Cycling_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics
Quick Facts Cycling at the Games of the XXI Olympiad, Venues ...
| Cycling at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Mont Royal Park Montreal Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 18 -24 July 1976 |
| Competitors | 295 from 49 nations |
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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]
Road cycling
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual road race details |
Bernt Johansson Sweden |
Giuseppe Martinelli Italy |
Mieczysław Nowicki Poland |
| Team time trial details |
 Soviet Union (URS)Aavo Pikkuus Valery Chaplygin Anatoly Chukanov Vladimir Kaminsky |
 Poland (POL)Ryszard Szurkowski Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczysław Nowicki Stanisław Szozda |
 Denmark (DEN)Jørn Lund Verner Blaudzun Gert Frank Jørgen Hansen |
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Track cycling
More information Games, Gold ...
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual pursuit details |
Gregor Braun West Germany |
Herman Ponsteen Netherlands |
Thomas Huschke East Germany |
| Team pursuit details |
 West Germany (FRG)Peter Vonhof Gregor Braun Hans Lutz Günther Schumacher |
Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Sokolov Vladimir Osokin Aleksandr Perov Vitaly Petrakov |
 Great Britain (GBR)Ian Hallam Ian Banbury Michael Bennett Robin Croker |
| Sprint details |
Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia |
Daniel Morelon France |
Jürgen Geschke East Germany |
| 1 km time trial details |
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke East Germany |
Michel Vaarten Belgium |
Niels Fredborg Denmark |
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295 cyclists from 49 nations competed.[1]
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More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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- "Cycling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2014.