1968 Summer Olympics / Cycling

Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Municipio Naucalpan de Juarez , Mexico City
Competition venue	Satellite Circuit Velódromo Olímpico Agustín Melgar
Nations	52
Athletes	329 (329 )
date	October 15-21, 1968
decisions	7th
← Tokyo 1964 Munich 1972 →

At the XIX. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , seven cycling competitions were held.

train

The track competitions were held in the Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome .

sprint

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Daniel Morelon
2	ITA	Giordano Turrini
3	FRA	Pierre Trentin

1000 m time trial

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRA	Pierre Trentin	1: 03.91 min
2	THE	Niels Fredborg	1: 04.61 min
3	POLE	Janusz Kierzkowski	1: 04.63 min

For Jan Kierzkowski there was an Italian flag instead of the Polish flag at the award ceremony; the organizing committee may have overlooked the fact that the Italian Gianni Sartori had just been relegated to fourth place by this Pole. In any case, it was the second incorrect flag after the Australian flag had already been raised on October 16 at the same ceremony for the women's pentathlon for Austria's Liese Prokop.

tandem

space	country	Athletes
1	FRA	Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin
2	NED	Jan Jansen / Leijn Loevesijn
3	BEL	Daniel Goens / Robert Van Lancker

4000 m single pursuit

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Daniel Rebillard
2	THE	Mogens Frey
3	SUI	Xaver Kurmann

33 riders started the 4000 m single pursuit. Jiří Daler , the Olympic champion from 1964, failed as 13th in the qualification. The medals were won by Daniel Rebillard , Mogens Frey and Xaver Kurmann . The 19-year-old winner Rebillard took third place in the qualification, eliminated Rupert Kratzer in the quarterfinals and the Australian John Bylsma in the semifinals and defeated the Dane Morgan Frey in the final.

4000 m team pursuit

space	country	Athletes
1	THE	Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Frey Per Lyngemark Reno Olsen Peder Pedersen
2	FRG	Udo Hempel Karl-Heinz Henrichs Jürgen Kißner Karl Link
3	ITA	Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato Luigi Roncaglia

The German four-man was disqualified in the final because the German driver Jürgen Kißner had touched a teammate. This was rated as "unauthorized pushing" because the French text of the competition regulations valid at the time does not differentiate between pushing and pushing (French: 'pousser'). The Italian team, which was to be given the silver medal instead of the German team, initially refused to take part in the award ceremony in protest of the jury's decision. In 1969 the IOC executive decided to hand over the silver medals to the BDR foursome despite being disqualified. See also: Scandal in Mexico 1968

Street

Road Race (196.2 km)

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Cycling - road racing (men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	ITA	Pierfranco Vianelli	4: 41: 25.24 h
2	THE	Leif Mortensen	4: 42: 49.71 h
3	SWE	Gosta Pettersson	4: 43: 15.24 h

155 riders from 48 countries took part in the last Olympic cycling competition. 64 of them reached the destination. A 24.525-kilometer circuit was driven a total of eight times. The course was mostly mountainous, with a few steep, but drawn out inclines.

Team time trial (101.908 km)

space	country	Athletes	time
1	NED	Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen Joop Zoetemelk	2:07:49.06 h
2	SWE	Fåglum brothers : Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Sture Pettersson	2: 09: 26.60 h
3	ITA	Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti Pierfranco Vianelli	2:10:18.74 h

References and comments

1. ^ Glossary "Mexico 68", last article, in "Kärntner Tageszeitung" No. 242 of October 20, 1968, page 10
2. ↑ Der Radsportler, October 25, 1968, page 4, substitute was Olympic champion, publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR
3. ↑ At the Olympic Games, all drivers who have driven at least two runs receive a medal.
4. ^ The cyclist, November 1st, 1968, page 4, Franco's birthday present: gold medal, publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 1968 / cycling in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )