# Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta consisted of three separate categories: road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking. The road cycling events took place in downtown Atlanta, track cycling was carried out at the Stone Mountain velodrome in neighboring DeKalb County, and the mountain biking events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers.

## Road

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's road race details | Pascal Richard Switzerland | Rolf Sørensen Denmark | Max Sciandri Great Britain |
| Men's time trial details | Miguel Indurain Spain | Abraham Olano Spain | Chris Boardman Great Britain |
| Women's road race details | Jeannie Longo France | Imelda Chiappa Italy | Clara Hughes Canada |
| Women's time trial details | Zulfiya Zabirova Russia | Jeannie Longo France | Clara Hughes Canada |

## Track
### Men’s

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| points race details | Silvio Martinello Italy | Brian Walton Canada | Stuart O'Grady Australia |
| pursuit details | Andrea Collinelli Italy | Philippe Ermenault France | Bradley McGee Australia |
| team pursuit details | France (FRA) Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau | Russia (RUS) Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Alexei Markov Anton Shantyr | Australia (AUS) Brett Aitken Stuart O'Grady Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods |
| sprint details | Jens Fiedler Germany | Marty Nothstein United States | Curt Harnett Canada |
| time trial details | Florian Rousseau France | Erin Hartwell United States | Takanobu Jumonji Japan |

### Women’s

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| points race details | Nathalie Lancien France | Ingrid Haringa Netherlands | Lucy Tyler-Sharman Australia |
| pursuit details | Antonella Bellutti Italy | Marion Clignet France | Judith Arndt Germany |
| sprint details | Félicia Ballanger France | Michelle Ferris Australia | Ingrid Haringa Netherlands |

## Mountain bike

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Bart Brentjens Netherlands | Thomas Frischknecht Switzerland | Miguel Martinez France |
| Women's details | Paola Pezzo Italy | Alison Sydor Canada | Susan DeMattei United States |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Broken records

| Event | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
| Men's flying 200 m time trial | Gary Neiwand | Australia | 10"129 | 24 July | OR |
| Men's 1 km time trial | Florian Rousseau | France | 1'02"712 | 24 July | OR |
| Men's individual pursuit | Andrea Collinelli | Italy | 4'19"699 | 24 July | WR, OR |
| Men's team pursuit | Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov Anton Chantyr | Russia | 4'08"785 | 26 July | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau | France | 4'06"880 | 27 July | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau | France | 4'05"930 | 27 July | OR |
| Women's flying 200 m time trial | Michelle Ferris | Australia | 11"212 | 24 July | OR |
| Women's individual pursuit | Antonella Bellutti | Italy | 3'34"130 | 25 July | OR |
| Women's individual pursuit | Antonella Bellutti | Italy | 3'32"371 | 25 July | OR |
OR = Olympic record, WR = World record
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