Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country

These are the official results of the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were a total number of 43 participants, with seven non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event over 47.7 kilometres, held on July 30, 1996. The mountain biking events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia, located 30 miles (48 km) east of Atlanta.[1]

Men's cross-country
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia International Horse Park, Conyers
Date30 July
Competitors43 from 26 nations
Winning time2:17.38
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bart Brentjens
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Frischknecht
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Martinez
 France
2000 →

Final classification edit

Rank Cyclist NOC Time
  Bart Brentjens   Netherlands 2:17.38
  Thomas Frischknecht   Switzerland 2:20:14
  Miguel Martinez   France 2:20:36
4. Christophe Dupouey   France 2:25:03
5. Daniele Pontoni   Italy 2:25:08
6. José Andrés Brenes   Costa Rica 2:25:51
7. Lennie Kristensen   Denmark 2:26:02
8. Luca Bramati   Italy 2:26:05
9. Cadel Evans   Australia 2:26:15
10. Ralph Berner   Germany 2:27:45
11. Rune Høydahl   Norway 2:28:16
12. Gary Foord   Great Britain 2:29:10
13. Warren Sallenback   Canada 2:29:57
14. Beat Wabel   Switzerland 2:32:17
15. David Baker   Great Britain 2:32:30
16. Robert Woods   Australia 2:33:14
17. Roel Paulissen   Belgium 2:33:53
18. Jan Østergaard   Denmark 2:34:30
19. David Juarez   United States 2:35:15
20. Don Myrah   United States 2:35:50
21. Roger Persson   Sweden 2:37:17
22. Jokin Mújika   Spain 2:41:15
23. Jhon Arias   Colombia 2:42:04
24. Radovan Fořt   Czech Republic 2:42:43
25. Martin Earley   Ireland 2:43:56
26. Kyoshi Miura   Japan 2:45:03
27. Márcio Ravelli   Brazil 2:45:16
28. Ernst Denifl   Austria 2:45:34
29. Marek Galiński   Poland 2:45:54
30. Peter Hric   Slovakia 2:45:54
31. Andreas Hestler   Canada 2:46:45
32. Alister Martin   Ireland 2:47:46
33. Pavel Camrda   Czech Republic 2:49:09
34. Juan Arias   Colombia 2:50:44
35. Ivanir Lopes   Brazil 2:53:29
36. Sławomir Barul   Poland 2:53:56
Latauro Chávez   Argentina DNF
Rory Gonsalves   Antigua and Barbuda DNF
Alges Maasikmets   Estonia DNF
Mike Kluge   Germany DNF
Roberto Lezaun   Spain DNF
Marcel Arntz   Netherlands DNF
Peter Van Den Abeele   Belgium DNF

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Mountainbike, Cross-Country". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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