Men's Sprint
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Host City: Los Angeles, United States Venue(s): Olympic Velodrome, California State University at Dominguez Hills, Carson, California Date Started: July 31, 1984 Date Finished: August 3, 1984 Format: 1,000 metres.
Competitors |
34 from 24 nations |
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Summary
Without the East Germans, the event was quite devalued. Since 1977, East Germany had won 13 of the 18 medals offered in the event at the World Championships. Four of the other five were won by Soviet riders. The 1980 gold medalist, [Lutz Heilich], was the best sprinter in the world, hacing won the Worlds in 1979 and 1983 and he would win again in 1985 and 1987. In both 1985-86 East Germans would fill all three steps of the podium at the World Championships.
In their absence, two American riders came to the fore. [Mark Gorski] had been the best American sprinter in the late 70s, but he retired in 1981 after several bad crashes. With the Olympics in Los Angeles he returned to the track in 1983 and had actually beaten [Sergey Kopylov] (URS), 1981-82 World Champion, three times that year. The other top American was [Nelson Vails], one of the first black American cyclists to reach international prominence. Vails started riding as a bicycle messenger in New York City. Nicknamed the Cheetah, he had a very fast top-end but had never beaten Gorski. The final came down to the two Americans, and Gorski continued his dominance of Vails in two straight races.
The men's sprint cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place from 31 July to 3 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics |
Final
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time 1 |
Time 2 |
Time 3 |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
10,49 |
10,95 |
|
1 |
|
Nelson Vails |
United States |
|
|
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2 |
2 |
1 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
11,06 |
11,03 |
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3 |
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Philippe Vernet |
France |
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4 |
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Semi final
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time 1 |
Time 2 |
Time 3 |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
11,17 |
10,74 |
|
Q |
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Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
|
|
|
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2 |
1 |
Philippe Vernet |
France |
|
|
|
|
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Nelson Vails |
United States |
10,93 |
10,86 |
|
Q |
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Quarter finals
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time 1 |
Time 2 |
Time 3 |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
11,65 |
11,08 |
|
Q |
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Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
|
|
|
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2 |
1 |
Philippe Vernet |
France |
11,56 |
11,17 |
|
Q |
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Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
Nelson Vails |
United States |
11,33 |
12,07 |
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Q |
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Marcelo Alexandre |
Argentina |
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
11,20 |
|
11,26 |
Q |
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Kenrick Tucker |
Australia |
|
11,51 |
|
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1/8 final repêchage final
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
11,52 |
Q |
|
Gabriele Sella |
Italy |
|
|
2 |
1 |
Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
10,96 |
Q |
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
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1/8 final repêchage
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
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Claudio Iannone |
Argentina |
|
|
1 |
Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
|
Q |
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Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
|
|
2 |
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Katsuo Nakatake |
Japan |
|
|
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Mark Barry |
Great Britain |
|
|
1 |
Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
11,67 |
Q |
3 |
1 |
Gabriele Sella |
Italy |
11,58 |
Q |
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Frank Orban |
Belgium |
|
|
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Alex Ongaro |
Canada |
|
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4 |
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Vincenzo Ceci |
Italy |
|
|
1 |
Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
11,45 |
Q |
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Franck Dépine |
France |
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1/8 finals
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
10,89 |
Q |
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Claudio Iannone |
Argentina |
|
|
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Alex Ongaro |
Canada |
|
|
2 |
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Marcelo Alexandre |
Argentina |
|
|
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Vincenzo Ceci |
Italy |
|
|
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
|
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3 |
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Katsuo Nakatake |
Japan |
|
|
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Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
|
|
1 |
Kenrick Tucker |
Australia |
11,58 |
Q |
4 |
|
Gabriele Sella |
Italy |
|
|
1 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
11,31 |
Q |
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Franck Dépine |
France |
|
|
5 |
1 |
Philippe Vernet |
France |
11,33 |
Q |
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Frank Orban |
Belgium |
|
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Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
