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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

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Men's points race
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Giovanni Lombardi (1998)
VenueVelòdrom d'Horta
Dates28–31 July
Competitors38 from 38 nations
Winning score44 (0 laps behind)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanni Lombardi
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon van Bon
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cédric Mathy
 Belgium
← 1988
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The men's points race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 38 competitors from 38 nations, with 24 cyclists competing in the final.[1] Each nation was limited to one cyclist in the event. The event was won by Giovanni Lombardi of Italy, the nation's first victory (and first medal) in the event since 1900 and second victory overall; Italy was the first nation to have two wins in the men's points race. Léon van Bon gave the Netherlands its second consecutive silver in the event. Bronze went to Cédric Mathy of Belgium.

Background

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This was the fourth appearance of the event. It was first held in 1900 and not again until 1984; after that, it was held every Summer Games until 2008 when it was removed from the programme. The women's version was held from 1996 through 2008.[2]

Six of the 24 finalists from the 1988 Games returned: gold medalist Dan Frost of Denmark, ninth-place finisher (and 1984 bronze medalist) José Youshimatz of Mexico, eleventh-place finisher Giovanni Lombardi of Italy, fifteenth-place finisher Gene Samuel of Trinidad and Tobago, sixteenth-place finisher Wojciech Pawłak of Poland, and twenty-fourth-place finisher Fernando Louro of Brazil. Stephen McGlede of Australia was the 1990 World Champion; the reigning (1991) World Champion, Bruno Risi of Switzerland, was not competing.[2]

The People's Republic of China, Cuba, Greece, Latvia, and South Africa each made their debut in the event. Some former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team (with a Ukrainian cyclist in this event). One Yugoslav cyclist competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. France and Italy both competed for the fourth time, the only nations to have competed in all four Olympic men's points races.

Competition format

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The contest consisted of two rounds: semifinals and a final. The distance varied by round, with 30 kilometres (19 mi) in the semifinals and 50 kilometres (31 mi) in the final. The top 12 in each of the two semifinals advanced to the 24-man final. Placement in each race was determined first by how many laps behind the leader the cyclist was and second by how many sprint points the cyclist accumulated. That is, a cyclist with more sprint points but who was lapped once would be ranked behind a cyclist with fewer points but who had not been lapped. Sprint points could be gained only by cyclists who had not been lapped.

In the semifinals, there were 20 sprints—one every 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). Points were awarded based on the position of the cyclists at the end of the sprint. Most of the sprints were worth 5 points for the leader, 3 to the second-place cyclist, 2 to third, and 1 to fourth. The 10th (halfway) and 20th (final) sprint were worth double: 10 points, 6, 4, and 2.

The final featured 30 sprints—one every 1.67 kilometres (1.04 mi). As in the semifinals, most sprints were worth 5/3/2/1 points, with the halfway (15th) and final (30th) sprints worth 10/6/4/2.[2]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 28 July 1992 20:00 Semifinals
Friday, 31 July 1992 21:00 Final

Results

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Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points Notes
1 Simon Lillistone  Great Britain 0 9 Q
2 Franz Stocher  Austria 1 31 Q
3 Éric Magnin  France 1 30 Q
4 José Youshimatz  Mexico 1 28 Q
5 Vasyl Yakovlev  Unified Team 1 23 Q
6 José Velásquez  Colombia 1 22 Q
7 Andreas Aeschbach  Switzerland 1 18 Q
8 Dan Frost  Denmark 1 17 Q
9 Gene Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago 1 17 Q
10 Murugayan Kumaresan  Malaysia 1 11 Q
11 Li Wenkai  China 1 8 Q
12 Wojciech Pawłak  Poland 1 7 Q
13 James Carney  United States 1 6
14 Fernando Louro  Brazil 1 5
15 Weng Yu-yi  Chinese Taipei 2 10
Nigel Neil Lloyd  Antigua and Barbuda DNF
Dušan Popeskov  Independent Olympic Participants DNF
Scott Richardson  South Africa DNF
Aubrey Richmond  Guyana DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points Notes
1 Stephen McGlede  Australia 0 16 Q
2 Glenn McLeay  New Zealand 0 15 Q
3 Patrick Matt  Liechtenstein 0 3 Q
4 Lubor Tesař  Czechoslovakia 1 32 Q
5 Giovanni Lombardi  Italy 1 28 Q
6 Guido Fulst  Germany 1 21 Q
7 Léon van Bon  Netherlands 1 21 Q
8 Conrado Cabrera  Cuba 1 18 Q
9 Miklós Somogyi  Hungary 1 13 Q
10 Cédric Mathy  Belgium 1 13 Q
11 Hiroshi Daimon  Japan 1 12 Q
12 Erminio Suárez  Argentina 1 11 Q
13 Park Min-su  South Korea 1 10
14 Arnolds Ūdris  Latvia 1 10
15 Miguel Droguett  Chile 1 7
16 Gabriel Aynat  Spain 1 7
17 Georgios Portelanos  Greece 1 3
18 John Malois  Canada 1 1
Majid Naseri  Iran DNF

