Cycling at the 1983 Summer Universiade
The Cycling Tournament at the 1983 Summer Universiade took place in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) in July 1983. Cycling was included in the Summer Universiade programme as an optional sport.[1] There were 12 cycling events; 8 for track cycling and 4 for road cycling.[2] The venue for track cycling was the Argyll Velodrome. The finish of the road races were in Hawerlark Park.
Events
Track time trials
In the afternoon competition on 4 July under the sun at the Argyll Velodrome, two cyclists from the Soviet Union won men's and women's 1 km time trial. Aleksandr Panfilov took the men's event in 1:06.874 seconds, 1.015 sec ahead of the silver medalist Stefano Baudino from Italy and 1.1667 sec faster than Andris Zelch-Lotchmelis of the Soviet Union. In the women's time trial Erika Salumäe of the USSR captured the gold with a time of 1:14.554. Isabelle Nicoloso of France, who was 1.316 seconds slower, won the silver medal and Soviet Nadezhda Kibardina finished third.
Women's road race
The team of the Soviet Union rode with their team throughout the race very strong. At the end there was a front group of three riders, two from the Soviet Union (Nadezhda Kibardina and Tamara Poliakova) and Jeannie Longo from France. On the finish in Hawerlark Park Kibardina won the sprint ahead of Poliakova and Longo.
Medalists
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 |  France | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Road cycling
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| Event[3] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race[4] | Sergio Scremin (ITA) |
Pavel Muzhitskiy (URS) |
Shin Dea Cheul (KOR) |
| Men's team time trial | Soviet Union |
Netherlands |
Italy |
| Women's road race[5] | Nadezhda Kibardina (URS) |
Tamara Poliakova (URS) |
Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Track cycling
| Event[6] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's sprint | Aleksey Dotsenko (URS) |
Yemzar Guelachvili (URS) |
Almenares Triana (CUB) |
| Men's 1 km time trial | Aleksandr Panfilov (URS) 1:06.874 |
Stefano Baudino (ITA) + 1.015 |
Andris Zelch-Lotchmelis (URS) + 1.1667 |
| Men's individual pursuit | Aleksandr Krasnov (URS) |
Viktor Manakov (URS) |
Alex Stieda (CAN) |
| Men's points race | Viktor Manakov (URS) |
Gheorghe Lautara (ROM) |
Robert Spezzatti (FRA) |
| Women's sprint | Erika Salumäe (URS) |
Isabelle Nicoloso (FRA) |
Yang Guiling (CHN) |
| Women's 1 km time trial | Erika Salumäe (URS) 1:14.554 |
Isabelle Nicoloso (FRA) + 1.316 |
Nadezhda Kibardina (URS) |
| Women's individual pursuit | Nadezhda Kibardina (URS) |
Jeannie Longo (FRA) |
Tamara Polyakova (URS) |
| Women's points race | Isabelle Nicoloso (FRA) |
Erika Salumäe (URS) |
Yekaterina Starikova (URS) |
References
- ↑ "FISU". FISU. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- 1 2 Results on HickoSports.com
- ↑ Medalists
- ↑ "Men's results on Cyclingarchives". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ "Jeannie vs the Soviet Machine". cyclingart.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ↑ Cycling Universiade
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