Cycling Track at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Dates 27 – 31 July 1992
Medal Events 7

There were no changes to the men’s program, with five events – kilometre time trial, match sprint, individual pursuit, team pursuit, and points race. For the third consecutive Olympics, a women’s event was added to the program, this time the individual pursuit on the track, giving women two track events and one road event. Track cycling took place at the Vélodrom d’Horta. This was a 250.0 metre wooden-surfaced track with 43° banked curves and 13° banked straights and was outdoors, unlike in 1976, 1980, and 1988.

Estonian Erika Salumäe defended her gold medal in the match sprint, after having won in 1988 while representing the Soviet Union. German Petra Roßner won the initial women’s pursuit race. On the men’s side the titles were split among four countries, with Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Spain winning one event each.

German Jens Fiedler won the match sprint, in which he would repeat in 1996 and add a bronze in 2000. Britain’s Chris Boardman won the individual pursuit on a new, extremely expensive, aerodynamic bicycle manufactured by Lotus. He would later turn to the roads and won several stages at the Tour de France and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the individual road time trial.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Sprint, Men Olympic 28 – 31 July 1992 23 23
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Olympic 27 July 1992 32 32
Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Olympic 27 – 29 July 1992 29 29
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 – 31 July 1992 85 20
Points Race, Men Olympic 28 – 31 July 1992 38 38
Sprint, Women Olympic 28 – 31 July 1992 12 12
Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 30 – 31 July 1992 17 17
195 (167/28) 53 (49/19)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint, Men Jens FiedlerGER Gary NeiwandAUS Curt HarnettCAN
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men José MorenoESP Shane KellyAUS Erin HartwellUSA
Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Chris BoardmanGBR Jens LehmannGER Gary AndersonNZL
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men GermanyGER AustraliaAUS DenmarkDEN
Points Race, Men Giovanni LombardiITA Léon van BonNED Cédric MathyBEL
Sprint, Women Erika SalumäeEST Annett NeumannGER Ingrid HaringaNED
Individual Pursuit, Women Petra RoßnerGER Kathy WattAUS Rebecca TwiggUSA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 3 2 0 5
Estonia EST 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
Spain ESP 1 0 0 1
Australia AUS 0 4 0 4
Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
United States USA 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1