Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial explained

Event:Men's track time trial
Games:1992 Summer
Venue:Velòdrom d'Horta
Date:27 July
Competitors:32
Nations:32
Longnames:yes
Win Value:1:03.342
Gold:José Manuel Moreno
Goldnoc:ESP
Silver:Shane Kelly
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Erin Hartwell
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1988
Next:1996

The men's track time trial in Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the thirty-two cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track. The race was held on Monday, July 27 at the Velòdrom d'Horta. Adler Capelli rode a bike that allowed for a single gear change, a first for an Olympic track event.[1] There were 32 competitors from 32 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won by José Manuel Moreno of Spain, the nation's first medal in the men's track time trial. The United States also earned its first medal in the event, with Erin Hartwell's bronze. Shane Kelly took Australia's second consecutive silver medal in the track time trial.

Background

This was the 16th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It would be held every Games until being dropped from the programme after 2004. The returning cyclists from 1988 were gold medalist Aleksandr Kirichenko of the Soviet Union (now competing for the Unified Team), seventeenth-place finisher Mika Hämäläinen of Finland, nineteenth-place finisher Nelson Mario Pons of Ecuador, and thirtieth-place finisher Neil Lloyd of Antigua and Barbuda. Host nation Spain had the reigning world champion, José Manuel Moreno.[2]

Indonesia and Latvia each made their debut in the men's track time trial; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. France made its 16th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.[2] [3]

Records

The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

RankCyclistNation250 m 500 m 750 m TimeSpeed
(km/h)
José Manuel Moreno19.007 32.954 47.656 1:03.342 56.834
Shane Kelly18.843 33.105 48.151 1:04.288 55.998
Erin Hartwell18.993 33.302 48.391 1:04.753 55.595
4Jens Glücklich18.712 33.084 48.378 1:04.798 55.557
5Adler Capelli19.664 34.207 49.266 1:05.065 55.329
6Frédéric Lancien19.398 33.968 49.175 1:05.157 55.251
7Jon Andrews19.795 34.345 49.464 1:05.240 55.180
8Gene Samuel18.969 33.426 48.871 1:05.485 54.974
9Dirk Jan van Hameren19.574 34.009 49.259 1:05.524 54.941
10Keiji Kojima19.688 34.083 49.456 1:05.994 54.550
11Ingus Veips19.248 33.535 49.089 1:06.074 54.484
12Aleksandr Kirichenko18.738 33.117 48.724 1:06.137 54.432
13Christian Meidlinger19.445 34.170 49.769 1:06.509 54.128
14Anthony Stirrat19.831 34.576 49.993 1:06.522 54.117
15Mika Hämäläinen19.480 34.321 50.055 1:06.808 53.885
16Rocco Travella19.192 33.846 49.739 1:06.811 53.883
17Nelson Mario Pons19.296 34.060 49.804 1:06.878 53.829
18César Muciño19.590 34.187 49.955 1:06.984 53.744
19Tom Steels19.629 34.451 50.170 1:07.085 53.663
20Grzegorz Krejner19.504 34.244 50.126 1:07.235 53.543
21Kiril Georgiev19.752 35.061 50.965 1:07.371 53.435
22Sergio Rolando20.206 35.561 51.502 1:08.267 52.734
23Kurt Innes20.206 35.215 51.219 1:08.593 52.483
24Livingstone Alleyne20.434 35.543 51.689 1:09.014 52.163
25José Velásquez20.594 36.149 52.515 1:10.143 51.323
26Sean Bloch19.888 35.021 51.786 1:10.145 51.322
27Herry Janto Setiawan19.781 35.407 52.273 1:10.342 51.178
28Mohamed Reza Banna20.819 36.572 53.197 1:11.036 50.678
29Andrew Myers21.407 37.694 54.973 1:13.186 49.189
30Pedro Vaca21.304 37.389 55.069 1:14.175 48.338
31Neil Lloyd22.138 38.226 55.810 1:14.816 48.118
32Don Campbell22.205 39.011 57.042 1:16.192 47.249

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's track time trial . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/CYC/mens-1000-metres-time-trial.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men . Olympedia . 12 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 154.