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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Men's cycling road race; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
	Bernt Johansson
Venue	Montréal, Canada
Date	26 July 1976
Competitors	134 from 40 nations
Winning time	4:46:52
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The men's individual road race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held on 26 July 1976. There were 134 cyclists from 40 nations starting the race.^[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. Fifty-eight cyclists finished the race.^[2] The event was won by Bernt Johansson of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race. Giuseppe Martinelli put Italy back on the podium with his silver; the nation had won gold or silver at every Games from 1956 to 1968 but did not medal in 1972. Mieczysław Nowicki's bronze was Poland's first medal in the event.

Background

This was the 10th 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). Ryszard Szurkowski of Poland was "probably" the favorite; he had won the 1973 world championship and placed second in 1974. Neither the 1974 nor 1975 world champions competed in Montreal.^[1]

Bolivia and Nicaragua each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 10th 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 177.49 kilometre course "over the hilly Mont-Royal Circuit".^[1]^[3]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 26 July 1976	10:00	Final

Results

The lead pack of 10 riders got clear during lap 6. Johansson broke away from the pack in the last lap for a clear win. In the final sprint by the remaining nine leaders, Thaler finished in front but was penalized for interfering with the other riders and demoted from second place to ninth (the back of the + 31" group, with Alfonsel falling behind the rest into 10th place).^[1]

