Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Road cycling | Broadmeadows | ||||||
| Track cycling | Melbourne Olympic Velodrome | ||||||
| Dates | 3 December – 6 December | ||||||
| Cyclists | 161 from 30 countries | ||||||
| Top ranked countries | |||||||
 Italy: |
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 Australia: |
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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]
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | 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 |
 Germany (EUA)Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |
Track cycling
| Event | 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 |
Joey Browne and Tony Marchant Australia |
Ladislav Fouček and Václav Machek  Czechoslovakia |
Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello Italy |
| 1000m time trial |
Leandro Faggin Italy |
Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia |
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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 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1 2 "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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