| Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Road cycling | ||
| Road race | men | women |
| Team time trial | men | |
Track cycling | ||
| Track time trial | men | |
| Individual pursuit | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Points race | men | |
The men's team time trial event was part of the road cycling programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1] The time for the team was stopped after the third person on the team crossed the finish line. The venue for this event was the Tongil-ro Course, Paju, South Korea.
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Peru competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 20 competitors, 17 men and 3 women, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 61 competitors, 60 men and 1 woman, took part in 36 events in 13 sports.
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation. The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial.
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The men's team time trial, a part of the cycling events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, took place in Amsterdam. The team event was simply an aggregation of results from the individual time trial event, with the best three times for each nation being added to give a team score.
The men's team pursuit was a cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea which was held on 23 and 24 September 1988. There were a total number of 19 participating teams.
The men's team time trial event was part of the road cycling programme at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The time for the team was stopped after the third person on the team crossed the finish line. The venue for this event was the Minskoye Shosse, Moscow, Soviet Union. This event was held on 20 July 1980.
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