# Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

The men's individual road race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 154 participants from 61 nations, with 84 cyclists completing the race. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was three. The event was won by Fabio Casartelli of Italy, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race since 1968 and fourth overall (two more than any other nation). Erik Dekker's silver was the first medal for the Netherlands in the event since 1972. Dainis Ozols gave Latvia its first medal in the event in the country's first independent appearance since 1936.

## Background

The race was the 14th event, after the interruption between 1896 and the summer of 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). A young triathlete from the United States named Lance Armstrong was among the favorites, along with Erik Dekker of the Netherlands.
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahrain, Benin, the Central African Republic, Estonia, Guam, Lithuania, Rwanda, Slovenia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men's individual road race; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team and some Yugoslav cyclists competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Great Britain made its 14th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

## Competition format and course

The mass-start race was on a 194.4 kilometre course over the Sant Sadurni Cycling Circuit.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 2 August 1992 | 8:30 | Final |

## Results

During the penultimate lap, Casartelli, Dekker, and Ozols managed to break away from the lead pack; they maintained separation and finished in the medals with Casartelli winning the final sprint.
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
| | Fabio Casartelli | Italy | 4:35:21 |
| | Erik Dekker | Netherlands | 4:35:22 |
| | Dainis Ozols | Latvia | 4:35:24 |
| 4 | Erik Zabel | Germany | 4:35:56 |
| 5 | Lauri Aus | Estonia | s.t. |
| 6 | Andrzej Sypytkowski | Poland | s.t. |
| 7 | Sylvain Bolay | France | s.t. |
| 8 | Arvis Piziks | Latvia | s.t. |
| 9 | Raido Kodanipork | Estonia | s.t. |
| 10 | Grant Rice | Australia | s.t. |
| 11 | Lars Michaelsen | Denmark | s.t. |
| 12 | Michel Lafis | Sweden | s.t. |
| 13 | Urs Güller | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 14 | Lance Armstrong | United States | s.t. |
| 15 | Ángel Edo | Spain | s.t. |
| 16 | Darren Smith | Australia | s.t. |
| 17 | Richard Groenendaal | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 18 | Christian Andersen | Denmark | s.t. |
| 19 | Roland Meier | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 20 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | s.t. |
| 21 | Tomokazu Fujino | Japan | s.t. |
| 22 | Jacek Mickiewicz | Poland | s.t. |
| 23 | Saulius Šarkauskas | Lithuania | s.t. |
| 24 | Kiko García | Spain | s.t. |
| 25 | František Trkal | Czechoslovakia | s.t. |
| 26 | Gianni Vignaduzzi | Canada | s.t. |
| 27 | Miloslav Kejval | Czechoslovakia | s.t. |
| 28 | Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo | Brazil | s.t. |
| 29 | Peter Luttenberger | Austria | s.t. |
| 30 | Steffen Wesemann | Germany | s.t. |
| 31 | Xavier Pérez | Andorra | s.t. |
| 32 | Kevin Kimmage | Ireland | s.t. |
| 33 | Svyatoslav Ryabushenko | Unified Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Claus Michael Møller | Denmark | s.t. |
| 35 | Conor Henry | Ireland | s.t. |
| 36 | Simeon Hempsall | Great Britain | s.t. |
| 37 | Timm Peddie | United States | s.t. |
| 38 | Bjørn Stenersen | Norway | s.t. |
| 39 | Tang Xuezhong | China | s.t. |
| 40 | Carlos Maya | Venezuela | s.t. |
| 41 | Nathael Sagard | Canada | s.t. |
| 42 | Aleksandar Milenković | Independent Olympic Participants | s.t. |
| 43 | Juan Carlos Rosero | Ecuador | s.t. |
| 44 | Zhu Zhengjun | China | s.t. |
| 45 | Lars Kristian Johnsen | Norway | s.t. |
| 46 | Hussein Monsalve | Venezuela | s.t. |
| 47 | Petro Koshelenko | Unified Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Pascal Hervé | France | s.t. |
| 49 | José Robles | Colombia | s.t. |
| 50 | Federico Moreira | Uruguay | s.t. |
| 51 | Graeme Miller | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 52 | Héctor Palacio | Colombia | s.t. |
| 53 | Arnolds Ūdris | Latvia | s.t. |
| 54 | Andreas Langl | Austria | s.t. |
| 55 | Zbigniew Piątek | Poland | s.t. |
| 56 | Georg Totschnig | Austria | s.t. |
| 57 | Karsten Stenersen | Norway | s.t. |
| 58 | Csaba Steig | Hungary | s.t. |
