at 2:57 | |||
101 | Marino Alonso | 30 | Spain | ESP | at 2:57 | |||
102 | Patrick Jonker | 27 | Australia | AUS | at 2:57 | |||
103 | Yevgeny Berzin | 26 | Russia | RUS | at 2:57 | |||
104 | Alex Zülle | 28 | Switzerland | SUI | at 2:58 | |||
105 | Rolf Järmann | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | at 2:58 | |||
106 | RomÄns VainÅ¡teins | 23 | Latvia | LAT | at 2:58 | |||
107 | Frédéric Moncassin | 27 | France | FRA | at 2:59 | |||
108 | Tristan Hoffman | 26 | Netherlands | NED | at 2:59 | |||
109 | Tom Steels | 24 | Belgium | BEL | at 3:00 | |||
110 | Thomas Frischknecht | 26 | Switzerland | SUI | at 3:08 | |||
111 | Danny Nelissen | 25 | Netherlands | NED | at 3:14 | |||
112 | Cândido Barbosa | 21 | Portugal | POR | at 7:33 | |||
113 | Yevgeny Golovanov | 24 | Belarus | BLR | at 11:42 | |||
114 | José Azevedo | 22 | Portugal | POR | at 11:42 | |||
115 | Pavel Zaduban | 27 | Slovakia | SVK | at 11:43 | |||
116 | Hussein Monsalve | 27 | Venezuela | VEN | at 11:43 | |||
117 | Irving Aguilar | 26 | Mexico | MEX | at 11:43 | |||
AC | Manuel Guevara | 27 | Venezuela | VEN | DNF | |||
AC | Volodymyr Pulnikov | 31 | Ukraine | UKR | DNF | |||
AC | Ali Sayed Darwish | 19 | United Arab Emirates | UAE | DNF | |||
AC | Osamu Sumida | 26 | Japan | JPN | DNF | |||
AC | Svein Gaute Hølestøl | 25 | Norway | NOR | DNF | |||
AC | Dubán RamÃrez | 30 | Colombia | COL | DNF | |||
AC | Antón Villatoro | 26 | Guatemala | GUA | DNF | |||
AC | Raúl Montana | 23 | Colombia | COL | DNF | |||
AC | Paulo Caicedo | 26 | Ecuador | ECU | DNF | |||
AC | Pedro RodrÃguez | 29 | Ecuador | ECU | DNF | |||
AC | Igor Pugaci | 21 | Moldova | MDA | DNF | |||
AC | Omar Ochoa | 24 | Guatemala | GUA | DNF | |||
AC | Márlon Paniagua | 22 | Guatemala | GUA | DNF | |||
AC | Felipe López | 27 | Guatemala | GUA | DNF | |||
AC | Edwin Santos | 24 | Guatemala | GUA | DNF | |||
AC | Oleg Bondarik | 19 | Belarus | BLR | DNF | |||
AC | Vyacheslav German | 24 | Belarus | BLR | DNF | |||
AC | Raimondas Rumšas | 24 | Lithuania | LTU | DNF | |||
AC | Victor Garrido | 24 | Chile | CHI | DNF | |||
AC | Arsen Ghazaryan | 21 | Armenia | ARM | DNF | |||
AC | Wong Kam Po | 23 | Hong Kong | HKG | DNF | |||
AC | Park Min-Su | 25 | South Korea | KOR | DNF | |||
AC | Dashnyamyn Tömör-Ochir | 31 | Mongolia | MGL | DNF | |||
AC | Chen Chih-Hao | 23 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | DNF | |||
AC | Timothy Jones | 20 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | DNF | |||
AC | Mykhailo Khalilov | 21 | Ukraine | UKR | DNF | |||
AC | Michael Rich | 26 | Germany | GER | DNF | |||
AC | László Bodrogi | 19 | Hungary | HUN | DNF | |||
AC | Ruslan Ivanov | 22 | Moldova | MDA | DNF | |||
AC | Raimondas VilÄinskas | 19 | Lithuania | LTU | DNF | |||
AC | Rubén Abreu | 24 | Venezuela | VEN | DNF | |||
AC | Carlos Alberto Moya | 24 | Venezuela | VEN | DNF | |||
AC | Igor Bonciucov | 23 | Moldova | MDA | DNF | |||
AC | Oleg Tonoritchi | 22 | Moldova | MDA | DNF | |||
AC | Uwe Peschel | 27 | Germany | GER | DNF | |||
AC | Dariusz Baranowski | 24 | Poland | POL | DNF | |||
AC | Brian Smith | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF | |||
AC | Héctor Chiles | 25 | Ecuador | ECU | DNF | |||
AC | Michael Andersson | 29 | Sweden | SWE | DNF | |||
AC | Miroslav Lipták | 27 | Slovakia | SVK | DNF | |||
AC | Róbert Nagy | 23 | Slovakia | SVK | DNF | |||
AC | Linas BalÄiÅ«nas | 18 | Lithuania | LTU | DNF | |||
AC | Jonas Romanovas | 38 | Lithuania | LTU | DNF | |||
AC | Gregorio Bare | 23 | Uruguay | URU | DNF | |||
AC | Lauri Resik | 26 | Estonia | EST | DNF | |||
AC | Brian Fowler | 33 | New Zealand | NZL | DNF | |||
AC | Scott Guyton | 20 | New Zealand | NZL | DNF | |||
AC | Besnik Musaj | 22 | Albania | ALB | DNF | |||
AC | Gustavo Artacho | 28 | Argentina | ARG | DNF | |||
AC | Ricardo Guedes | 23 | Uruguay | URU | DNF | |||
AC | Hernandes Quadri Júnior | 28 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | |||
AC | Rubén PegorÃn | 31 | Argentina | ARG | DNF | |||
AC | Adan Juárez | 26 | Mexico | MEX | DNF | |||
AC | Glen Mitchell | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | DNF | |||
AC | Elliot Hubbard | 22 | Bermuda | BER | DNF | |||
AC | José Balaustre | 31 | Venezuela | VEN | DNF | |||
AC | Jamil Suaiden | 23 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | |||
AC | Márcio May | 24 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | |||
AC | Daniel Rogelin | 23 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | |||
AC | Kazuyuki Manabe | 26 | Japan | JPN | DNF | |||
AC | Lucien Dirksz | 27 | Aruba | ARU | DNF | |||
AC | Youssef Khanfar Al-Shakali | 24 | Oman | OMA | DNF | |||
AC | Aleksandr Sharapov | 25 | Belarus | BLR | DNF | |||
AC | Domingo González | 26 | Mexico | MEX | DNF | |||
AC | Yousef Shadi | 26 | Libya | LBA | DNF | |||
AC | Stefan Baraud | 21 | Cayman Islands | CAY | DNF |