Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Cycling at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad |
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Mountain biking | Georgia International Horse Park | ||||||
Road cycling | Atlanta and surrounding area | ||||||
Track cycling | Stone Mountain Velodrome | ||||||
Dates | July 21 - July 28 | ||||||
Cyclists | 477 from 68 countries | ||||||
Top ranked countries | |||||||
France: | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Italy: | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Netherlands: | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
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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.
Results
Road
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's road race |
Pascal Richard Switzerland |
Rolf Sørensen Denmark |
Max Sciandri Great Britain |
Women's road race |
Jeannie Longo France |
Imelda Chiappa Italy |
Clara Hughes Canada |
Men's time trial |
Miguel Indurain Spain |
Abraham Olano Spain |
Chris Boardman Great Britain |
Women's time trial |
Zulfiya Zabirova Russia |
Jeannie Longo France |
Clara Hughes Canada |
Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 1,000 metre time trial |
Florian Rousseau France |
Erin Hartwell United States |
Takanobu Jumonji Japan |
Men's 1,000 metre sprint |
Jens Fiedler Germany |
Marty Nothstein United States |
Curt Harnett Canada |
Women's 1,000 metre sprint |
Félicia Ballanger France |
Michelle Ferris Australia |
Ingrid Haringa Netherlands |
Women's 3,000 metre pursuit |
Antonella Bellutti Italy |
Marion Clignet France |
Judith Arndt Germany |
Men's 4,000 metre pursuit |
Andrea Collinelli Italy |
Philippe Ermenault France |
Bradley McGee Australia |
Women's points race |
Nathalie Lancien France |
Ingrid Haringa Netherlands |
Lucy Tyler-Sharman Australia |
Men's points race |
Silvio Martinello Italy |
Brian Walton Canada |
Stuart O'Grady Australia |
Men's 4,000 metre 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 |
Mountain bike
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's cross-country |
Bart Brentjens Netherlands |
Thomas Frischknecht Switzerland |
Miguel Martinez France |
Women's cross-country |
Paola Pezzo Italy |
Alison Sydor Canada |
Susan DeMattei United States |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
11 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Broken records
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Event | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
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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