Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Date15 –21 October 1968
Competitors329 from 52 nations
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| Venues | Satellite Circuit Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 15 –21 October 1968 |
| Competitors | 329 from 52 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.[1]
Road cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual road race |
Pierfranco Vianelli Italy |
Leif Mortensen Denmark |
Gösta Pettersson Sweden |
| Team time trial |
 NetherlandsJoop Zoetemelk Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen |
Sweden Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson |
Italy Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti |
Track cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuit, Individual |
Daniel Rebillard France |
Mogens Jensen Denmark |
Xaver Kurmann Switzerland |
| Pursuit, Team |
 DenmarkPer Jørgensen Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen |
 West GermanyKarl Link Udo Hempel Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner |
Italy Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |
| Sprint |
Daniel Morelon France |
Giurdano Turrini Italy |
Pierre Trentin France |
| Tandem |
Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin (FRA) |
Leijn Loevesijn and Jan Jansen (NED) |
 Daniel Goensand Robert van Lancker (BEL) |
| Time trial |
Pierre Trentin France |
Niels Fredborg Denmark |
Janusz Kierzkowski Poland |
