Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

The men's individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, was held on 30 August 1960. There were 142 participants from 42 nations. Each nation could enter up to four cyclists. Of the 142 starters 76 rode the distance to the end.[1] The event was won by Viktor Kapitonov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first medal in the event. Livio Trapè of Italy took silver, putting that country on the podium for the second consecutive Games. Willy Vanden Berghen's bronze gave Belgium its fourth medal in four Games (one in 1948, two in 1952, none in 1956).

Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Viktor Kapitonov
VenueGrottarossa Circuit, Rome
175.38 km (109.0 mi)
Date30 August 1960
Competitors142 from 42 nations
Winning time4:20:37
Medalists
Viktor Kapitonov
 Soviet Union
Livio Trapè
 Italy
Willy Vanden Berghen
 Belgium
Cycling at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track events
Track time trialmen
Sprintmen
Tandemmen
Team pursuitmen

Background

This was the sixth 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). The favorites were the German riders Gustav-Adolf Schur (1958 and 1959 world champion) and Bernhard Eckstein (1960 world champion).[2]

For the first time since the reintroduction of the event in 1936, there was no corresponding team event (it had been replaced by a separate team time trial). The Danish riders entered in the individual event withdrew after the death of Knud Enemark Jensen in the team time trial.

The British West Indies, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia each made their debut in the men's individual road race; East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Great Britain made its sixth 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 course that covered 12 laps of a 14.615 kilometres circuit known as the "Grottarossa Circuit," for a total of 175.38 kilometres. The course ran along the Via Flaminia, the Via Di Grottarossa, and the Via Cassia. Each lap included "a slightly steep climb, and a series of switchbacks, just after the 6 km. point, and then ascended gently for the next 2½ km."[2][3]

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

The day was hot, despite the morning start, with temperatures at 38 degrees Celsius.

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 30 August 19609:00Final

Results

The first break was by van Kreuningen in lap 2. He led by himself until lap 5 when his teammate Hugens joined him. In lap 7, however, the pair was caught by a pack of seven cyclists. Additional cyclists moved up into the lead group in laps 7 and 8. The next significant breakaway from that bunch was by Trapè and Kapitonov in lap 10. Kapitonov broke into a sprint to finish lap 11, apparently confused as to how many laps had been completed. Trapè caught up to him, with a large (39 cyclists) chase pack bearing down on the pair in the actual final lap, lap 12. Kapitonov successfully repeated his sprint to beat Trapè, and the chase pack ultimately did not come within 20 seconds of the pair.[2]

The Official Report lists only the finishers, requiring historians to put together a list of non-finishers from other sources. Further, the finish-line judge left to have lunch and the placement of the finishers is suspect based on photographs and personal reports from the cyclists.[2]

RankCyclistNationTime
Viktor Kapitonov Soviet Union4:20:37
Livio Trapè Italy4:20:37
Willy Vanden Berghen Belgium4:20:57
4Yury Melikhov Soviet Union4:20:57
5Ion Cosma Romania4:20:57
6Stanisław Gazda Poland4:20:57
7Benoni Beheyt Belgium4:20:57
8Janez Žirovnik Yugoslavia4:20:57
9Jacques Gestraut France4:20:57
10Antonio Bailetti Italy4:20:57
11Bogusław Fornalczyk Poland4:20:57
12Erwin Jaisli Switzerland4:20:57
13Roland Lacombe France4:20:57
14Roby Hentges Luxembourg4:20:57
15François Hamon France4:20:57
16José Antonio Momeñe Spain4:20:57
17Paul Nyman Finland4:20:57
18Jim Hinds Great Britain4:20:57
19Giuseppe Tonucci Italy4:20:57
20Egon Adler United Team of Germany4:20:57
21Erich Hagen United Team of Germany4:20:57
22Bernhard Eckstein United Team of Germany4:20:57
23Gustav-Adolf Schur United Team of Germany4:20:57
24Michael Hiltner United States4:20:57
25René Andring Luxembourg4:20:57
26Gunnar Göransson Sweden4:20:57
27Rubén Darío Gómez Colombia4:20:57
28Hernán Medina Colombia4:20:57
29Arsenio Chirinos Venezuela4:20:57
30Ivan Levačić Yugoslavia4:20:57
31Nevenko Valčić Yugoslavia4:20:57
32Emil Beeler Switzerland4:20:57
33Yevgeny Klevtsov Soviet Union4:20:57
34Gainan Saidkhuzhin Soviet Union4:20:57
35Arnold Ruiner Austria4:20:57
36Bill Bradley Great Britain4:20:57
37William Holmes Great Britain4:20:57
38Jan Hugens Netherlands4:20:57
39Henry Ohayon Israel4:20:57
40Salvatore Palmucci San Marino4:20:57
41Paul Camilleri Malta4:20:57
42Kurt Postl Austria4:21:58
43Frank Brazier Australia4:21:58
44Ricardo Senn Argentina4:21:58
45Mohamed Ben Mohamed Morocco4:21:58
46Mohamed Ghandora Morocco4:21:58
47Osvald Johansson Sweden4:21:58
48Ramón Hoyos Colombia4:21:58
49Robert Lelangue Belgium4:22:02
50Raymond Reaux France4:23:57
51Roger Thull Luxembourg4:25:34
52Stoyan Georgiev Demirev Bulgaria4:25:44
53Ken Laidlaw Great Britain4:25:44
54Jan Chtiej Poland4:25:44
55Raimo Honkanen Finland4:25:44
56Ignacio Astigarraga Spain4:25:44
57Abdallah Lahoucine Morocco4:25:44
58Jan Janssen Netherlands4:26:05
59Unto Hautalahti Finland4:26:05
60Matti Herronen Finland4:26:05
61Luis Zárate Mexico4:26:05
62Emilio Vidal Venezuela4:26:05
63José Ferreira Venezuela4:28:24
64Lars Zebroski United States4:28:40
65Max Wechsler Switzerland4:28:40
66Wes Chowen United States4:31:12
67Alan Grindal Australia4:31:12
68Jacinto Brito Mexico4:31:12
69Alojz Bajc Yugoslavia4:31:12
70Fritz Inthaler Austria4:31:23
71Per Digerud Norway4:31:23
72Hubert Bächli Switzerland4:31:37
73Owe Adamson Sweden4:31:37
74Mohamed Touati Tunisia4:35:56
75Rob Tetzlaff United States4:35:56
76Gheorghe Calcişcă Romania4:40:29
—Garry Jones AustraliaDNF
Robert Whetters AustraliaDNF
Kurt Schweiger AustriaDNF
Joseph Geurts BelgiumDNF
Dimitar Kotev BulgariaDNF
Boyan Kotsev BulgariaDNF
Ognyan Toshev BulgariaDNF
Luigi Bartesaghi CanadaDNF
Alessandro Messina CanadaDNF
Pablo Hurtado ColombiaDNF
Juan Sánchez SpainDNF
Ventura Díaz SpainDNF
Kouflu Alazar EthiopiaDNF
Guremu Demboba EthiopiaDNF
Amousse Tessema EthiopiaDNF
Megra Admassou EthiopiaDNF
Ferenc Stámusz HungaryDNF
János Dévai HungaryDNF
Ferenc Horváth HungaryDNF
Győző Török HungaryDNF
Hendrik Brocks IndonesiaDNF
Rusli Hamsjin IndonesiaDNF
Theo Polhaupessy IndonesiaDNF
Sanusi IndonesiaDNF
Peter Crinnion IrelandDNF
Sonny Cullen IrelandDNF
Séamus Herron IrelandDNF
Mahmood Munim IraqDNF
Hamid Oraibi IraqDNF
Itzhak Ben David IsraelDNF
Vendramino Bariviera ItalyDNF
Masashi Omiya JapanDNF
Jo Jae-hyeon South KoreaDNF
Lee Seung-hun South KoreaDNF
Pak Jong-hyeon South KoreaDNF
No Do-cheon South KoreaDNF
Adolf Heeb LiechtensteinDNF
Louis Grisius LuxembourgDNF
Ahmed Omar MoroccoDNF
Mauricio Mata MexicoDNF
Filiberto Mercado MexicoDNF
John Bugeja MaltaDNF
Joseph Polidano MaltaDNF
René Lotz NetherlandsDNF
Lex van Kreuningen NetherlandsDNF
Wiesław Podobas PolandDNF
Ramiro Martins PortugalDNF
José Pacheco PortugalDNF
Mário Silva PortugalDNF
Francisco Valada PortugalDNF
Gabriel Moiceanu RomaniaDNF
Aurel Şelaru RomaniaDNF
Domenico Cecchetti San MarinoDNF
Sante Ciacci San MarinoDNF
Vito Corbelli San MarinoDNF
Maurice Coomarawel Sri LankaDNF
Gösta Pettersson SwedenDNF
Ali Ben Ali TunisiaDNF
Mohamed El-Kemissi TunisiaDNF
Bechir Mardassi TunisiaDNF
Rubén Etchebarne UruguayDNF
Rodolfo Rodino UruguayDNF
Juan José Timón UruguayDNF
Alberto Velázquez UruguayDNF
Francisco Mujica VenezuelaDNF
Clyde Rimple British West IndiesDNF

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 318.
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