Final

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Three of the cyclists did not finish, but all 21 of the remaining competitors remained unlapped and could score the final sprint points. Van Bon led with 41 points going into the final sprint, 3 ahead of Lombardi. With 4 points between 1st and 2nd, between 2nd and 4th, and between 3rd and 5th, Lombardi needed to place in the top three with some help from van Bon's position if Lombardi did not finish 1st. Mathy, at 31 points, was also able to win, but needed to finish 1st with van Bon no better than 5th and Lombardi no better than 4th in the final sprint.

Mathy won the final sprint. Van Bon was ahead of Lombardi early, but Lombardi was able to move up to 2nd while van Bon fell to 4th. The points for the three of them in the final sprint were 10 for Mathy, bringing him to 41, 6 to Lombardi (44 total), and 2 to van Bon (43 total). Lombardi took gold, van Bon silver, and Mathy bronze.

Rank Cyclist Nation Laps behind Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanni Lombardi  Italy 0 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon van Bon  Netherlands 0 43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cédric Mathy  Belgium 0 41
4 Glenn McLeay  New Zealand 0 30
5 Lubor Tesař  Czechoslovakia 0 30
6 Éric Magnin  France 0 24
7 Guido Fulst  Germany 0 24
8 Andreas Aeschbach  Switzerland 0 23
9 Franz Stocher  Austria 0 18
10 Erminio Suárez  Argentina 0 16
11 Hiroshi Daimon  Japan 0 14
12 Wojciech Pawłak  Poland 0 12
13 Conrado Cabrera  Cuba 0 12
14 José Youshimatz  Mexico 0 11
15 Dan Frost  Denmark 0 7
16 José Velásquez  Colombia 0 6
17 Patrick Matt  Liechtenstein 0 5
18 Simon Lillistone  Great Britain 0 5
19 Gene Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago 0 4
20 Li Wenkai  China 0 1
21 Murugayan Kumaresan  Malaysia 0 0
Stephen McGlede  Australia DNF
Miklós Somogyi  Hungary DNF
Vasyl Yakovlev  Unified Team DNF

Results summary

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Rank Cyclist Nation Semifinals Final
Laps behind Points Laps behind Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanni Lombardi  Italy 1 28 0 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon van Bon  Netherlands 1 21 0 43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cédric Mathy  Belgium 1 13 0 41
4 Glenn McLeay  New Zealand 0 15 0 30
5 Lubor Tesař  Czechoslovakia 1 32 0 30
6 Éric Magnin  France 1 30 0 24
7 Guido Fulst  Germany 1 21 0 24
8 Andreas Aeschbach  Switzerland 1 18 0 23
9 Franz Stocher  Austria 1 31 0 18
10 Erminio Suárez  Argentina 1 11 0 16
11 Hiroshi Daimon  Japan 1 12 0 14
12 Wojciech Pawłak  Poland 1 7 0 12
13 Conrado Cabrera  Cuba 1 18 0 12
14 José Youshimatz  Mexico 1 28 0 11
15 Dan Frost  Denmark 1 17 0 7
16 José Velásquez  Colombia 1 22 0 6
17 Patrick Matt  Liechtenstein 0 3 0 5
18 Simon Lillistone  Great Britain 0 9 0 5
19 Gene Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago 1 17 0 4
20 Li Wenkai  China 1 8 0 1
21 Murugayan Kumaresan  Malaysia 1 11 0 0
22 Stephen McGlede  Australia 0 16 DNF
Miklós Somogyi  Hungary 1 13 DNF
Vasyl Yakovlev  Unified Team 1 23 DNF
25 Park Min-su  South Korea 1 10 Did not advance
26 Arnolds Ūdris  Latvia 1 10 Did not advance
27 Miguel Droguett  Chile 1 7 Did not advance
28 Gabriel Aynat  Spain 1 7 Did not advance
29 James Carney  United States 1 6 Did not advance
30 Fernando Louro  Brazil 1 5 Did not advance
31 Georgios Portelanos  Greece 1 3 Did not advance
32 John Malois  Canada 1 1 Did not advance
33 Weng Yu-yi  Chinese Taipei 2 10 Did not advance
Nigel Neil Lloyd  Antigua and Barbuda DNF Did not advance
Majid Naseri  Iran DNF Did not advance
Dušan Popeskov  Independent Olympic Participants DNF Did not advance
Scott Richardson  South Africa DNF Did not advance
Aubrey Richmond  Guyana DNF Did not advance
Craig Merren  Cayman Islands DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's points race". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Points Race, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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