|
|
6 |
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Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
|
|
1 |
Nelson Vails |
United States |
11,05 |
Q |
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Mark Barry |
Great Britain |
|
|
7 |
1 |
Marcelo Alexandre |
Argentina |
12,30 |
Q |
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Vincenzo Ceci |
Italy |
|
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
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Round 2 repêchage
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Max Rainsford |
Australia |
|
|
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Alex Ongaro |
Canada |
11.23 |
Q |
2 |
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Paulo Jamur |
Brazil |
|
|
1 |
Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
11,92 |
Q |
3 |
1 |
Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
11,58 |
Q |
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José Antonio Urquijo |
Chile |
|
|
4 |
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Charles Pile |
Barbados |
|
|
1 |
Franck Dépine |
France |
11,62 |
Q |
5 |
|
Rosman Alwi |
Malaysia |
|
|
1 |
Mark Barry |
Great Britain |
11,64 |
Q |
6 |
1 |
Kenrick Tucker |
West Germany |
11,46 |
Q |
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Gene Samuel |
New Zealand |
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Round 2
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
10,79 |
Q |
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Paulo Jamur |
Brazil |
|
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2 |
1 |
Marcelo Alexandre |
Argentina |
12,68 |
Q |
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Max Rainsford |
Australia |
|
|
3 |
1 |
Katsuo Nakatake |
Japan |
12,05 |
Q |
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
|
|
4 |
1 |
Gabriele Sella |
Italy |
11,16 |
Q |
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Charles Pile |
Barbados |
|
|
5 |
1 |
Philippe Vernet |
France |
10,94 |
Q |
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Rosman Alwi |
Malaysia |
|
|
6 |
1 |
Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
11,36 |
Q |
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Kenrick Tucker |
Australia |
|
|
7 |
|
Mark Barry |
Great Britain |
|
|
1 |
Frank Orban |
Belgium |
11,33 |
Q |
8 |
1 |
Nelson Vails |
United States |
10,80 |
Q |
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Gene Samuel |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
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9 |
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Franck Dépine |
France |
|
|
1 |
Claudio Iannone |
Argentina |
11,79 |
Q |
10 |
1 |
Vincenzo Ceci |
Italy |
11,52 |
Q |
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José Antonio Urquijo |
Chile |
|
|
11 |
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Alex Ongaro |
Canada |
|
|
1 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
11,07 |
Q |
12 |
1 |
Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
11,11 |
Q |
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Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
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Round 1 repêchage final
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
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Brian Lyn |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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1 |
Paulo Jamur |
Brazil |
11,92 |
Q |
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James Joseph |
Guyana |
|
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2 |
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Deograves Asuncion |
Philippines |
|
|
1 |
Charles Pile |
Barbados |
11,51 |
Q |
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Ernest Moodie |
Cayman Islands |
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3 |
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Leon Richardson |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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Heinz Isler |
Switzerland |
|
|
1 |
Max Rainsford |
Australia |
11,79 |
Q |
4 |
|
Rodolfo Guaves |
Philippines |
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Ian Stanley |
Jamaica |
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Hugo Daya |
Colombia |
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1 |
Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
11,90 |
Q |
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Round 1 repêchage
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
11,35 |
Q |
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Brian Lyn |
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
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2 |
1 |
Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
12,09 |
Q |
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Deograves Asuncion |
Philippines |
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3 |
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Leon Richardson |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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1 |
Claudio Iannone |
Argentina |
11,51 |
Q |
4 |
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Ian Stanley |
Jamaica |
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Charles Pile |
Barbados |
|
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1 |
José Antonio Urquijo |
Chile |
11,64 |
Q |
5 |
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Paulo Jamur |
Brazil |
|
|
1 |
Gene Samuel |
Trinidad and Tobago |
11,89 |
Q |
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Ernest Moodie |
Cayman Islands |
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|
6 |
1 |
Kenrick Tucker |
Australia |
11,23 |
Q |
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Hugo Daya |
Colombia |
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James Joseph |
Guyana |
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7 |
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Heinz Isler |
Switzerland |
|
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
|
|
1 |
Frank Orban |
Belgium |
11,53 |
Q |
8 |
|
Max Rainsford |
Australia |
|
