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1,000 metres Time Trial, Men

Date30 July 1984 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Velodrome, California State University at Dominguez Hills, Carson, California
Participants25 from 25 countries

The best kilometer rider in the world was likely the defending champion Lothar Thoms of East Germany, who was not present. The 1983 World Champion was Sergey Kopylov (URS), also a no show. In their absence, the favorite was the 1982 World Champion, Fredy Schmidtke of West Germany. With the outdoor cement track, the times were much slower than in 1980. But in the end, Schmidtke confirmed his favorite status, winning with 1:06.10. The silver medalist, Curt Harnett (CAN), would win bronze medals in the match sprint in both 1992 and 1996. In 1995, he became the first cyclist to better 10 seconds (9.865) for the final 200 metres of the sprint race, a world record that lasted for 11 years.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTime
1Fredy SchmidtkeFRG1:06.10Gold
2Curt HarnettCAN1:06.44Silver
3Fabrice ColasFRA1:06.65Bronze
4Gene SamuelTTO1:06.69
5Craig AdairNZL1:06.96
6David WellerJAM1:07.24
7Marcelo AlexandreARG1:07.29
8Rory O'ReillyUSA1:07.39
9Stefano BaudinoITA1:07.70
10Heinz IslerSUI1:07.88
11Rolf Morgan HansenNOR1:07.94
12Marcelo GreuelBRA1:08.37
13Tsutomu SakamotoJPN1:08.87
14Max RainsfordAUS1:08.96
15Claus RasmussenDEN1:09.04
16Max LeivaGUA1:09.36
17Miguel DroguettCHI1:09.42
18Mark BarryGBR1:09.54
19Charles PileBAR1:10.56
20Rosman AlwiMAS1:11.03
21Paul PoppAUT1:11.10
22Lee Fu-HsiangTPE1:11.12
23Rodolfo GuavesPHI1:11.61
24Ernest MoodieCAY1:16.91
DNFLeon RichardsonANT