Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

Men's road race
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Men's road race; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
	Soviet stamp commemorating Olympic cycling
Venue	Moscow
Date	28 July
Competitors	115 from 32 nations
Winning time	4:48:28
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

The men's individual road race was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 115 cyclists from 32 nations took part.^[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. The event was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov of the Soviet Union, the nation's second victory (after 1960; tying France for second-most behind Italy) in the men's individual road race. His teammate Yuri Barinov took bronze. Czesław Lang's silver put Poland on the podium in the event for the second straight Games.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). The traditional western powers (Italy, France, Belgium, Sweden) in the sport participated in the Moscow Games amid the American-led boycott. In previous years, the boycott would have had little effect on the competition, but in the late 1970s, the United States had its first international cycling star: Greg LeMond (who would turn professional in 1981 and never compete in the Olympics) who would have been the favorite. Instead, host-nation cyclist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov was the pick to win. Gilbert Glaus of Switzerland (1978) and Gianni Giacomini (1979) had won world championships and were also significant contenders.^[2]

Libya and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 11th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

The mass-start race was on a 189 kilometre course at the Krylatskoye Sports Complex in Moscow.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 28 July 1980	10:00	Final

Results

Sukhoruchenkov broke away on lap 3, with a chase group including Glaus and Giacomini catching him on lap 5. Sukhoruchenkov broke away from that pack with 32 kilometres to go, riding by himself the rest of the way to the largest margin of victory in the event since 1896.^[2]

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time
	Sergei Sukhoruchenkov	Soviet Union	4:48:28.9
	Czesław Lang	Poland	+ 2' 58"
	Yuri Barinov	Soviet Union	s.t.
4	Thomas Barth	East Germany	+ 7' 44"
5	Tadeusz Wojtas	Poland	s.t.
6	Anatoly Yarkin	Soviet Union	+ 8' 26"
7	Adri van der Poel	Netherlands	s.t.
8	Christian Faure	France	s.t.
9	Marc Madiot	France	+ 8' 32"
10	Andreas Petermann	East Germany	+ 8' 49"
11	Gilbert Glaus	Switzerland	s.t.
12	Harry Hannus	Finland	s.t.
13	Jiří Škoda	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
14	Marco Cattaneo	Italy	s.t.
15	Jacques Hanegraaf	Netherlands	+ 8' 52"
16	Peter Jonsson	Sweden	+ 9' 05"
17	Vlastibor Konečný	Czechoslovakia	+ 9' 10"
18	Gianni Giacomini	Italy	s.t.
19	Herbert Spindler	Austria	s.t.
20	Jesús Torres	Venezuela	s.t.
21	John Herety	Great Britain	s.t.
22	Krzysztof Sujka	Poland	s.t.
23	Yury Kashirin	Soviet Union	s.t.
24	Kari Puisto	Finland	s.t.
25	Michael Wilson	Australia	s.t.
26	Peter Winnen	Netherlands	s.t.
27	Giuseppe Petito	Italy	s.t.
28	András Takács	Hungary	s.t.
29	Richard Trinkler	Switzerland	+ 12' 09"
30	Francis Castaing	France	+ 15' 39"
31	Henning Jørgensen	Denmark	s.t.
32	Olaf Ludwig	East Germany	s.t.
33	Jacques van Meer	Netherlands	s.t.
34	Mario Medina	Venezuela	s.t.
35	Hubert Seiz	Switzerland	s.t.
36	Johann Traxler	Austria	+ 17' 19"
37	Ladislav Ferebauer	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
38	Mauno Uusivirta	Finland	s.t.
39	Bernt Scheler	Sweden	s.t.
40	Zoltán Halász	Hungary	s.t.
41	Billy Kerr	Ireland	s.t.
42	Verner Blaudzun	Denmark	s.t.
43	Régis Clère	France	s.t.
44	Anders Adamson	Sweden	+ 17' 29"
45	Stephen Roche	Ireland	+ 20' 29"
46	Luc De Smet	Belgium	+ 20' 37"
47	Jeff Williams	Great Britain	s.t.
48	Jürg Luchs	Switzerland	s.t.
49	Neil Martin	Great Britain	s.t.
50	Bruno Bulić	Yugoslavia	+ 22' 07"
51	György Szuromi	Hungary	+ 24' 44"
52	László Halász	Hungary	s.t.
—	Kevin Bradshaw	Australia	DNF
	Remo Sansonetti	Australia	DNF
	Graham Seers	Australia	DNF
	Johann Lienhart	Austria	DNF
	Jan Nevens	Belgium	DNF
	Ronald Van Avermaet	Belgium	DNF
	Jan Wijnants	Belgium	DNF
	Gilson Alvaristo	Brazil	DNF
	José Carlos de Lima	Brazil	DNF
	Fernando Louro	Brazil	DNF
	Davis Pereira	Brazil	DNF
	Borislav Asenov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Yordan Penchev	Bulgaria	DNF
	Andon Petrov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Nencho Staykov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Joseph Evouna	Cameroon	DNF
	Joseph Kono	Cameroon	DNF
	Thomas Nyemeg	Cameroon	DNF
	Nicolas Owona	Cameroon	DNF
	Gregorio Aldo Arencibia	Cuba	DNF
	Carlos Cardet	Cuba	DNF
	Antonio Quintero	Cuba	DNF
	Michal Klasa	Czechoslovakia	DNF
	Allan Jacobsen	Denmark	DNF
	Per Sandahl Jørgensen	Denmark	DNF
	Zeragaber Gebrehiwot	Ethiopia	DNF
	Jemal Rogora	Ethiopia	DNF
	Tilahun Woldesenbet	Ethiopia	DNF
	Musse Yohannes	Ethiopia	DNF
	Sixten Wackström	Finland	DNF
	Joseph Waugh	Great Britain	DNF
	Bernd Drogan	East Germany	DNF
	Tony Lally	Ireland	DNF
	Alberto Minetti	Italy	DNF
	Peter Aldridge	Jamaica	DNF
	Salloum Kaysar	Lebanon	DNF
	Kamal Ghalayni	Lebanon	DNF
	El-Munsif Ben Youssef	Libya	DNF
	Ali Hamid El-Aila	Libya	DNF
	Mohamed Ganfud	Libya	DNF
	Nuri Kaheil	Libya	DNF
	Joseph Farrugia	Malta	DNF
	Carmel Muscat	Malta	DNF
	Alfred Tonna	Malta	DNF
	Luvsandagvyn Jargalsaikhan	Mongolia	DNF
	Batsükhiin Khayankhyarvaa	Mongolia	DNF
	Dorjpalamyn Tsolmon	Mongolia	DNF
	Dashjamtsyn Tömörbaatar	Mongolia	DNF
	Jan Jankiewicz	Poland	DNF
	Mircea Romaşcanu	Romania	DNF
	Teodor Vasile	Romania	DNF
	Maurizio Casadei	San Marino	DNF
	Mats Gustafsson	Sweden	DNF
	Olinto Silva	Venezuela	DNF
	Juan Arroyo	Venezuela	DNF
	Vinko Polončič	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Bojan Ropret	Yugoslavia	DNF
	Bojan Udovič	Yugoslavia	DNF
	David Gillow	Zimbabwe	DNF
	Michael McBeath	Zimbabwe	DNF
	Kurt Zellhofer	Austria	DSQ
	Albert Micallef	Malta	DSQ
	Roberto Tomassini	San Marino	DSQ