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time
	Bernt Johansson	Sweden	4:46:52.0
	Giuseppe Martinelli	Italy	4:47:23.0
	Mieczysław Nowicki	Poland	s.t.
4	Alfons De Wolf	Belgium	s.t.
5	Nikolay Gorelov	Soviet Union	s.t.
6	George Mount	United States	s.t.
7	Jean-René Bernaudeau	France	s.t.
8	Vittorio Algeri	Italy	s.t.
9	Klaus-Peter Thaler	West Germany	s.t.
10	Bernardo Alfonsel	Spain	4:47:27.0
11	Stanisław Szozda	Poland	4:49:01.0
12	Ryszard Szurkowski	Poland	s.t.
13	Vlastimil Moravec	Czechoslovakia	s.t.
14	Carlos Cardet	Cuba	s.t.
15	Garry Bell	New Zealand	s.t.
16	Karl-Dietrich Diers	East Germany	s.t.
17	Aleksandr Averin	Soviet Union	s.t.
18	Herbert Spindler	Austria	s.t.
19	Wilfried Trott	West Germany	s.t.
20	Harry Hannus	Finland	s.t.
21	Roman Humenberger	Austria	s.t.
22	Álvaro Pachón	Colombia	s.t.
23	Luis Manrique	Colombia	s.t.
24	Pierre Harvey	Canada	s.t.
25	Arie Hassink	Netherlands	s.t.
26	Roberto Ceruti	Italy	s.t.
27	Wolfgang Steinmayr	Austria	s.t.
28	Clyde Sefton	Australia	s.t.
29	Sven-Åke Nilsson	Sweden	s.t.
30	Jan Brzeźny	Poland	s.t.
31	Carmelo Barone	Italy	s.t.
32	Rafael Ladrón	Spain	s.t.
33	Juan José Moral	Spain	s.t.
34	Remo Sansonetti	Australia	s.t.
35	Joseph Waugh	Great Britain	s.t.
36	Frank Hoste	Belgium	s.t.
37	Hans-Peter Jakst	West Germany	s.t.
38	Thorleif Andresen	Norway	s.t.
39	Valery Chaplygin	Soviet Union	s.t.
40	Leo van Vliet	Netherlands	s.t.
41	Petr Bucháček	Czechoslovakia	4:54:26.0
42	John Howard	United States	s.t.
43	Dudley Hayton	Great Britain	s.t.
44	Aavo Pikkuus	Soviet Union	4:54:49.0
45	Rubén Camacho	Mexico	s.t.
46	Peter Weibel	West Germany	s.t.
47	Dirk Heirweg	Belgium	4:55:41.0
48	Eddy Schepers	Belgium	s.t.
49	Stoyan Bobekov	Bulgaria	4:58:35.0
50	Ad Tak	Netherlands	5:00:19.0
51	Rudolf Mitteregger	Austria	s.t.
52	Vern Hanaray	New Zealand	s.t.
53	Ramón Noriega	Venezuela	5:03:13.0
54	Gilles Durand	Canada	s.t.
55	Geir Digerud	Norway	5:04:42.0
56	David Boll	United States	5:05:00.0
57	Richard Trinkler	Switzerland	s.t.
58	José Ollarves	Venezuela	5:07:09.0
—	Juan Carlos Haedo	Argentina	DNF
	Osvaldo Benvenuti	Argentina	DNF
	Oswaldo Frossasco	Argentina	DNF
	Raúl Labbate	Argentina	DNF
	Alan Goodrope	Australia	DNF
	Peter Kesting	Australia	DNF
	Marco Soria	Bolivia	DNF
	Ivan Popov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Martin Martinov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Nedyalko Stoyanov	Bulgaria	DNF
	Tom Morris	Canada	DNF
	Brian Chewter	Canada	DNF
	Miguel Samacá	Colombia	DNF
	Abelardo Ríos	Colombia	DNF
	Carlos Alvarado Reyes	Costa Rica	DNF
	Roberto Menéndez	Cuba	DNF
	Gregorio Aldo Arencibia	Cuba	DNF
	Jorge Pérez	Cuba	DNF
	Petr Matoušek	Czechoslovakia	DNF
	Vladimír Vondráček	Czechoslovakia	DNF
	Verner Blaudzun	Denmark	DNF
	Jørgen Emil Hansen	Denmark	DNF
	Bent Pedersen	Denmark	DNF
	Willy Skibby	Denmark	DNF
	Gerhard Lauke	East Germany	DNF
	Hans-Joachim Hartnick	East Germany	DNF
	Siegbert Schmeisser	East Germany	DNF
	René Bittinger	France	DNF
	Francis Duteil	France	DNF
	Christian Jourdan	France	DNF
	Philip Griffiths	Great Britain	DNF
	William Nickson	Great Britain	DNF
	Mikhail Kountras	Greece	DNF
	Kwong Chi Yan	Hong Kong	DNF
	Chan Fai Lui	Hong Kong	DNF
	Tang Kam Man	Hong Kong	DNF
	Chan Lam Hams	Hong Kong	DNF
	Mohamed Ali Acha-Cheloi	Iran	DNF
	Hassan Arianfard	Iran	DNF
	Asghar Khodayari	Iran	DNF
	Mahmoud Delshad	Iran	DNF
	Alan McCormack	Ireland	DNF
	Oliver McQuaid	Ireland	DNF
	Errol Walters	Jamaica	DNF
	Lucien Didier	Luxembourg	DNF
	Marcel Thull	Luxembourg	DNF
	Yahya Ahmad	Malaysia	DNF
	Luis Rosendo Ramos	Mexico	DNF
	José Castañeda	Mexico	DNF
	Rodolfo Vitela	Mexico	DNF
	Miguel Espinoza	Nicaragua	DNF
	David Iornos	Nicaragua	DNF
	Hamblin González	Nicaragua	DNF
	Manuel Largaespada	Nicaragua	DNF
	Frits Schür	Netherlands	DNF
	Jamie Richards	New Zealand	DNF
	Pål Henning Hansen	Norway	DNF
	Stein Bråthen	Norway	DNF
	Daniele Cesaretti	San Marino	DNF
	Paulino Martínez	Spain	DNF
	Leif Hansson	Sweden	DNF
	Alf Segersäll	Sweden	DNF
	Hansjörg Aemisegger	Switzerland	DNF
	Robert Thalmann	Switzerland	DNF
Serge Demierre	Switzerland	DNF
Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong	Thailand	DNF
Chartchai Juntrat	Thailand	DNF
Prajin Rungrote	Thailand	DNF
Arlee Wararong	Thailand	DNF
Michael Neel	United States	DNF
Carlos Alcantara	Uruguay	DNF
Víctor González	Uruguay	DNF
Waldemar Pedrazzi	Uruguay	DNF
Washington Díaz	Uruguay	DNF
Justo Galaviz	Venezuela	DNF
Nicolas Reidtler	Venezuela	DNF