Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race

The women's individual road race at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics was the first time that a women's cycling event had been included in the Olympic program. The race took place on Sunday July 29, 1984 along the major roads within Mission Viejo, California. There were 45 participants in the race, from 16 nations, with one cyclist who did not finish.^[1]

Women's road race at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Streets of Mission Viejo
Date	July 29
Competitors	45 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:11:14
Medalists
Connie Carpenter  United States Rebecca Twigg  United States Sandra Schumacher  West Germany
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Final classification

RANK	Rider	Time
	Connie Carpenter (USA)	2:11:14
	Rebecca Twigg (USA)	–
	Sandra Schumacher (FRG)	–
4	Unni Larsen (NOR)	–
5	Maria Canins (ITA)	–
6	Jeannie Longo (FRA)	+1:21
7	Helle Sørensen (DEN)	+2:14
8	Ute Enzenauer (FRG)	–
9	Luisa Seghezzi (ITA)	–
10	Janelle Parks (USA)	–
11	Cécile Odin (FRA)	–
12	Ines Varenkamp (FRG)	–
13	Catherine Swinnerton (GBR)	–
14	Dominique Damiani (FRA)	–
15	Kristina Ranudd (SWE)	–
16	Tuulikki Jahre (SWE)	–
17	Linda Gornall (GBR)	–
18	Nina Søby (NOR)	–
19	Hege Stendahl (NOR)	–
20	Marielle Guichard (FRA)	–
21	Inga Thompson (USA)	–
22	Geneviève Robic-Brunet (CAN)	+2:48
23	Roberta Bonanomi (ITA)	+3:59
24	Marie-Claude Audet (CAN)	+9:02
25	Marianne Berglund (SWE)	–
26	Johanna Hack (AUT)	+9:28
27	Karen Strong-Hearth (CAN)	+10:49
28	Leontine van der Lienden (NED)	–
29	Maria Blower (GBR)	–
30	Muriel Sharp (GBR)	–
31	Lu Suyan (CHN)	+13:05
32	Kathlyn Ragg (FIJ)	+14:45
33	Gabriele Altweck (FRG)	+18:12
34	Emanuela Menuzzo (ITA)	–
35	Paula Westher (SWE)	–
36	Wang Li (CHN)	–
37	Hennie Top (NED)	–
38	Hilde Dobiasch (AUT)	–
39	Thea van Rijnsoever (NED)	–
40	Wakako Abe (JPN)	+28:58
41	Lu Yu'e (CHN)	+31:41
42	Choi Eun-suk (KOR)	+32:36
43	Mun Suk (KOR)	+32:57
44	Son Yak-seon (KOR)	+37:22
–	Merilyn Phillips (CAY)	DNF