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Rodolfo Guaves |
Philippines |
|
|
1 |
Rosman Alwi |
Malaysia |
11,58 |
Q |
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Round 1
Heat |
Rank |
Cyclist |
Nation |
Time |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Mark Gorski |
United States |
10,87 |
Q |
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Leon Richardson |
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
|
2 |
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Tsutomu Sakamoto |
Japan |
|
|
1 |
Marcelo Alexandre |
Argentina |
11,87 |
Q |
3 |
1 |
Katsuo Nakatake |
Japan |
11,92 |
Q |
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Charles Pile |
Barbados |
|
|
|
Paulo Jamur |
Brazil |
|
|
4 |
1 |
Gabriele Sella |
Italy |
11,54 |
Q |
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Brian Lyn |
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
|
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Murray Steele |
New Zealand |
|
|
5 |
1 |
Philippe Vernet |
France |
11,31 |
Q |
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Claudio Iannone |
Argentina |
|
|
|
Deograves Asuncion |
Philippines |
|
|
6 |
1 |
Gerhard Scheller |
West Germany |
11,29 |
Q |
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Ian Stanley |
Jamaica |
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|
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Ernest Moodie |
Cayman Islands |
|
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7 |
1 |
Mark Barry |
Great Britain |
11,84 |
Q |
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James Joseph |
Guyana |
|
|
|
Gene Samuel |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
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8 |
|
José Antonio Urquijo |
Chile |
|
|
|
Kenrick Tucker |
Australia |
|
|
1 |
Nelson Vails |
United States |
11,07 |
Q |
9 |
|
Hugo Daya |
Colombia |
|
|
1 |
Franck Dépine |
France |
11,49 |
Q |
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Max Rainsford |
Australia |
|
|
10 |
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Heinz Isler |
Switzerland |
|
|
1 |
Vincenzo Ceci |
Italy |
12,01 |
Q |
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Rodolfo Guaves |
Philippines |
|
|
11 |
1 |
Alex Ongaro |
Canada |
11,43 |
Q |
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Rolf Morgan Hansen |
Norway |
|
NP |
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Lee Fu-hsiang |
Chinese Taipei |
|
|
12 |
|
Frank Orban |
Belgium |
|
|
1 |
Fredy Schmidtke |
West Germany |
11,80 |
Q |
|
Rosman Alwi |
Malaysia |
|
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Rank |
Athlete |
Age |
Team |
NOC |
Medal |
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1 |
Mark Gorski |
24 |
United States |
USA |
Gold |
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2 |
Nelson Vails |
23 |
United States |
USA |
Silver |
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3 |
Tsutomu Sakamoto |
21 |
Japan |
JPN |
Bronze |
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4 |
Philippe Vernet |
23 |
France |
FRA |
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5 |
Gerhard Scheller |
25 |
West Germany |
FRG |
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|
6 |
Marcelo Alexandre |
21 |
Argentina |
ARG |
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|
7 |
Kenrick Tucker |
25 |
Australia |
AUS |
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|
8 |
Fredy Schmidtke |
23 |
West Germany |
FRG |
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2 h1 r8/11 |
Gabriele Sella |
21 |
Italy |
ITA |
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2 h2 r8/11 |
Lee Fu-Hsiang |
24 |
Chinese Taipei |
TPE |
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2 h1 r7/11 |
Claudio Iannone |
20 |
Argentina |
ARG |
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2 h2 r7/11 |
Katsuo Nakatake |
20 |
Japan |
JPN |
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2 h3 r7/11 |
Frank Orban |
19 |
Belgium |
BEL |
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2 h4 r7/11 |
Franck Depine |
25 |
France |
FRA |
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3 h1 r7/11 |
Murray Steele |
23 |
New Zealand |
NZL |
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3 h2 r7/11 |
Mark Barry |
20 |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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3 h3 r7/11 |
Alex Ongaro |
20 |
Canada |
CAN |
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3 h4 r7/11 |
Vincenzo Ceci |
20 |
Italy |
ITA |
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2 h1 r5/11 |
Max Rainsford |
21 |
Australia |
AUS |
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2 h2 r5/11 |
Paulo Jamur |
19 |
Brazil |
BRA |
|
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2 h3 r5/11 |
Jose Antonio Urquijo |
23 |
Chile |
CHI |
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2 h4 r5/11 |
Charles Pile |
28 |
Barbados |
BAR |
|
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2 h5 r5/11 |
Rosman Alwi |
22 |
Malaysia |
MAS |
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2 h6 r5/11 |
Gene Samuel |
23 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
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2 h1 r3/11 |
Brian Lyn |
22 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
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2 h2 r3/11 |
Deogracias Asuncion |
28 |
Philippines |
PHI |
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2 h3 r3/11 |
Leon Richardson |
27 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
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2 h4 r3/11 |
Hugo Daya |
20 |
Colombia |
COL |
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3 h1 r3/11 |
James Joseph |
27 |
Guyana |
GUY |
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3 h2 r3/11 |
Ernest Moodie |
25 |
Cayman Islands |
CAY |
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3 h3 r3/11 |
Heinz Isler |
24 |
Switzerland |
SUI |
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3 h4 r3/11 |
Rodolfo Guaves |
30 |
Philippines |
PHI |
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4 h4 r3/11 |
Ian Stanley |
21 |
Jamaica |
JAM |
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