Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venues Via Cassia
Via Cristoforo Colombo
Via di Grottarossa
Via Flaminia
Olympic Velodrome
Date26 –29 August 1960
Competitors297 from 48 nations
←  1956
1964  →

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.

Medal summary

Road cycling

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual road race
details 		Viktor Kapitonov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Livio Trapè
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 		Willy van den Berghen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Time trial, team
details 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Livio Trapè
Antonio Bailetti
Ottavio Cogliati
Giacomo Fornoni 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Egon Adler
Erich Hagen
Günter Lörke 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Aleksei Petrov
Viktor Kapitonov
Yevgeny Klevtsov
Yury Melikhov

Track cycling

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Pursuit, team
details 		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Marino Vigna
Luigi Arienti
Franco Testa
Mario Vallotto 		Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Siegfried Köhler
Bernd Barleben
Peter Gröning
Manfred Klieme 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Viktor Romanov
Arnold Belgardt
Leonid Kolumbet
Stanislav Moskvin
Sprint
details 		Sante Gaiardoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 		Leo Sterckx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 		Valentino Gasparella
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tandem
details 		Giuseppe Beghetto
and Sergio Bianchetto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 		Jürgen Simon
and Lothar Stäber
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 		Vladimir Leonov
and Boris Vasilyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Time trial
details 		Sante Gaiardoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 		Dieter Gieseler
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 		Rostislav Vargashkin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Participating nations

297 cyclists from 48 nations competed. [1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5117
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1045
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 0404
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0112
Totals (4 entries)66618

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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