Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
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Men's road race at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Streets of Mission Viejo | |||||||||
Date | July 29 | |||||||||
Competitors | 135 from 43 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:59:57 | |||||||||
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The men's individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held on Sunday July 29, 1984. There were 135 participants from 43 nations in the race over 190.20 km, on a course in Mission Viejo, California. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. 55 cyclists finished.[1] The event was won by Alexi Grewal of the United States, the nation's first medal in the men's individual road race. All three nations represented on the podium were there for the first time in the event; Canada with Steve Bauer's silver and Norway with Dag Otto Lauritzen's bronze joined the Americans.