Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

Men's road race
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Men's road race; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
	A plaque on Col de Portet d'Aspet where Fabio Casartelli died
Venue	Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Barcelona
Date	2 August
Competitors	154 from 61 nations
Winning time	4:35:21
Medalists
	← 1988 1996 →

The men's individual road race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 154 participants from 61 nations, with 84 cyclists completing the race.^[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was three. The event was won by Fabio Casartelli of Italy, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race since 1968 and fourth overall (two more than any other nation). Erik Dekker's silver was the first medal for the Netherlands in the event since 1972. Dainis Ozols gave Latvia its first medal in the event in the country's first independent appearance since 1936.

Background

The race was the 14th event, after the interruption between 1896 and the summer of 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). A young triathlete from the United States named Lance Armstrong was among the favorites, along with Erik Dekker of the Netherlands.^[2]

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahrain, Benin, the Central African Republic, Estonia, Guam, Lithuania, Rwanda, Slovenia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men's individual road race; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team and some Yugoslav cyclists competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Great Britain made its 14th 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 194.4 kilometre course over the Sant Sadurni Cycling Circuit.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 2 August 1992	8:30	Final

Results

During the penultimate lap, Casartelli, Dekker, and Ozols managed to break away from the lead pack; they maintained separation and finished in the medals with Casartelli winning the final sprint.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time
	Fabio Casartelli	Italy	4:35:21
	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	4:35:22
	Dainis Ozols	Latvia	4:35:24
4	Erik Zabel	Germany	4:35:56
5	Lauri Aus	Estonia	s.t.
6	Andrzej Sypytkowski	Poland	s.t.
7	Sylvain Bolay	France	s.t.
8	Arvis Piziks	Latvia	s.t.
9	Raido Kodanipork	Estonia	s.t.
10	Grant Rice	Australia	s.t.
11	Lars Michaelsen	Denmark	s.t.
12	Michel Lafis	Sweden	s.t.
13	Urs Güller	Switzerland	s.t.
14	Lance Armstrong	United States	s.t.
15	Ángel Edo	Spain	s.t.
16	Darren Smith	Australia	s.t.
17	Richard Groenendaal	Netherlands	s.t.
18	Christian Andersen	Denmark	s.t.
19	Roland Meier	Switzerland	s.t.
20	Davide Rebellin	Italy	s.t.
21	Tomokazu Fujino	Japan	s.t.
22	Jacek Mickiewicz	Poland	s.t.
23	Saulius Šarkauskas	Lithuania	s.t.
24	Kiko García	Spain	s.t.
25	František Trkal	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
26	Gianni Vignaduzzi	Canada	s.t.
27	Miloslav Kejval	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
28	Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo	Brazil	s.t.
29	Peter Luttenberger	Austria	s.t.
30	Steffen Wesemann	Germany	s.t.
31	Xavier Pérez	Andorra	s.t.
32	Kevin Kimmage	Ireland	s.t.
33	Svyatoslav Ryabushenko	Unified Team	s.t.
34	Claus Michael Møller	Denmark	s.t.
35	Conor Henry	Ireland	s.t.
36	Simeon Hempsall	Great Britain	s.t.
37	Timm Peddie	United States	s.t.
38	Bjørn Stenersen	Norway	s.t.
39	Tang Xuezhong	China	s.t.
40	Carlos Maya	Venezuela	s.t.
41	Nathael Sagard	Canada	s.t.
42	Aleksandar Milenković	Independent Olympic Participants	s.t.
