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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date27 September 1988 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationTongil-ro Circuit, Paju
Participants136 from 54 countries
Format196.8 km. (122.3 miles) mass start race.

The 196.8 km. course was very flat and easy, keeping almost 100 of the 136 starters together for the entire race. The outstanding East German sprinter, Olaf Ludwig, was greatly aided by the flat course. Near the race end, he was joined in a break by a major sprint competitor, “The Tashkent Terror,” Dzhamolidin Abduzhaparov, and Ludwig aborted the attack. He and West German Bernd Gröne got away once more briefly afterwards, and Ludwig won the sprint-out easily. With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1990, he became one the first East German riders to ride professionally. His sprinting abilities allowed him to win many races, and in 1990 he won the green jersey as the Points Leader at the Tour de France. His greatest classics victory was the 1992 Amstel Gold Race. As an amateur, Ludwig twice won the Peace Race and won 36 stages in that Eastern European amateur tour.

PosBibCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1–Olaf LudwigGDR4-32:22–Gold
2–Bernd GröneFRG–at 0:03Silver
3–Christian HennFRG–at 0:24Bronze
4–Bob MionskeUSA–at 0:24
5–Dzhamolidin AbduzhaparovURS–at 0:24
6–Edward SalasAUS–at 0:24
7–Roberto PelliconiITA–at 0:24
8–Graeme MillerNZL–at 0:24
9–Emili PérezAND–at 0:24
10–Jozef RegecTCH–at 0:24
11–Jan MattheusBEL–at 0:24
12–Hung Chung YamHKG–at 0:24
13–Atle PedersenNOR–at 0:24
14–Remig StumpfFRG–at 0:34
15–Michel ZanoliNED–at 0:34
16–Fabrizio BontempiITA–at 0:34
17–Zdzisław WronaPOL–at 0:34
18–Neil HobanGBR–at 0:34
19–Johnny DauweBEL–at 0:34
20–Cássio FreitasBRA–at 0:34
21–Park Hyeon-GonKOR–at 0:34
22–Mario TraxlAUT–at 0:34
23–Uwe RaabGDR–at 0:34
24–Jean-François LaffilléFRA–at 0:34
25–Mitsuhiro SuzukiJPN–at 0:34
26–Marcel StäubleSUI–at 0:34
27–Erik Johan SæbøNOR–at 0:34
28–Jacek BodykPOL–at 0:34
29–Yvan WaddellCAN–at 0:34
30–Rajko ČubrićYUG–at 0:34
31–Juan AriasCOL–at 0:34
32–Mićo BrkovićYUG–at 0:34
33–Brian WaltonCAN–at 0:34
34–Hans LienhartAUT–at 0:34
35–Daniel SteigerSUI–at 0:34
36–Paul CurranGBR–at 0:34
37–Jari LähdeFIN–at 0:34
38–Rob HarmelingNED–at 0:34
39–Mohamed MirALG–at 0:34
40–Gianluca BortolamiITA–at 0:34
41–Dietmar HauerAUT–at 0:34
42–Tom CordesNED–at 0:34
43–Michel LafisSWE–at 0:34
44–Tang XuezhongCHN–at 0:34
45–Cormac McCannIRL–at 0:34
46–José AsconeguyURU–at 0:34
47–Luděk ŠtyksTCH–at 0:34
48–Nelson RodríguezCOL–at 0:34
49–John McQuaidIRL–at 0:34
50–Leung Hung TakHKG–at 0:34
51–Asyat SaitovURS–at 0:34
52–Eduardo ManriqueESP–at 0:34
53–Liu HongCHN–at 0:34
54–Peter HermannLIE–at 0:34
55–Chow Tai MingHKG–at 0:34
56–Iraj Amir-AkhoriIRI–at 0:34
57–Anders JarlSWE–at 0:34
58–Perry MerrenCAY–at 0:34
59–Xavier PérezAND–at 0:34
60–Riho SuunURS–at 0:34
61–Luboš LomTCH–at 0:34
62–Mark GornallGBR–at 0:34
63–Wanderley MagalhãesBRA–at 0:34
64–Realdo JessurunSUR–at 0:34
65–Scott McKinleyUSA–at 0:34
66–Marcos MazzaronBRA–at 0:34
67–Dubán RamírezCOL–at 0:34
68–Geir DahlenNOR–at 0:34
69–Craig SchommerUSA–at 0:34
70–Claude CarlinFRA–at 0:34
71–Tommy NielsenDEN–at 0:34
72–Kyoshi MiuraJPN–at 0:34
73–Gervais RiouxCAN–at 0:34
74–Peter Meinert NielsenDEN–at 0:34
75–Brian FowlerNZL–at 0:34
76–Alcides EtcheverryURU–at 0:34
77–Luis Rosendo RamosMEX–at 0:34
78–Valter BončaYUG–at 0:34
79–Felice PuttiniSUI–at 0:34
80–Gonzalo AguíarESP–at 0:34
81–Paul McCormackIRL–at 0:34
82–Uwe AmplerGDR–at 0:34
83–Leonardo SierraVEN–at 0:34
84–Andrés TorresGUA–at 0:34
85–Lee Jin-OkKOR–at 0:34
86–Óscar AquinoGUA–at 0:34
87–Roul FahlinSWE–at 0:34
88–Frank FranckenBEL–at 0:34
89–Iván AlemanyESP–at 0:34
90–Sin Dae-CheolKOR–at 1:51
91–Laurent BezaultFRA–at 2:57
92–Murugayan KumaresanMAS–at 3:23
93–Syamak ZafarzadehIRI–at 10:25
94–Héctor PérezMEX–at 10:25
95–Yoshihiro TsumurayaJPN–at 10:25
96–Sebti BenzineALG–at 10:53
97–Raymond ThomasJAM–at 10:53
98–Mobange AmisiCOD–at 10:53
99–Pierre GouwsZIM–at 11:06
100–Víctor LechugaGUA–at 12:15
101–Sultan KhalifaUAE–at 12:15
102–Richard PascalCAY–at 12:34
103–Domingo VillanuevaPHI–at 12:58
104–Kimpale MosengoCOD–at 12:58
105–Gary MandyZIM–at 13:28
106–Stéphane OpertoMON–at 14:20
107–Arthur TennJAM–at 15:44
108–Andrzej MierzejewskiPOL–at 15:44
109–Dyton ChimwazaMAW–at 20:21
DNF–Huỳnh ChâuVIE––
DNF–Stephen FairlessAUS––
DNF–Scott StewardAUS––
DNF–Fitzgerald JosephBIZ––
DNF–Michael LewisBIZ––
DNF–Earl TheusBIZ––
DNF–Michele SmithCAY––
DNF–Cai YingquanCHN––
DNF–Byron JamesGUY––
DNF–Mohammad Reza BajoolIRI––
DNF–Abdel Hamed El-HadiLBA––
DNF–Abdullah BadriLBA––
DNF–Georges HoneinLBN––
DNF–Hratch ZadourianLBN––
DNF–Patrick MattLIE––
DNF–George NayejaMAW––
DNF–Amadu YusufuMAW––
DNF–Gary CanoMEX––
DNF–Wayne MorganNZL––
DNF–Norberto OconerPHI––
DNF–Frank WilliamsSLE––
DNF–Hsu Jui-TeTPE––
DNF–Issa MohamedUAE––
DNF–Khalifa Bin OmairUAE––
DNF–Enrique CamposVEN––
DNF–Ali ParraVEN––
DNF–Ndjibu N'GolomingiCOD––