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Cycling At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Individual Road Race
The men's individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 22 October 1964. The course, just short of 25 kilometres, was covered 8 times for a total distance of 194.832 kilometres. 132 cyclists from 35 nations competed. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. The event was won by Mario Zanin of Italy, the nation's second victory in the men's individual road race and third consecutive Games in the top two. Kjell Rodian earned Denmark's first medal in the event with his silver. Walter Godefroot's bronze was Belgium's fifth medal in five Games (with 2 in 1952 making up for missing the podium in 1956). Background This was the seventh 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). Eddy Merckx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Zanin (cyclist)
Mario Zanin (born 3 July 1940) is a former Italian cyclist who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in the individual road race. – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 4 January 2008) After that he turned professional and in 1966 won one stage of the Vuelta a España. He retired in 1968. cyclingarchives.com References External links * 1940 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic cyclists for Italy Cyclists from the Province of Treviso Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |