Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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| Road cycling | Satellite Circuit | ||||||
| Track cycling | Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome | ||||||
| Dates | 15 October – 21 October | ||||||
| Cyclists | 329 from 52 countries | ||||||
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 France: |
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The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.[1]
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual road race |
Pierfranco Vianelli Italy |
Leif Mortensen Denmark |
Gösta Pettersson Sweden |
| Team time trial |
 Netherlands (NED)Joop Zoetemelk Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen |
Sweden (SWE) Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson |
Italy (ITA) Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti |
Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuit, Individual |
Daniel Rebillard France |
Mogens Jensen Denmark |
Xaver Kurmann Switzerland |
| Pursuit, Team |
Denmark (DEN) Per Jørgensen Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen |
 West Germany (FRG)Karl Link Udo Hempel Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner |
Italy (ITA) Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |
| Sprint |
Daniel Morelon France |
Giurdano Turrini Italy |
Pierre Trentin France |
| Tandem |
Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin France |
Leijn Loevesijn and Jan Janssen Netherlands |
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| 1000m time trial |
Pierre Trentin France |
Niels Fredborg Denmark |
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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 | France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1 2 "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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