Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Hachiōji-Rundkurs.png
The course, in red
VenueHachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo
194.83 km (121.1 mi)
Date22 October 1964
Competitors132 from 35 nations
Winning time4:39:51.63
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mario Zanin
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjell Rodian
 Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Walter Godefroot
 Belgium
← 1960
1968 →

The men's individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 22 October 1964. The course, just short of 25 kilometres, was covered 8 times for a total distance of 194.832 kilometres. 132 cyclists from 35 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. The event was won by Mario Zanin of Italy, the nation's second victory in the men's individual road race and third consecutive Games in the top two. Kjell Rodian earned Denmark's first medal in the event with his silver. Walter Godefroot's bronze was Belgium's fifth medal in five Games (with 2 in 1952 making up for missing the podium in 1956).

Background[]

This was the seventh 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). Eddy Merckx of Belgium was the reigning world champion and the only one of the last four world champions to compete (the other three had all turned professional).[2]

The Republic of China, Hong Kong, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its seventh 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 course that covered eight laps of a 24.354 kilometres circuit starting at the Takao train station, for a total of 194.832 kilometres. It was a "relatively easy course" that "featured a fairly steep, but short, climb of 65 metres at the 11th km., followed by a short descent, and then a mild climb over the next few kilometres."[2] The course ran into Hachioji, across the Asakawa Bridge, to Sanyu Corner, then northwest to Tobuki Cross with a detour to Takatsuki Terminal, then back south to Takao station again. It was a shorter version of the team time trial course, which went out to the Hino Bridge before looping back to Sanyu Corner.[3]

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 22 October 1964 10:00 Final

Results[]

