Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Cycling at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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Venues | Via Cassia Via Cristoforo Colombo Via di Grottarossa Via Flaminia Olympic Velodrome |
Date | 26 –29 August 1960 |
Competitors | 297 from 48 nations |
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 marked by the death of cyclist Knud Jensen.
Medal summary
Road cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual road race |
Viktor Kapitonov![]() |
Livio Trapè![]() |
Willy van den Berghen![]() |
Time trial, team |
![]() Livio Trapè Antonio Bailetti Ottavio Cogliati Giacomo Fornoni |
![]() Gustav-Adolf Schur Egon Adler Erich Hagen Günter Lörke |
![]() Aleksei Petrov Viktor Kapitonov Yevgeny Klevtsov Yury Melikhov |
Track cycling
Participating nations
297 cyclists from 48 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.