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 road race finals took place at Hawrelak Park.

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 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Stefano Baudino of Italy, and 1.1667 seconds faster than bronze medalist, Andris Zelch-Lotchmelis of the Soviet Union. In the women's time trial, Erika Salumäe of the Soviet Union 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 Nadezhda Kibardina of the Soviet Union finished third.

The Soviet team was dominant throughout the race. On approach to the finish line, a breakaway group was formed, consisting of Nadezhda Kibardina and Tamara Poliakova from the Soviet Union, and Jeannie Longo from France. In the final sprint, Kibardina emerged victorious, followed by Poliakova and Longo.

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