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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's road race
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul
DateSeptember 27
Competitors136 from 54 nations
Winning time4:32:22
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olaf Ludwig
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernd Gröne
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Henn
 West Germany
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The men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was held on September 27, 1988. There were 136 participants from 54 nations in the race over 196.80 km, with 27 cyclists who did not finish. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was three, down from four in previous editions of the event. The event was won by Olaf Ludwig of East Germany, the first medal for the nation in the men's individual road race (and first victory for any German cyclist). West Germany also earned its first medals in the event, with Bernd Gröne's silver and Christian Henn's bronze.

Background

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This was the 13th 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).[1]

Algeria, Andorra, the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, the Republic of the Congo, Monaco, Sierra Leone, Suriname, and the United Arab Emirates each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 13th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a 196.8 kilometre course over the Tongil-ro Circuit in Paju. The course was "very flat and easy."[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 27 September 1988 9:00 Final

Results

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The easy course kept the cyclists together and limited non-finishers; nearly 100 cyclists moved in a large pack through most of the race. Ludwig made two break attempts late, being caught by renowned sprinter Abdoujaparov and aborting the charge the first time. For the second breakaway, he was joined by Gröne; this time, Ludwig continued his attack and outsprinted Gröne at the end to win.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olaf Ludwig  East Germany 4:32:22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernd Gröne  West Germany 4:32:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Henn  West Germany 4:32:46
4 Bob Mionske  United States s.t.
5 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  Soviet Union s.t.
6 Edward Salas  Australia s.t.
7 Roberto Pelliconi  Italy s.t.
8 Graeme Miller  New Zealand s.t.
9 Emili Pérez  Andorra s.t.
10 Jozef Regec  Czechoslovakia s.t.
11 Jan Mattheus  Belgium s.t.
12 Hung Chung Yam  Hong Kong s.t.
13 Atle Pedersen  Norway s.t.
14 Remig Stumpf  West Germany 4:32:56
15 Michel Zanoli  Netherlands s.t.
16 Fabrizio Bontempi  Italy s.t.
17 Zdzisław Wrona  Poland s.t.
18 Neil Hoban  Great Britain s.t.
19 Johnny Dauwe  Belgium s.t.
20 Cássio Freitas  Brazil s.t.
21 Park Hyeon-gon  South Korea s.t.
22 Mario Traxl  Austria s.t.
23 Uwe Raab  East Germany s.t.
24 Jean-François Laffillé  France s.t.
25 Mitsuhiro Suzuki  Japan s.t.
26 Marcel Stäuble  Switzerland s.t.
27 Erik Johan Sæbø  Norway s.t.
28 Jacek Bodyk  Poland s.t.
29 Yvan Waddell  Canada s.t.
30 Rajko Čubrić  Yugoslavia s.t.
31 Juan Arias  Colombia s.t.
32 Mićo Brković  Yugoslavia s.t.
33 Brian Walton  Canada s.t.
34 Johann Lienhart  Austria s.t.
