Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Date26 –29 August 1960
Competitors297 from 48 nations
| Cycling at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
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| Venues | Via Cassia Via Cristoforo Colombo Via di Grottarossa Via Flaminia Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 26 –29 August 1960 |
| Competitors | 297 from 48 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The event was marred by the death of cyclist Knud Jensen.
Road cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual road race |
Viktor Kapitonov Soviet Union |
Livio Trapè Italy |
Willy van den Berghen Belgium |
| Time trial, team |
Italy Livio Trapè Antonio Bailetti Ottavio Cogliati Giacomo Fornoni |
 United Team of GermanyGustav-Adolf Schur Egon Adler Erich Hagen Günter Lörke |
Soviet Union Aleksei Petrov Viktor Kapitonov Yevgeny Klevtsov Yury Melikhov |
Track cycling
Participating nations
297 cyclists from 48 nations competed.[1]
Argentina (8)
Australia (9)
Austria (8)
Belgium (13)
Brazil (1)
British West Indies (1)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (2)
Ceylon (1)
Colombia (7)
Czechoslovakia (6)
Denmark (8)
Ethiopia (5)
Finland (4)
France (14)
United Team of Germany (14)
Great Britain (12)
Hungary (5)
Indonesia (4)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (5)
Israel (2)
Italy (14)
Japan (5)
South Korea (4)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (6)
Malta (3)
Mexico (10)
Morocco (4)
Netherlands (13)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Pakistan (2)
Poland (5)
Portugal (4)
Romania (6)
San Marino (4)
South Africa (5)
Soviet Union (13)
Spain (9)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (14)
Tunisia (4)
United States (14)
Uruguay (5)
Venezuela (5)
Yugoslavia (5)