| 59 | Brian Fowler | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 60 | David Cook | Great Britain | s.t. |
| 61 | Matthew Stephens | Great Britain | s.t. |
| 62 | Jacques Landry | Canada | s.t. |
| 63 | Valter Bonča | Slovenia | s.t. |
| 64 | Wang Shusen | China | s.t. |
| 65 | Paul Slane | Ireland | s.t. |
| 66 | Aleksey Bochkov | Unified Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Michael Andersson | Sweden | s.t. |
| 68 | Christian Meyer | Germany | s.t. |
| 69 | Pavel Padrnos | Czechoslovakia | s.t. |
| 70 | Armin Meier | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 71 | Mirco Gualdi | Italy | s.t. |
| 72 | Rob Compas | Netherlands | 4:36:33 |
| 73 | Tom Bamford | New Zealand | 4:36:41 |
| 74 | Sergio Tesitore | Uruguay | 4:36:52 |
| 75 | Bob Mionske | United States | 4:42:31 |
| 76 | Libardo Niño | Colombia | 4:44:05 |
| 77 | Glenn Magnusson | Sweden | 4:44:32 |
| 78 | Radiša Čubrić | Independent Olympic Participants | 4:45:14 |
| 79 | Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh | Mongolia | s.t. |
| 80 | Károly Eisenkrammer | Hungary | 4:52:07 |
| 81 | Scott Richardson | South Africa | 4:58:25 |
| 82 | Emili Pérez | Andorra | s.t. |
| 83 | Dashjamtsyn Mönkhbat | Mongolia | 5:02:11 |
| 84 | Kozo Fujita | Japan | s.t. |
| — | Juan González | Andorra | DNF |
| — | Neil Lloyd | Antigua and Barbuda | DNF |
| — | Robert Marsh | Antigua and Barbuda | DNF |
| — | Robert Peters | Antigua and Barbuda | DNF |
| — | Lucien Dirksz | Aruba | DNF |
| — | Gerard van Vliet | Aruba | DNF |
| — | Patrick Jonker | Australia | DNF |
| — | Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Jameel Kadhem | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Saber Mohamed Hasan | Bahrain | DNF |
| — | Erwin Thijs | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Michel Vanhaecke | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Wim Omloop | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Michael Lewis | Belize | DNF |
| — | Douglas Lamb | Belize | DNF |
| — | Ernest Meighan | Belize | DNF |
| — | Cossi Houegban | Benin | DNF |
| — | Fernand Gandaho | Benin | DNF |
| — | Hernandes Quadri | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Tonny Azevedo | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Stefan Baraud | Cayman Islands | DNF |
| — | Michele Smith | Cayman Islands | DNF |
| — | Dennis Brooks | Cayman Islands | DNF |
| — | Christ Yarafa | Central African Republic | DNF |
| — | Obed Ngaite | Central African Republic | DNF |
| — | Vincent Gomgadja | Central African Republic | DNF |
| — | Miguel Droguett | Chile | DNF |
| — | Weng Yu-yi | Chinese Taipei | DNF |
| — | Ndjibu N'Golomingi | Zaire | DNF |
| — | Mobange Amisi | Zaire | DNF |
| — | Selenge Kimoto | Zaire | DNF |
| — | Biruk Abebe | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Asmelash Geyesus | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Tekle Hailemikael | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Emmanuel Magnien | France | DNF |
| — | Jazy Garcia | Guam | DNF |
| — | Manuel García | Guam | DNF |
| — | Martin Santos | Guam | DNF |
| — | Aubrey Richmond | Guyana | DNF |
| — | Mikoš Rnjaković | Independent Olympic Participants | DNF |
| — | Hussain Eslami | Iran | DNF |
| — | Khosrow Ghamari | Iran | DNF |
| — | Hossein Mahmoudi | Iran | DNF |
| — | Arthur Tenn | Jamaica | DNF |
| — | Michael McKay | Jamaica | DNF |
| — | Mitsuteru Tanaka | Japan | DNF |
| — | Armen Arslanian | Lebanon | DNF |
| — | Vatche Zadourian | Lebanon | DNF |
| — | Murugayan Kumaresan | Malaysia | DNF |
| — | Dashnyamyn Tömör-Ochir | Mongolia | DNF |
| — | Norberto Oconer | Philippines | DNF |
| — | Domingo Villanueva | Philippines | DNF |
| — | Faustin Mparabanyi | Rwanda | DNF |
| — | Emmanuel Nkurunziza | Rwanda | DNF |
| — | Alphonse Nshimiyiama | Rwanda | DNF |
| — | Guido Frisoni | San Marino | DNF |
| — | Medhadi Al-Dosari | Saudi Arabia | DNF |
| — | Saleh Al-Qobaissi | Saudi Arabia | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Al-Takroni | Saudi Arabia | DNF |
| — | Eleuterio Mancebo | Spain | DNF |
| — | Malcolm Lange | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Wayne Burgess | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Realdo Jessurun | Suriname | DNF |
| — | Koku Ahiaku | Togo | DNF |
| — | Komi Moreira | Togo | DNF |
| — | Khalifa Bin Omair | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| — | Ali Al-Abed | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| — | Mansoor Bu Osaiba | United Arab Emirates | DNF |
| — | Robinson Merchán | Venezuela | DNF |
| — | Chesen Frey | Virgin Islands | DNF |