Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Viktor Kapitonov 1960.jpg
Viktor Kapitonov
VenueGrottarossa Circuit, Rome
175.38 km (109.0 mi)
Date30 August 1960
Competitors142 from 42 nations
Winning time4:20:37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Viktor Kapitonov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Livio Trapè
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Willy Vanden Berghen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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The men's individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, was held on 30 August 1960. There were 142 participants from 42 nations. Each nation could enter up to four cyclists. Of the 142 starters 76 rode the distance to the end. [1] The event was won by Viktor Kapitonov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first medal in the event. Livio Trapè of Italy took silver, putting that country on the podium for the second consecutive Games. Willy Vanden Berghen's bronze gave Belgium its fourth medal in four Games (one in 1948, two in 1952, none in 1956).

Background

This was the sixth 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). The favorites were the German riders Gustav-Adolf Schur (1958 and 1959 world champion) and Bernhard Eckstein (1960 world champion). [2]

For the first time since the reintroduction of the event in 1936, there was no corresponding team event (it had been replaced by a separate team time trial). The Danish riders entered in the individual event withdrew after the death of Knud Enemark Jensen in the team time trial.

The British West Indies, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and Tunisia each made their debut in the men's individual road race; East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Great Britain made its sixth 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 12 laps of a 14.615 kilometres circuit known as the "Grottarossa Circuit," for a total of 175.38 kilometres. The course ran along the Via Flaminia, the Via Di Grottarossa, and the Via Cassia. Each lap included "a slightly steep climb, and a series of switchbacks, just after the 6 km. point, and then ascended gently for the next 2½ km." [2] [3]

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

The day was hot, despite the morning start, with temperatures at 38 degrees Celsius.

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 30 August 19609:00Final

Results

The first break was by van Kreuningen in lap 2. He led by himself until lap 5 when his teammate Hugens joined him. In lap 7, however, the pair was caught by a pack of seven cyclists. Additional cyclists moved up into the lead group in laps 7 and 8. The next significant breakaway from that bunch was by Trapè and Kapitonov in lap 10. Kapitonov broke into a sprint to finish lap 11, apparently confused as to how many laps had been completed. Trapè caught up to him, with a large (39 cyclists) chase pack bearing down on the pair in the actual final lap, lap 12. Kapitonov successfully repeated his sprint to beat Trapè, and the chase pack ultimately did not come within 20 seconds of the pair. [2]

The Official Report lists only the finishers, requiring historians to put together a list of non-finishers from other sources. Further, the finish-line judge left to have lunch and the placement of the finishers is suspect based on photographs and personal reports from the cyclists. [2]

RankCyclistNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Viktor Kapitonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:20:37
Silver medal icon.svg Livio Trapè Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:20:37
Bronze medal icon.svg Willy Vanden Berghen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:20:57
4 Yury Melikhov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:20:57
5 Ion Cosma Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 4:20:57
6 Stanisław Gazda Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:20:57
7 Benoni Beheyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:20:57
8 Janez Žirovnik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:20:57
9 Jacques Gestraut Flag of France.svg  France 4:20:57
10 Antonio Bailetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:20:57
11 Bogusław Fornalczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:20:57
12 Erwin Jaisli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:20:57
13 Roland Lacombe Flag of France.svg  France 4:20:57
14 Roby Hentges Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:20:57
15 François Hamon Flag of France.svg  France 4:20:57
16 José Antonio Momeñe Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 4:20:57
17 Paul Nyman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:20:57
18 Jim Hinds Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:20:57
19 Giuseppe Tonucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:20:57
20 Egon Adler Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4:20:57
21 Erich Hagen Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4:20:57
22 Bernhard Eckstein Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4:20:57
23 Gustav-Adolf Schur Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 4:20:57
24 Michael Hiltner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:20:57
25 René Andring Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:20:57
26 Gunnar Göransson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:20:57
27 Rubén Darío Gómez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:20:57
28 Hernán Medina Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:20:57
29 Arsenio Chirinos Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 4:20:57
30 Ivan Levačić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:20:57
31 Nevenko Valčić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:20:57
32 Emil Beeler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:20:57
33 Yevgeny Klevtsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:20:57
34 Gainan Saidkhuzhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:20:57
35 Arnold Ruiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:20:57
36 Bill Bradley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:20:57
37 William Holmes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:20:57
38 Jan Hugens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:20:57
39 Henry Ohayon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:20:57
40Salvatore PalmucciFlag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 4:20:57
41 Paul Camilleri Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg  Malta 4:20:57
42 Kurt Postl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:21:58
43 Frank Brazier Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:21:58
44 Ricardo Senn Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 4:21:58
45 Mohamed Ben Mohamed Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:21:58
46 Mohamed Ghandora Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:21:58
47 Osvald Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:21:58
48 Ramón Hoyos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:21:58
49 Robert Lelangue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:22:02
50 Raymond Reaux Flag of France.svg  France 4:23:57
51 Roger Thull Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:25:34
52 Stoyan Georgiev Demirev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 4:25:44
53 Ken Laidlaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:25:44
54 Jan Chtiej Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:25:44
55 Raimo Honkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:25:44
56 Ignacio Astigarraga Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 4:25:44
57 Abdallah Lahoucine Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4:25:44
58 Jan Janssen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:26:05
59 Unto Hautalahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:26:05
60 Matti Herronen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:26:05
61 Luis Zárate Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 4:26:05
62 Emilio Vidal Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 4:26:05
63 José Ferreira Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 4:28:24
64 Lars Zebroski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:28:40
65 Max Wechsler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:28:40
66 Wes Chowen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:31:12
67 Alan Grindal Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:31:12
68 Jacinto Brito Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 4:31:12
69 Alojz Bajc Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 4:31:12
70 Fritz Inthaler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:31:23
71 Per Digerud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:31:23
72 Hubert Bächli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:31:37
73 Owe Adamson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:31:37
74 Mohamed Touati Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 4:35:56
75 Bob Tetzlaff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:35:56
76 Gheorghe Calcişcă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 4:40:29
— Garry Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
Robert Whetters Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
Kurt Schweiger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
Joseph Geurts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF
Dimitar Kotev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria DNF
Boyan Kotsev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria DNF
Ognyan ToshevFlag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria DNF
Luigi Bartesaghi Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada DNF
Alessandro Messina Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada DNF
Pablo Hurtado Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF
Juan Sánchez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DNF
Ventura Díaz Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DNF
Kouflu AlazarFlag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Guremu Demboba Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Amousse TessemaFlag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Megra AdmassouFlag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Ferenc Stámusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
János Dévai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
Ferenc Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
Győző Török Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
Hendrik Brocks Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNF
Rusli Hamsjin Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNF
Theo Polhaupessy Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNF
Sanusi Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia DNF
Peter Crinnion Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNF
Sonny Cullen Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNF
Séamus Herron Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNF
Mahmood MunimFlag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Iraq DNF
Hamid OraibiFlag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Iraq DNF
Itzhak Ben David Flag of Israel.svg  Israel DNF
Vendramino Bariviera Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
Masashi Omiya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF
Jo Jae-hyeon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DNF
Lee Seung-hunFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DNF
Pak Jong-hyeonFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DNF
No Do-cheon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DNF
Adolf Heeb Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein DNF
Louis Grisius Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg DNF
Ahmed Omar Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF
Mauricio Mata Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico DNF
Filiberto Mercado Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico DNF
John Bugeja Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg  Malta DNF
Joseph Polidano Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg  Malta DNF
René Lotz Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF
Lex van Kreuningen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF
Wiesław Podobas Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNF
Ramiro Martins Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
José Pacheco Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Mário Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Francisco Valada Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Gabriel Moiceanu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania DNF
Aurel Şelaru Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania DNF
Domenico Cecchetti Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino DNF
Sante Ciacci Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino DNF
Vito Corbelli Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino DNF
Maurice Coomarawel Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ceylon DNF
Gösta Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
Ali Ben Ali Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia DNF
Mohamed El-KemissiFlag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia DNF
Bechir Mardassi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia DNF
Rubén Etchebarne Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay DNF
Rodolfo Rodino Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay DNF
Juan José Timón Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay DNF
Alberto Velázquez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay DNF
Francisco Mujica Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela DNF
Clyde Rimple Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Official Report, p. 318.
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