Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venues Mont Royal Park
Montreal Olympic Velodrome
Date18 -24 July 1976
Competitors295 from 49 nations
  1972
1980  

The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program. [1]

Medal summary

Road cycling

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual road race
details
Bernt Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Giuseppe Martinelli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Mieczysław Nowicki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Team time trial
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Aavo Pikkuus
Valery Chaplygin
Anatoly Chukanov
Vladimir Kaminsky
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)
Ryszard Szurkowski
Tadeusz Mytnik
Mieczysław Nowicki
Stanisław Szozda
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Jørn Lund
Verner Blaudzun
Gert Frank
Jørgen Hansen

Track cycling

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Individual pursuit
details
Gregor Braun
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Herman Ponsteen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Thomas Huschke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Team pursuit
details
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Peter Vonhof
Gregor Braun
Hans Lutz
Günther Schumacher
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Viktor Sokolov
Vladimir Osokin
Aleksandr Perov
Vitaly Petrakov
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Ian Hallam
Ian Banbury
Michael Bennett
Robin Croker
Sprint
details
Anton Tkáč
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Daniel Morelon
Flag of France.svg  France
Jürgen Geschke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1 km time trial
details
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Michel Vaarten
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Niels Fredborg
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Participating nations

295 cyclists from 49 nations competed. [1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2002
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1102
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1023
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
6Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 0112
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
Flag of France.svg  France 0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
11Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0022
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0011
Totals (12 entries)66618

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References

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