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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date29 July 1984 — 13:00
StatusOlympic
LocationMission Viejo, California
Participants135 from 43 countries
Format190.2 km. (118.2 miles) mass start race.

With the Soviet-led boycott, the top riders from the Soviet Union, the GDR, and Poland were not present in Los Angeles. By now, American riders were becoming more prominent internationally and the home course advantage and absent Eastern European riders led many to pick American riders as favorites. Davis Phinney was highly considered, as the best sprinter on the US team, but the course was a hilly one of 12 laps over 190.2 km., and Phinney, not a great climber, missed the winning break, eventually finishing fifth. American Alexi Grewal and Canadian Steve Bauer broke away on the penultimate lap. Though they never had a large lead on the trailing Norwegian twosome of Dag Otto Lauritzen and Morten Saether, Grewal and Bauer were able to stay away to the finish. Bauer was considered the better sprinter but Grewal pipped him in the sprint by less than a wheel. Bauer later had a solid professional career, finishing fourth at the 1988 Tour de France, and wearing the yellow jersey in both 1988 and 1990. One rider who did not finish was Miguel Induráin, who from 1991-95 became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France in five consecutive years.

Grewal also turned professional but his career was less impressive. He won a few domestic races but never won in Europe in a major international race. Grewal’s mere participation in 1984 was controversial. He had tested positive only 10 days before the Olympics, after the Coors Classic in Colorado, for phenylethylamine, a stimulant. He was suspended for 30 days by the US Cycling Federation and dropped from the Olympic team. But Grewal appealed the suspension, noting that he took albuterol for asthma and the tests were not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between the two drugs. Reinstated, he was able to race at Los Angeles.

PosBibCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Alexi GrewalUSA4-59:57Gold
2Steve BauerCANat 0:00Silver
3Dag Otto LauritzenNORat 0:21Bronze
4Morten SætherNORat 0:21
5Davis PhinneyUSAat 1:19
6Thurlow RogersUSAat 1:19
7Bojan RopretYUGat 1:19
8Néstor MoraCOLat 1:19
9Ron KiefelUSAat 1:43
10Richard TrinklerSUIat 1:43
11Raúl AlcaláMEXat 1:43
12Stefan MaurerSUIat 3:37
13Alberto VolpiITAat 4:10
14Per ChristianssonSWEat 4:10
15Helmut WechselbergerAUTat 4:10
16Enrique CamposVENat 4:10
17Luis Rosendo RamosMEXat 6:14
18Brian FowlerNZLat 6:48
19Martin EarleyIRLat 6:48
20Atle KvålsvollNORat 6:48
21Fabio ParraCOLat 6:48
22Thomas FreiensteinFRGat 7:51
23Francisco AntequeraESPat 11:30
24Per PedersenDENat 11:46
25Kari MyyryläinenFINat 11:46
26Lars WahlqvistSWEat 11:46
27Paul KimmageIRLat 11:46
28Daniel AmardeilhFRAat 11:46
29Philippe BouvatierFRAat 11:46
30Kjell NilssonSWEat 11:46
31Harry HannusFINat 11:46
32Stefan BryktSWEat 11:46
33Louis GarneauCANat 15:30
34Kurt ZellhoferAUTat 15:30
35Primož ČerinYUGat 15:30
36Achim StadlerFRGat 15:30
37Stephen CoxNZLat 15:30
38Patrick WackströmFINat 15:30
39Gary ThomsonIRLat 15:30
40Kim EriksenDENat 15:30
41Werner StauffFRGat 18:04
42Jure PavličYUGat 18:04
43Séamus DowneyIRLat 18:04
44Jean-Paul van PoppelNEDat 22:20
45Matsuyoshi TakahashiJPNat 22:20
46Marko CudermanYUGat 22:20
47Salvador RíosMEXat 22:20
48Park Se-RyongKORat 22:20
49Johann TraxlerAUTat 22:20
50Jeff LeslieAUSat 22:20
51Fernando CorreaVENat 22:20
52Carlos JaramilloCOLat 22:20
53Arthur TennJAMat 22:20
54Mustapha NajjariMARat 22:30
55Michael LynchAUSat 27:05
DNFLuis BieraARG
DNFGary TrowellAUS
DNFJohn WattersAUS
DNFPaul PoppAUT
DNFCarlo BomansBEL
DNFRonny Van SweeveltBEL
DNFFrank VerleyenBEL
DNFBuddy FordBER
DNFEarl GodfreyBER
DNFClyde WilsonBER
DNFJoslyn ChavarriaBIZ
DNFWarren CoyeBIZ
DNFLindford GillittBIZ
DNFWernell ReneauBIZ
DNFPierre HarveyCAN
DNFAlain MassonCAN
DNFCraig MerrenCAY
DNFDavid DibbenCAY
DNFAlfred EbanksCAY
DNFAldyn WintCAY
DNFManuel AravenaCHI
DNFRoberto MuñozCHI
DNFAlain AyissiCMR
DNFJoseph KonoCMR
DNFDieudonné NtepCMR
DNFThomas SianiCMR
DNFRogelio ArangoCOL
DNFSpyros AgrotisCYP
DNFOle ByrielDEN
DNFSøren LilholtDEN
DNFManuel DomínguezESP
DNFMiguel InduráinESP
DNFJosé Salvador SanchísESP
DNFHarri HedgrenFIN
DNFClaude CarlinFRA
DNFDenis PelizzariFRA
DNFAndreas KappesFRG
DNFMark BellGBR
DNFNeil MartinGBR
DNFPete SandersGBR
DNFDarryl WebsterGBR
DNFKanellos KanellopoulosGRE
DNFIlias KelesidisGRE
DNFRandolph ToussaintGUY
DNFChoy Yiu ChungHKG
DNFHung Chung YamHKG
DNFLaw Siu OnHKG
DNFLeung Hung TakHKG
DNFHans DaamsNED
DNFTwan PoelsNED
DNFNico VerhoevenNED
DNFStefano ColagèITA
DNFRoberto PagninITA
DNFRenato PiccoloITA
DNFLorenzo MurdockJAM
DNFKim Cheol-SeokKOR
DNFLee Jin-OkKOR
DNFSin Dae-CheolKOR
DNFSirop ArslanianLBN
DNFMustapha AfandiMAR
DNFBrahim Ben BouillaMAR
DNFAhmed RhailiMAR
DNFDyton ChimwazaMAW
DNFDaniel KaswangaMAW
DNFGeorge NayejaMAW
DNFAmadu YusufuMAW
DNFJesús RíosMEX
DNFHans Petter ØdegårdNOR
DNFRoger SumichNZL
DNFRamón ZavaletaPER
DNFRamón RiveraPUR
DNFHassan Al-AbsiKSA
DNFMohammed Al-ShanqitiKSA
DNFAbdullah Al-ShayeKSA
DNFAli Al-GhazawiKSA
DNFMaurizio CasadeiSMR
DNFHeinz ImbodenSUI
DNFBenno WissSUI
DNFMuharud MukasaUGA
DNFErnest BuuleUGA