The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1]
| Cycling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Broadmeadows Melbourne Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 3 –6 December 1956 |
| Competitors | 161 from 30 nations |
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race, Individual | Ercole Baldini Italy | Arnaud Geyre France | Alan Jackson Great Britain |
| Road race, Team |  France (FRA)Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin |  Great Britain (GBR)Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson |  United Team of Germany (EUA)Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |
Track cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuit, Team |  Italy (ITA)Valentino Gasparella Antonio Domenicali Leandro Faggin Franco Gandini Virginio Pizzali | France (FRA) Michel Vermeulin René Bianchi Jean Graczyk Jean-Claude Lecante | Great Britain (GBR) Tom Simpson Donald Burgess Mike Gambrill John Geddes |
| Sprint | Michel Rousseau France | Guglielmo Pesenti Italy | Dick Ploog Australia |
| Tandem |  Ian Browneand Tony Marchant (AUS) |  Ladislav Foučekand Václav Machek (TCH) | Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello (ITA) |
| Time trial | Leandro Faggin Italy | Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia | Alfred Swift South Africa |
Participating nations
161 cyclists from 30 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |