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| Men's cycling road race at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 The medalists: Leif Mortensen, Pierfranco Vianelli, and Gösta Pettersson | ||||||||||
| Venue | Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||
| Date | 23 October 1968 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 144 from 44 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:41:25 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Road cycling | |
| Road race | men |
| Team time trial | men |
Track cycling | |
| Track time trial | men |
| Individual pursuit | men |
| Team pursuit | men |
| Sprint | men |
| Tandem | men |
The men's individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. 144 cyclists from 44 nations took part. The maximum number of cyclists per nation was four. It was held on 23 October 1968. The course, just short of 25 kilometres, was covered 8 times for a total distance of 196.2 kilometres. [1] The event was won by Pierfranco Vianelli of Italy, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's individual road race (putting Italy over France in most gold medals, three to two). It was the fourth consecutive Games that an Italian cyclist finished first or second. Leif Mortensen's silver was Denmark's second consecutive silver medal in the event. Gösta Pettersson earned Sweden's first medal in the event with his bronze.
