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Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
The 1900 Summer Olympics were held as part of the 1900 World's Fair, during which many cycling events were contested. The IOC website currently affirms a total of 3 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon regarding events that should be considered "Olympic". These additional events include the men's points race. Thus, three cycling events are considered Olympic events. These three competitions were held between 9 September and 16 September 1900. The cycling part of the World's Fair included 250 competitors, 160 of them French. In the sprint and 25 km events, 72 competitors, all men, from seven nations competed.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
Robert Bartko is a German former road and track cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Born in the former East Germany, Bartko won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit.
The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX, and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking. The road races took place over a course starting and ending in The Mall in central London and heading out into Surrey, while the time trials started and finished at Hampton Court Palace in Richmond upon Thames. Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated.
The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August.
Karl Link is a German racing cyclist. Together with his teammates he won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Karl-Heinz Henrichs was a German racing cyclist. Together with his teammates he won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Karl Duill was a German cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Karl Landsberg was a Swedish cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The cycling competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 22 events in five disciplines. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Karl Koch was a German cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II.
Karl-Ivar Andersson is a former Swedish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Karl E J Barton is a British former cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also represented England and won a silver medal in the Track 1,000m Match Sprint at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. Four years later he won another silver medal in the Track 1,000m Match Sprint at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
Karl-Heinz Oberfranz is a German former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Karl-Dietrich Diers is a German former cyclist. He competed for East Germany in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "Karl Krenauer Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
