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Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

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Men's track time trial
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Velodrome
Date20 September
Competitors30 from 30 nations
Winning time1:04.499
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Kirichenko
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martin Vinnicombe
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Lechner
 West Germany
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The men's track time trial cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 20 September and was one of the nine cycling events at the 1984 Olympics.[1] There were 30 cyclists from 30 nations, with each nation limited to one competitor.[2] The event was won by Aleksandr Kirichenko of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the men's track time trial. Martin Vinnicombe's silver was Australia's first medal in the event since 1972, while Robert Lechner put West Germany on the podium for the second consecutive Games with his bronze.

Background

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This was the 15th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It would be held every Games until being dropped from the programme after 2004. The returning cyclists from 1980 were silver medalist Curt Harnett of Canada, fourth-place finisher Gene Samuel of Trinidad and Tobago, seventh-place finisher Marcelo Alexandre of Argentina, sixteenth-place finisher Max Leiva of Guatemala, twentieth-place finisher Rosman Alwi of Malaysia, and twenty-second-place finisher Lee Fu-hsiang of Chinese Taipei. The favorite was Australian Martin Vinnicombe, who had won the 1987 world championship after third and second place finishes in 1985 and 1986. Other contestants included Maic Malchow of East Germany, who had set the world record in 1986.[2]

Liechtenstein and Spain each made their debut in the men's track time trial. France made its 15th appearance, having competed at every appearance of the event. For the first time, Great Britain did not compete.

Competition format

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The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.[2][3]

Records

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The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

World record  Maic Malchow (GDR) 1:02.091 Colorado Springs, United States 28 August 1986
Olympic record  Lothar Thoms (GDR) 1:02.955 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 July 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 20 September 1988 19:10 Final

Results

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Rank Cyclist Nation Lap 1 Lap 2 Time Speed
(km/h)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Kirichenko  Soviet Union 22.903 42.568 1:04.499 55.814
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martin Vinnicombe  Australia 23.388 43.037 1:04.784 55.569
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Lechner  West Germany 23.195 43.296 1:05.114 55.287
4 Kenneth Røpke  Denmark 24.075 43.772 1:05.168 55.241
5 Bernardo González  Spain 24.163 43.690 1:05.281 55.146
6 Maic Malchow  East Germany 23.919 43.790 1:05.393 55.051
7 Tony Graham  New Zealand 24.726 44.512 1:05.744 54.757
8 Frédéric Magné  France 23.701 44.332 1:06.142 54.428
9 Rocco Travella  Switzerland 23.562 43.668 1:06.209 54.373
10 Clóvis Anderson  Brazil 23.796 44.380 1:06.282 54.313
11 Curt Harnett  Canada 23.486 44.042 1:06.291 54.306
12 Gene Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago 23.256 43.615 1:06.560 54.086
13 Marcelo Alexandre  Argentina 24.211 44.521 1:06.925 53.791
14 Bobby Livingston  United States 23.763 44.299 1:06.926 53.790
15 Eom Yeong-seop  South Korea 23.624 44.079 1:07.000 53.731
16 Hiroshi Toyooka  Japan 24.605 44.844 1:07.240 53.539
17 Mika Hämäläinen  Finland 24.630 45.039 1:07.384 53.425
18 Thierry Détant  Netherlands 24.208 44.772 1:07.555 53.289
19 Mario Pons  Ecuador 23.415 44.636 1:08.351 52.669
20 Gary Mandy  Zimbabwe 24.087 45.116 1:08.474 52.574
21 Peter Hermann  Liechtenstein 25.542 46.716 1:08.999 52.174
22 Lee Fu-hsiang  Chinese Taipei 24.591 45.557 1:09.024 52.155
23 Max Leiva  Guatemala 24.874 26.062 1:09.214 52.012
24 Roderick Chase  Barbados 24.168 45.709 1:09.994 51.432
25 Rosman Alwi  Malaysia 25.249 46.972 1:10.446 51.102
26 Bernardo Rimarim  Philippines 26.303 48.111 1:11.647 50.246
27 Jalil Eftekhari  Iran 25.169 47.302 1:11.683 50.221
28 Michele Smith  Cayman Islands 25.775 47.730 1:11.820 50.125
29 Bailón Becerra  Bolivia 25.087 47.967 1:13.513 48.970
30 Neil Lloyd  Antigua and Barbuda 26.999 50.995 1:18.324 45.962

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1988 Summer Games: Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "1,000 metres Time Trial, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 354.


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