43	Juan Carlos Rosero	Ecuador	s.t.
44	Zhu Zhengjun	China	s.t.
45	Lars Kristian Johnsen	Norway	s.t.
46	Hussein Monsalve	Venezuela	s.t.
47	Petro Koshelenko	Unified Team	s.t.
48	Pascal Hervé	France	s.t.
49	José Robles	Colombia	s.t.
50	Federico Moreira	Uruguay	s.t.
51	Graeme Miller	New Zealand	s.t.
52	Héctor Palacio	Colombia	s.t.
53	Arnolds Ūdris	Latvia	s.t.
54	Andreas Langl	Austria	s.t.
55	Zbigniew Piątek	Poland	s.t.
56	Georg Totschnig	Austria	s.t.
57	Karsten Stenersen	Norway	s.t.
58	Csaba Steig	Hungary	s.t.
59	Brian Fowler	New Zealand	s.t.
60	David Cook	Great Britain	s.t.
61	Matthew Stephens	Great Britain	s.t.
62	Jacques Landry	Canada	s.t.
63	Valter Bonča	Slovenia	s.t.
64	Wang Shusen	China	s.t.
65	Paul Slane	Ireland	s.t.
66	Aleksey Bochkov	Unified Team	s.t.
67	Michael Andersson	Sweden	s.t.
68	Christian Meyer	Germany	s.t.
69	Pavel Padrnos	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
70	Armin Meier	Switzerland	s.t.
71	Mirco Gualdi	Italy	s.t.
72	Rob Compas	Netherlands	4:36:33
73	Tom Bamford	New Zealand	4:36:41
74	Sergio Tesitore	Uruguay	4:36:52
75	Bob Mionske	United States	4:42:31
76	Libardo Niño	Colombia	4:44:05
77	Glenn Magnusson	Sweden	4:44:32
78	Radiša Čubrić	Independent Olympic Participants	4:45:14
79	Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh	Mongolia	s.t.
80	Károly Eisenkrammer	Hungary	4:52:07
81	Scott Richardson	South Africa	4:58:25
82	Emili Pérez	Andorra	s.t.
83	Dashjamtsyn Mönkhbat	Mongolia	5:02:11
84	Kozo Fujita	Japan	s.t.
—	Juan González	Andorra	DNF
	Neil Lloyd	Antigua and Barbuda	DNF
	Robert Marsh	Antigua and Barbuda	DNF
	Robert Peters	Antigua and Barbuda	DNF
	Lucien Dirksz	Aruba	DNF
	Gerard van Vliet	Aruba	DNF
	Patrick Jonker	Australia	DNF
	Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri	Bahrain	DNF
	Jameel Kadhem	Bahrain	DNF
	Saber Mohamed Hasan	Bahrain	DNF
	Erwin Thijs	Belgium	DNF
	Michel Vanhaecke	Belgium	DNF
	Wim Omloop	Belgium	DNF
	Michael Lewis	Belize	DNF
	Douglas Lamb	Belize	DNF
	Ernest Meighan	Belize	DNF
	Cossi Houegban	Benin	DNF
	Fernand Gandaho	Benin	DNF
	Hernandes Quadri	Brazil	DNF
	Tonny Azevedo	Brazil	DNF
	Stefan Baraud	Cayman Islands	DNF
	Michele Smith	Cayman Islands	DNF
	Dennis Brooks	Cayman Islands	DNF
	Christ Yarafa	Central African Republic	DNF
	Obed Ngaite	Central African Republic	DNF
	Vincent Gomgadja	Central African Republic	DNF
	Miguel Droguett	Chile	DNF
	Weng Yu-yi	Chinese Taipei	DNF
	Ndjibu N'Golomingi	Zaire	DNF
	Mobange Amisi	Zaire	DNF
	Selenge Kimoto	Zaire	DNF
	Biruk Abebe	Ethiopia	DNF
	Asmelash Geyesus	Ethiopia	DNF
	Tekle Hailemikael	Ethiopia	DNF
	Emmanuel Magnien	France	DNF
	Jazy Garcia	Guam	DNF
	Manuel García	Guam	DNF
	Martin Santos	Guam	DNF
	Aubrey Richmond	Guyana	DNF
	Mikoš Rnjaković	Independent Olympic Participants	DNF
	Hussain Eslami	Iran	DNF
	Khosrow Ghamari	Iran	DNF
	Hossein Mahmoudi	Iran	DNF
	Arthur Tenn	Jamaica	DNF
	Michael McKay	Jamaica	DNF
	Mitsuteru Tanaka	Japan	DNF
	Armen Arslanian	Lebanon	DNF
	Vatche Zadourian	Lebanon	DNF
	Murugayan Kumaresan	Malaysia	DNF
	Dashnyamyn Tömör-Ochir	Mongolia	DNF
	Norberto Oconer	Philippines	DNF
	Domingo Villanueva	Philippines	DNF
	Faustin Mparabanyi	Rwanda	DNF
	Emmanuel Nkurunziza	Rwanda	DNF
	Alphonse Nshimiyiama	Rwanda	DNF
	Guido Frisoni	San Marino	DNF
	Medhadi Al-Dosari	Saudi Arabia	DNF
	Saleh Al-Qobaissi	Saudi Arabia	DNF
	Mohamed Al-Takroni	Saudi Arabia	DNF
	Eleuterio Mancebo	Spain	DNF
	Malcolm Lange	South Africa	DNF
	Wayne Burgess	South Africa	DNF
	Realdo Jessurun	Suriname	DNF
	Koku Ahiaku	Togo	DNF
Komi Moreira	Togo	DNF
Khalifa Bin Omair	United Arab Emirates	DNF
Ali Al-Abed	United Arab Emirates	DNF
Mansoor Bu Osaiba	United Arab Emirates	DNF
Robinson Merchán	Venezuela	DNF
Chesen Frey	Virgin Islands	DNF