Nobody was able to make a successful breakaway, with 99 riders closely bunched throughout the race. The best attempts all fell short with no effective tries in the last 15 kilometres. Merckx had a late effort with 1.5 kilometres left but never got more than 20 metres clear of the pack. Zanin and Rodian reached the front in the final sprint, though all 99 cyclists in the pack finished within two tenths of a second of Zanin. Precise order within the pack, particularly after 35th place, is disputed.[2]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mario Zanin  Italy 4:39:51.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjell Rodian  Denmark 4:39:51.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Walter Godefroot  Belgium 4:39:51.74
4 Raymond Bilney  Australia 4:39:51.74
5 José Manuel López  Spain 4:39:51.74
6 Wilfried Peffgen  United Team of Germany 4:39:51.74
7 Gösta Pettersson  Sweden 4:39:51.74
8 Delmo Delmastro  Argentina 4:39:51.74
9 Roberto Breppe  Argentina 4:39:51.74
10 Laurie Byers  New Zealand 4:39:51.74
11 Erik Pettersson  Sweden 4:39:51.74
12 Eddy Merckx  Belgium 4:39:51.74
13 Jan Kudra  Poland 4:39:51.74
14 Michael Hollingsworth  Australia 4:39:51.74
15 Ole Højlund Pedersen  Denmark 4:39:51.74
16 Hans Lüthi  Switzerland 4:39:51.74
17 Richard Johnstone  New Zealand 4:39:51.74
18 Roger Swerts  Belgium 4:39:51.74
19 Johny Schleck  Luxembourg 4:39:51.74
20 Bart Zoet  Netherlands 4:39:51.74
21 Flemming Hansen  Denmark 4:39:51.74
22 Daniel Gráč  Czechoslovakia 4:39:51.74
23 José Manuel Lasa  Spain 4:39:51.74
24 János Juszkó  Hungary 4:39:51.74
25 Colin Lewis  Great Britain 4:39:51.74
26 Terence West  Great Britain 4:39:51.74
27 Gerben Karstens  Netherlands 4:39:51.74
28 Severino Andreoli  Italy 4:39:51.74
29 Burkhard Ebert  United Team of Germany 4:39:51.75
30 Erwin Jaisli  Switzerland 4:39:51.75
31 Derek Harrison  Great Britain 4:39:51.75
32 Mariano Díaz  Spain 4:39:51.75
33 Felice Gimondi  Italy 4:39:51.76
34 Jorge Mariné  Spain 4:39:51.76
35 András Mészáros  Hungary 4:39:51.76
36 Chow Kwong Man  Hong Kong 4:39:51.76
37 Masashi Omiya  Japan 4:39:51.76
38 Jozef Boons  Belgium 4:39:51.76
39 Louis Pfenninger  Switzerland 4:39:51.76
40 Harry Steevens  Netherlands 4:39:51.76
41 Gainan Saidkhuzhin  Soviet Union 4:39:51.77
42 Jan Pieterse  Netherlands 4:39:51.77
43 Yanjingiin Baatar  Mongolia 4:39:51.77
44 Jan Magiera  Poland 4:39:51.77
45 Ricardo Vázquez  Uruguay 4:39:51.78
46 Martín Rodríguez  Colombia 4:39:51.78
47 Antal Megyerdi  Hungary 4:39:51.78
48 Francisco Pérez  Uruguay 4:39:51.78
49 Rubén Placanica  Argentina 4:39:51.79
50 Sven Hamrin  Sweden 4:39:51.79
51 Michael Cowley  Great Britain 4:39:51.79
52 Sture Pettersson  Sweden 4:39:51.79
53 Francis Bazire  France 4:39:51.80
54 Immo Rittmeyer  United Team of Germany 4:39:51.80
55 Pablo Hernández  Colombia 4:39:51.80
56 Anatoly Olizarenko  Soviet Union 4:39:51.80
57 Gabriel Moiceanu  Romania 4:39:51.80
58 Constantin Ciocan  Romania 4:39:51.81
59 Ion Cosma  Romania 4:39:51.81
60 Yury Melikhov  Soviet Union 4:39:51.81
61 Des Thomson  New Zealand 4:39:51.81
62 Aleksei Petrov  Soviet Union 4:39:51.81
63 Hans Heinemann  Switzerland 4:39:51.82
64 Vid Cencic  Uruguay 4:39:51.82
65 David Humphreys  Australia 4:39:51.82
66 Max Grace  New Zealand 4:39:51.83
67 Jiří Daler  Czechoslovakia 4:39:51.83
68 Malcolm McCredie  Australia 4:39:51.83
69 Rubén Darío Gómez  Colombia 4:39:51.83
70 František Řezáč  Czechoslovakia 4:39:51.83
71 Jan Smolík  Czechoslovakia 4:39:51.83
72 Stephen Lim  Malaysia 4:39:51.83
73 Arturo Romeo  Philippines 4:39:51.83
74 Ole Ritter  Denmark 4:39:51.83
75 John Allis  United States 4:39:51.83
76 Phạm Văn Sau  Vietnam 4:39:51.83
77 Andrzej Bławdzin  Poland 4:39:51.83
78 Günter Hoffmann  United Team of Germany 4:39:51.83
79 Mikael Saglimbeni  Ethiopia 4:39:51.83
80 Lucien Aimar  France 4:39:51.83
81 Mashallah Amin Sorour  Iran 4:39:51.83
82 Rajmund Zieliński  Poland 4:39:51.83
83 László Mahó  Hungary 4:39:51.83
84 Teófilo Toda  Peru 4:39:51.83
85 Luvsangiin Erkhemjamts  Mongolia 4:39:51.83
86 Her Jong-chau  Taiwan 4:39:51.83
87 Shue Ming-shu  Taiwan 4:39:51.83
88 Gheorghe Bădără  Romania 4:39:51.83
89 Tarwon Jirapan  Thailand 4:39:51.83
90 Trần Văn Nen  Vietnam 4:39:51.83
91 Pakdi Chillananda  Thailand 4:39:51.83
92 Chow Kwong Choi  Hong Kong 4:39:51.83
93 Melesio Soto  Mexico 4:39:51.83
94 Bernard Guyot  France 4:39:51.83
95 Christian Raymond  France 4:39:51.83
96 Edy Schütz  Luxembourg 4:39:51.83
97 Daniel Olivares  Philippines 4:39:51.83
98 Cornelio Padilla  Philippines 4:39:51.83
99 Sayed Esmail Hosseini  Iran 4:39:51.83
100 Michael Hiltner  United States 4:59:54.00
101 Akbar Poudeh  Iran 4:59:59.00
102 Wilde Baridón  Uruguay 5:01:50.00
103 Luvsangiin Buudai  Mongolia 5:01:57.00
104 Francisco Coronel  Mexico 5:02:15.00
105 Hiroshi Yamao  Japan 5:10:40.00
106 Toshiro Akamatsu  Japan 5:27:10.00
107 Lee Seon-bae  South Korea 5:27:16
An Byeong-hun  South Korea DNF
Chainarong Sophonpong  Thailand DNF
Davoud Akhlagi  Iran DNF
Deng Chueng-hwai  Taiwan DNF
Ferruccio Manza  Italy DNF
Fisihasion Ghebreyesus  Ethiopia DNF
Heriberto Díaz  Mexico DNF
Hwang Chang-sik  South Korea DNF
Raymond Castilloux  United States DNF
Mario Escobar  Colombia DNF
Michael Andrew  Malaysia DNF
Norberto Arceo  Philippines DNF
Choijiljavyn Samand  Mongolia DNF
Suleman Ambaye  Ethiopia DNF
Hamid Supaat  Malaysia DNF
Thomas Montemage  United States DNF
Vitool Charernratana  Thailand DNF
Wi Gyeong-yong  South Korea DNF
Yemane Negassi  Ethiopia DNF
Zain Safar-ud-Din  Malaysia DSQ
Nguyễn Văn Khoi  Vietnam DSQ
Masanori Tsuji  Japan DSQ
Moises López  Mexico DSQ
Mok Sau Hei  Hong Kong DSQ
Nguyễn Văn Ngan  Vietnam DSQ

Notes[]

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 263.
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