Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| Road cycling | Mont Royal Park | ||||||
| Track cycling | Montreal Olympic Velodrome | ||||||
| Dates | 18 July - 24 July | ||||||
| Cyclists | 295 from 49 countries | ||||||
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 West Germany: |
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 Soviet Union: |
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 East Germany: |
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| Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics |
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| Individual road race | men | |
| Team time trial | men | |
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| Individual pursuit | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | |
| Individual time trial | men | |
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]
Contents
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual road race |
 Bernt Johansson (SWE) |
 Giuseppe Martinelli (ITA) |
 Mieczysław Nowicki (POL) |
| Team time trial |
 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 |
Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1 km time trial |
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke East Germany |
Michel Vaarten Belgium |
Niels Fredborg Denmark |
| Individual pursuit |
Gregor Braun West Germany |
Herman Ponsteen Netherlands |
Thomas Huschke East Germany |
| Team pursuit |
 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 |
Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia |
Daniel Morelon France |
Jürgen Geschke East Germany |
Participating nations
295 cyclists from 49 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
| 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 |
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