Cycling at the Summer Olympics

As part of the Summer Olympic Games and competitions are held in cycling. By 1992, participation in the bicycle race was restricted to amateurs. Since 1996, take part in the best professional cyclists. Cycling disciplines have been discharged at all Summer Olympic Games. Successful nation in all Olympic cycling disciplines is France with a total of 86 medals. Germany has won a total of 36 medals, the Federal Republic of Germany and the State Amateurs 14 of the GDR were 16 times on the podium, as well as Switzerland. Austria took three medals so far.

Road

In the first Olympic Games in Athens 1896, the bicycle race was held back on the track of Marathon Athens Marathon and. The victorious Greeks Aristidis Konstantinidis had in the target over twenty minutes ahead of second-placed German August von Goederich, who thus won the silver medal.

But only in 1912 returned to the road cycling back to the Olympic program. However, in 1920 and 1924, only an individual time trial, not a road race in 1912, discharged with a mass start. 1912 had the drivers to travel more than 300 kilometers in the ITT, this distance was indeed shortened in the following games, but still amounted to nearly 200 km solo flight for the athletes. In addition, a team ranking of nations was introduced in 1912, which was extended until 1956.

In 1928, the time trial was abolished and a road race with a mass start - as early as 1896 - reintroduced. However, the team score of nations continued to exist. This model was up to and including 1956.

From 1960, the team score was not played. It was replaced by then on a so-called " road quad ", ie a team time trial four of above about 100 km. At the very first competition in 1960 Germany took silver.

In 1992, the road instead of four one last time. As of 1996, the Olympic competitions were open for professionals. Starting this year, an individual time trial was held next to the road race.

The only German single winner on the road were previously Jan Ullrich in 2000 and Olaf Ludwig 1988. Driving team in 1992 she won the all-German and 1988 the GDR four.

Since 1984 there is also an Olympic road race for women, which was supplemented in 1996 by an individual time trial.

Track Cycling

Except for the 1912 Games competitions were held in track cycling at all Summer Olympic Games. 1896 was the individual sprint, a race over 10 kilometers, a 100 -kilometer competition, a time trial and the discharged only playing these games 12 - hour race, the first Olympic track disciplines. Even the 10-kilometer race took place in 1896 for the first and last time at the games instead. The individual sprint has since been discharged at all Olympic Summer Games except 1912 and 1904.

In 1900, there were next to Sprint only one race over 25 km, but this has since no longer extended. Four years later, with the quarter-mile, the third - mile, half-mile, the mile, the two- mile race, the five- mile race and the 25 - mile race seven new disciplines were created, but these competitions were held only in these games, and no longer appeared thereafter on at the Olympics.

Were also at the games in 1908 with the 660 -yard race, the five-kilometer competition and the race over 20 kilometers disciplines introduced that could not talk about these games in addition to the Olympic program, also took place for the second and last time the Olympic 100 -kilometer race held on the track. With the tandem and still discharged team pursuit but also competitions were established, which from then on became an integral part of Olympic track events.

During 1912 omitted entirely Track Cycling, came in 1920 as a new race added a competition over 50 kilometers. But this competition was only once - namely 1924 - extended.

In the next Games in 1928 the time trial was held for the second time after 1896. For the last time this race was in 2004 at the Olympic Games instead.

Until 1964, no changes were made to the track cycling program. Only in these games, a new race was introduced with the individual pursuit, which was last held in 2008 Olympics.

At the Games in Munich in 1972, the tandem was extended for the last time, and it added a new competition to the Olympic program with the points race in 1984.

Some new disciplines came for the Millennium Games 2000 on the track added, namely the keirin, team sprint, both of which are still in the Olympic program as well as the Madison race.

In the following years, but also some races were taken out of the program. So the time trial was in 2004 one last time instead.

2012 no longer in the Olympic program are the Madison, the points race and individual pursuit. Newly added is this come the Omnium.

Since 1988, competitions for women on the track will be played. Always with you since then was the individual sprint, to 2008 points race and individual pursuit took place, was also twice an individual time trial in the program. For 2012, will be added to the Keirin, the Omnium, team pursuit and team sprint four races.

Mountain bike and BMX

Since the Summer Games 1996, mountain bike race for men and women to be aligned.

To make the Olympics attractive for young people, 2008, two competitions were held on the BMX bike ( Racing) for the first time.

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