Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial
Appearance
Cycling - Men's team time trial at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||
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Venue | Artesia Freeway, Buena Park, California | ||
Dates | 5 August | ||
Competitors | 104 from 26 nations | ||
Medalists | |||
Marcello Bartalini Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli ![]() | |||
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Alfred Achermann Richard Trinkler Laurent Vial Benno Wiss ![]() | ||
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Ron Kiefel Clarence Knickman Davis Phinney Andrew Weaver ![]() |
Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Road cycling![]() | ||
Road race | men | women |
Team time trial | men | |
Track cycling![]() | ||
Track time trial | men | |
Individual pursuit | men | |
Team pursuit | men | |
Sprint | men | |
Points race | men | |
The men's team time trial cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics. The qualification and quarter finals were on 2 August and the semi-finals and finals on 3 August.[1]
The Italian team recorded a dominant victory by winning by 4:10 over Switzerland. The Italian team was one of the first teams to use modern carbon-fiber disc wheels, which are now commonly used in time trials. Their time of 1h 58:28 was the fastest time ever recorded over 100 km in a team time trial, and would have been faster without a flat tire that cost them 20 seconds to change the wheel. The venue was a 15½-mile stretch of the Artesia Freeway.
Results[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cycling at the 1984 Summer Games: Men's team time trial". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2015.