Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Cycling
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at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
was split into two categories: Road
Bicycle racing
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and Track
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
. 6 events were contested (all for men). All 4 events of the track cycling were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow
Moscow
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). 100 km team time trial event was held along the Moscow
Moscow
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-Minsk
Minsk
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highway
Highway
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. It started from 23rd kilometre off Moscow
Moscow
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, had a turning point at 73.5 kilometre off Moscow
Moscow
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and finished not far from the starting point. Individual road race event (14 laps, 189 kilometres total) was held at the Olympic Cycling Circuit of the Trade Unions Olympic Centre.
Medals
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men's 1000 m Individual Time Trial
| Final Rank |
Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lothar Thoms Lothar Thoms Lothar Thoms is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1.000m time trial. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year.-References:*... |
1'02"955 (OR, WR) | |
| 2 | Aleksandr Panfilov Aleksandr Panfilov Aleksandr Panfilov is a retired track cyclist who competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, winning a silver medal in 1000 metres time trial. Panfilov was only 19 years old at the time. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Tashkent.-External links:* at... |
1'04"845 | |
| 3 | David Weller David Weller David Weller is a retired Jamaican track cyclist.Weller won a bronze medal in 1000 metres time trial at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, becoming the first Jamaican to win an Olympic medal in another sport than athletics .At the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, Weller finished... |
1'05"241 | |
| 4 | Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España... |
1'05"478 | |
| 5 | Yave Cahard Yave Cahard Yave Cahard is a cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event where he finished in second place.-References:*... |
1'05"584 | |
| 6 | Heinz lsler | 1'06"273 |
Men's Sprint
| Final Rank |
Name | Country |
| 1 | Lutz Heßlich Lutz Heßlich Lutz Heßlich is a racing cyclist from East Germany.He competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event where he finished in first place... |
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| 2 | Yave Cahard Yave Cahard Yave Cahard is a cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event where he finished in second place.-References:*... |
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| 3 | Sergei Kopylov Sergei Kopylov Sergei Vladimirovich Kopylov is a racing cyclist from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual sprint event, where he finished in third place. In 1981, he won the world amateur sprint championship gold medal... |
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| 4 | Anton Tkáč Anton Tkác Anton Tkáč is a retired track cyclist from Slovakia, who claimed the gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the Men's 1,000m Sprint at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He won two world titles in the same event, in 1974 and 1978.-References:... |
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| 5 | Henrik Salee | |
| 6 | Heinz lsler |
Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
| Final Rank |
Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Robert Dill-Bundi Robert Dill-Bundi Robert Dill is a racing cyclist from Switzerland.He competed for Switzerland in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual pursuit event where he finished in first place.-References:*... |
4'35"66 | |
| 2 | Alain Bondue Alain Bondue Alain Bondue is a racing cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual pursuit event where he finished in second place.-References:*... |
4'42"96 | |
| 3 | Hans-Henrik Ørsted Hans-Henrik Ørsted Hans-Henrik Ørsted is a Danish former professional track cyclist and multi-medalist in the Olympics and World Championships at pursuit. He turned professional following the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal... |
4'36"54 | |
| 4 | Harald Wolf | ||
| 5 | Vladimir Osokin | ||
| 6 | Sean Yates Sean Yates Sean Yates is an English former professional cyclist and head Directeur Sportif at Team Sky.-Career:Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics... |
Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
| Final Rank |
Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Viktor Manakov, Valery Movchan, Vladimir Osokin and Vitaly Petrakov | 4'15"70 | |
| 2 | Gerald Mortag, Uwe Unterwalder, Matthias Wiegand and Volker Winkler | 4'19"67 | |
| 3 | Teodor Černý, Martin Penc, Jiří Pokorný, lgor Sláma | ||
| 4 | Pierangelo Bincoletto, Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi Guido Bontempi is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Bontempi's career highlights include winning the spring's classic Gent–Wevelgem two times and a total of 16 stages in the Giro d'Italia throughout his career. He also won six stages in the Tour de France and four stages in the Vuelta a España... , lvano Maffei and Silvestro Milani |
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| 5 | Alain Bondue Alain Bondue Alain Bondue is a racing cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual pursuit event where he finished in second place.-References:*... , Philippe Chevalier, Pascal Poisson Pascal Poisson Pascal Poisson was a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :19811983... and Jean-Marc Rebière |
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| 6 | Colin Fitzgerald, Kevin Nichols Kevin Nichols Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.-Career:At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:* , from sports-reference.com;... , Kelvin Poole and Garry Sutton |
Men's Individual Road Race
| Final Rank |
Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Sergei Nikolaevich Sukhoruchenkov is a former Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion. He won gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, on the Individual Road Race.... |
4h48'28"9 | |
| 2 | Czesław Lang | ||
| 3 | Yury Barinov | Group | |
| 4 | Thomas Barth | ||
| 5 | Tadeusz Wojtas | Group | |
| 6 | Anatoly Yarkin |
Men's 1 km Team Time Trial
| Final Rank |
Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Yury Kashirin, Oleg Logvin, Sergei Shelpakov and Anatoly Yarkin | 2h01'21"7 | |
| 2 | Falk Boden, Bernd Drogan, Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team... and Hans-Joachim Hartnick |
2h02'53"2 | |
| 3 | Michal Klasa, Vlastibor Konečný, Alipi Kostadinov and Jiří Škoda | 2h02'53"9 | |
| 4 | Stefan Ciekanski, Jan Jankiewicz, Czesław Lang and Witold Plutecki | 2h04'13"8 | |
| 5 | Mauro de Pellegrin, Gianni Giacomini, lvano Maffei and Alberto Minetti | 2h04'36"2 | |
| 6 | Borislav Assenov, Venelin Khoubenov, Yordan Pentchev and Nentcha Staikov | 2h05'55"2 |