35 Daniel Steiger  Switzerland s.t.
36 Paul Curran  Great Britain s.t.
37 Jari Lähde  Finland s.t.
38 Rob Harmeling  Netherlands s.t.
39 Mohamed Mir  Algeria s.t.
40 Gianluca Bortolami  Italy s.t.
41 Dietmar Hauer  Austria s.t.
42 Tom Cordes  Netherlands s.t.
43 Michel Lafis  Sweden s.t.
44 Tang Xuezhong  China s.t.
45 Cormac McCann  Ireland s.t.
46 José Asconeguy  Uruguay s.t.
47 Luděk Štyks  Czechoslovakia s.t.
48 Nelson Rodríguez Serna  Colombia s.t.
49 John McQuaid  Ireland s.t.
50 Leung Hung Tak  Hong Kong s.t.
51 Asiat Saitov  Soviet Union s.t.
52 Eduardo Manrique  Spain s.t.
53 Liu Hong  China s.t.
54 Peter Hermann  Liechtenstein s.t.
55 Chow Tai Ming  Hong Kong s.t.
56 Iraj Amir-Akhori  Iran s.t.
57 Anders Jarl  Sweden s.t.
58 Perry Merren  Cayman Islands s.t.
59 Xavier Pérez  Andorra s.t.
60 Riho Suun  Soviet Union s.t.
61 Luboš Lom  Czechoslovakia s.t.
62 Mark Gornall  Great Britain s.t.
63 Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo  Brazil s.t.
64 Realdo Jessurun  Suriname s.t.
65 Scott McKinley  United States s.t.
66 Marcos Mazzaron  Brazil s.t.
67 Dubán Ramírez  Colombia s.t.
68 Geir Dahlen  Norway s.t.
69 Craig Schommer  United States s.t.
70 Claude Carlin  France s.t.
71 Tommy Nielsen  Denmark s.t.
72 Kyoshi Miura  Japan s.t.
73 Gervais Rioux  Canada s.t.
74 Peter Meinert Nielsen  Denmark s.t.
75 Brian Fowler  New Zealand s.t.
76 Alcides Etcheverry  Uruguay s.t.
77 Luis Rosendo Ramos  Mexico s.t.
78 Valter Bonča  Yugoslavia s.t.
79 Felice Puttini  Switzerland s.t.
80 Gonzalo Aguiar  Spain s.t.
81 Paul McCormack  Ireland s.t.
82 Uwe Ampler  East Germany s.t.
83 Leonardo Sierra  Venezuela s.t.
84 Andrés Torres  Guatemala s.t.
85 Lee Jin-ok  South Korea s.t.
86 Óscar Aquino  Guatemala s.t.
87 Raoul Fahlin  Sweden s.t.
88 Frank Francken  Belgium s.t.
89 Iván Alemany  Spain s.t.
90 Sin Dae-cheol  South Korea 4:34:13
91 Laurent Bezault  France 4:35:19
91 Murugayan Kumaresan  Malaysia 4:35:45
92 Syamak Zafarzadeh  Iran 4:42:47
93 Héctor Pérez  Mexico s.t.
94 Yoshihiro Tsumuraya  Japan s.t.
95 Sebti Benzine  Algeria 4:43:15
96 Raymond Thomas  Jamaica s.t.
97 Mobange Amisi  Republic of the Congo s.t.
98 Pierre Gouws  Zimbabwe 4:43:28
100 Víctor Lechuga  Guatemala 4:44:37
101 Sultan Khalifa  United Arab Emirates s.t.
102 Richard Pascal  Cayman Islands 4:44:56
103 Domingo Villanueva  Philippines 4:45:20
104 Kimpale Mosengo  Republic of the Congo s.t.
105 Gary Mandy  Zimbabwe 4:45:50
106 Stéphane Operto  Monaco 4:46:42
107 Arthur Tenn  Jamaica 4:48:06
108 Andrzej Mierzejewski  Poland s.t.
109 Dyton Chimwaza  Malawi 4:52:43
Scott Steward  Australia DNF
Stephen Fairless  Australia DNF
Michael Lewis  Belize DNF
Earl Theus  Belize DNF
Fitzgerald Joseph  Belize DNF
Michele Smith  Cayman Islands DNF
Cai Yingquan  China DNF
Hsu Jui-te  Chinese Taipei DNF
Ndjibu N'Golomingi  Republic of the Congo DNF
Byron James  Guyana DNF
Mohammad Reza Bajool  Iran DNF
Georges Honein  Lebanon DNF
Hratch Zadourian  Lebanon DNF
Abdel Hamed El-Hadi  Libya DNF
Abdullah Badri  Libya DNF
Patrick Matt  Liechtenstein DNF
Amadu Yusufu  Malawi DNF
George Nayeja  Malawi DNF
Gabriel Cano  Mexico DNF
Wayne Morgan  New Zealand DNF
Norberto Oconer  Philippines DNF
Frank Williams  Sierra Leone DNF
Khalifa Bin Omair  United Arab Emirates DNF
Issa Mohamed  United Arab Emirates DNF
Enrique Campos  Venezuela DNF
Ali Parra  Venezuela DNF
Huỳnh Châu  Vietnam DNF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 358.