Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 3 August 1984.
For the first time, women's cycling events, along with the men's point race in track cycling, were officially included in the Olympic program.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Road[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Men's road race | Alexi Grewal |
Steve Bauer |
Dag Otto Lauritzen |
Men's team time trial | Italy Marcello Bartalini Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli |
Switzerland Alfred Acherman Richard Trinkler Laurent Vial Benno Wiss |
United States Ronald Kiefel Roy Knickman Davis Phinney Andrew Weaver |
Women's road race | Connie Carpenter-Phinney |
Rebecca Twigg |
Sandra Schumacher |
Track[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Time trial | Fredy Schmidtke |
Curtis Harnett |
Fabrice Colas |
Individual pursuit | Steve Hegg |
Rolf Golz |
Leonard Harvey Nitz |
Points race | Roger Ilegems |
Uwe Messerschmidt |
Jose Manuel Youshimatz |
Sprint | Mark Gorski |
Nelson Vails |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Team pursuit | Australia Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur Dean Woods |
United States Brent Emery David Grylls Steve Hegg Patrick McDonough Leonard Harvey Nitz |
West Germany Reinhard Alber Rolf Golz Roland Gunther Michael Marx |
Statistics[]
- There were 359 total athletes from 54 countries.
- Robert Pulfer was the youngest participant with 16 years and 308 days.
- George Nayeja was the oldest participant with 38 years and 51 days.
- 3 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Mexico won its first-ever medal in the sport.