The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.[1]
Cycling at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Satellite Circuit Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome |
Date | 15 –21 October 1968 |
Competitors | 329 from 52 nations |
Medal summary
Road cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual road race | Pierfranco Vianelli![]() | Leif Mortensen![]() | Gösta Pettersson![]() |
Team time trial | ![]() Joop Zoetemelk Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen | ![]() Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson | ![]() Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti |
Track cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pursuit, Individual | Daniel Rebillard![]() | Mogens Jensen![]() | Xaver Kurmann![]() |
Pursuit, Team | ![]() Per Jørgensen Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen | ![]() Karl Link Udo Hempel Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner | ![]() Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |
Sprint | Daniel Morelon![]() | Giurdano Turrini![]() | Pierre Trentin![]() |
Tandem | ![]() and Pierre Trentin (FRA) | ![]() and Jan Jansen (NED) | ![]() and Robert van Lancker (BEL) |
Time trial | Pierre Trentin![]() | Niels Fredborg![]() | Janusz Kierzkowski![]() |
Participating nations
329 cyclists from 52 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
References
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