Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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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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| Individual road race | men |
| Team time trial | men |
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| Track time trial | men |
| Individual pursuit | men |
| Team pursuit | men |
| Sprint | 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]
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual road race |
Bernt Johansson Sweden |
Giuseppe Martinelli Italy |
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| 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
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1 km time trial |
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke East Germany |
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Niels Fredborg Denmark |
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 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
References
- "Cycling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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