Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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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.
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
consisted of two road cycling
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
events and five track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
events, all for men only.
Medal table
| 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 |
Medal summary
| Individual road race | |||
| Team time trial | Joop Zoetemelk Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Jozef "Joop" Zoetemelk is a retired professional racing cyclist from the Netherlands who has emigrated to France. He started the Tour de France 16 times and finished every time, a record. He won the race in 1980 and also came eighth, fifth, fourth and second... Fedor den Hertog Fedor den Hertog Fedor Iwan den Hertog was a Dutch racing cyclist. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.... Jan Krekels Jan Krekels Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog. He also won the 19th stage of the Tour de France in 1971 and the prologue of Paris–Nice in 1970... René Pijnen René Pijnen Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100k team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Krekels.A professional from 1969 to 1987, Pijnen was a capable track cyclist winning the... |
Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Gösta Pettersson is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia... |
Pierfranco Vianelli Pierfranco Vianelli Pierfranco Vianelli is an Italian cyclist and Olympic Champion. He won gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, on the Individual Road Race. He also obtained a bronze medal in the Team Time Trial.-References:... Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti Mauro Simonetti Mauro Simonetti was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, Simonetti won the bronze medeal in the team road race.- Palmarès :196819701971- External links :*... |
| 1000m time trial | |||
| Sprint | |||
| Tandem | Daniel Morelon Daniel Morelon Daniel Morelon is a French former racing cyclist, eight times world champion and triple Olympic champion and a knight of the Legion d'Honneur. Morelon was a police officer before becoming a cycling coach.... Pierre Trentin Pierre Trentin Pierre Trentin was a French professional racing cyclist and double Olympic champion.Trentin began competing when he was 14. He continued racing when he began training and then established his own business as a leather craftsman and became one of the world's leading cyclists on the track. At 17 he... |
Leijn Loevesijn Leijn Loevesijn Leijn Loevesijn is a Dutch cyclist.He was born in Amsterdam. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 2000 metres tandem race, and finished fifth at the sprint race and sixth in the time trial. At the Track Cycling World Championships he won a bronze medal in the sprint in 1970 and... Jan Jansen Jan Jansen (cyclist) Johannes Hendrikus "Jan" Jansen is a Dutch cyclist.He was born in Basdorf and is a brother of Harrie Jansen. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 2000 metres tandem race, and finished fifth at the sprint race.-References:... |
Daniel Goens Robert van Lancker |
| Individual pursuit | |||
| Team pursuit | Per Jørgensen Per Jørgensen Per Jørgensen is a Norwegian trumpet player, vocalist and guitar player.He was a major voice in Bergen Blues Band, Knut Kristiansen kvintett,Tamma, Jøkleba, Magnetic North Orchestra and in various duo projects with Jon Balke, Terje Isungset, Tobias Sjøgren etc.Participates on: Album: *... Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen |
Karl Link Udo Hempel Udo Hempel Udo Hempel is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Günter Haritz. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, he had already won silver in the same event... Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner |
Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |