BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS: DAY 3 : DAILY REPORT : CYCLING : Hartwell Wins First U.S. Medal in One-Kilometer Time Trial

Erin Hartwell of Indianapolis, who was 10th in the 1991 World Championships, won the United States’ first medal--a bronze--in the four-lap, one-kilometer time trial, an Olympic event first contested in 1896. Hartwell edged favorite Jens Gluecklich of Germany by 0.004 seconds in cycling’s equivalent of the 400-meter run at the Municipal Velodrome.

Jose Moreno won the event, collecting Spain’s first gold medal of the Summer Games in an Olympic-record time of 1 minute 3.342 seconds, breaking the mark set by France’s Pierre Trentin in 1968. Shane Kelly of Australia surprised the field, usually dominated by West European racers, for the silver medal. Moreno is the defending world champion.

Hartwell, a four-time U.S. national champion, was almost two seconds faster than his previous best to finish third. The highest U.S. finish before Hartwell was John Heid, seventh in 1948.

Chris Boardman of Britain posted an Olympic-record time of 4:27.357 in the men’s 4,000-meter individual pursuit during qualifying. He was one of three cyclists who broke the old mark of 4:32.00 set by Gintautas Umaras of the former Soviet Union at Seoul. Boardman set the record while defeating Australia’s Mark Kingsland, who had broken it half an hour earlier. Favorite Jens Lehmann of Germany also was under the old mark.

Carl Sundquist of Pembroke Pines, Fla., had the sixth-fastest clocking among 16 qualifiers. He improved his personal best by two seconds. He will face Kingsland in today’s quarterfinals.

MEDALISTS

CYCLING

(Men’s 1-kilometer Time Trial)

GOLD Jose Moreno (Spain)

SILVER Shane Kelly (Australia)

BRONZE Erin Hartwell (United States)