Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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The cycling
competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics
consisted of two road cycling
events and four track cycling
events, all for men only.
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
consisted of two road cycling
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
events and four track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
events, all for men only.
Medal table
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medal summary
| Individual road race | |||
| Team time trial | Livio Trapè Antonio Bailetti Antonio Bailetti Antonio Bailetti was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. During the 1960 Summer Olympics, Bailetti won the golden medal in the team time trial race. In 1961, Bailetti became a professional cyclist... Ottavio Cogliati Giacomo Fornoni |
Gustav-Adolf Schur Gustav-Adolf Schur Gustav-Adolf "Täve" Schur is a former German cyclist and one of the most popular sportspeople in East Germany. He was the first German to win the amateur competition of the World Cycling Championships and the Peace Race... Egon Adler Erich Hagen Günter Lörke |
Aleksei Petrov Viktor Kapitonov Viktor Kapitonov Viktor Arsenevich Kapitonov was a Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion.He was born in Kalinin.He won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the Individual Road Race. He also obtained a bronze medal in the Team Road Race.... Yevgeny Klevtsov Yury Melikhov |
| 1000m time trial | |||
| Sprint | |||
| Tandem | Giuseppe Beghetto Giuseppe Beghetto Giuseppe Beghetto is an Italian racing cyclist, olympic champion in tandem and world champion in track cycling.He received a gold medal in tandem at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.... Sergio Bianchetto Sergio Bianchetto Sergio Bianchetto is an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in tandem at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.... |
Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber Lothar Stäber Lothar Stäber is a German cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- References :... |
Vladimir Leonov Boris Vasilyev Boris Vasilyev Boris Vasilyev is a Soviet writer. He was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.-Selected filmography:* The Dawns Here Are Quiet... |
| Team pursuit | Marino Vigna Luigi Arienti Luigi Arienti Luigi Arienti is an Italian former racing cyclist. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he and teammates Marino Vigna, Mario Vallotto and Franco Testa won an Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit, with a time of 4:30.90.... Franco Testa Mario Vallotto |
Siegfried Köhler Bernd Barleben Peter Gröning Peter Gröning Peter Gröning is a former East German track cyclist. He was born April 29, 1939, in Berlin.Gröning competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won at the 1960 Olympics in Rome the silver medal in 4000-m team pursuit.... Manfred Klieme Manfred Klieme Manfred Klieme is a former East German racing cyclist, who won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.He was born in Berlin.Klieme competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.... |
Viktor Romanov Arnold Belgardt Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Kolumbet is a former Soviet cyclist.He is Jewish, and was born in Horenychi, Kiev, Ukraine. His brother is fellow Olympian Mykola Kolumbet... Stanislav Moskvin |