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Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 24 July 1976.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 West Germany West Germany 2 0 0 2
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 1 0 2
3 East Germany East Germany 1 0 2 3
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1
Sweden Sweden 1 0 0 1
6 Poland Poland 0 1 1 2
7 Belgium Belgium 0 1 0 1
France France 0 1 0 1
Italy Italy 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Netherlands 0 1 0 1
11 Denmark Denmark 0 0 2 2
12 Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Road[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road race Bernt Johansson
Sweden
Giuseppe Martinelli
Italy
Mieczysl Nowicki
Poland
Team time trial Soviet Union Soviet Union
Valery Chaplygin
Anatoly Chukanov
Vladimir Kaminsky
Aavo Pikkuus
Poland Poland
Tadeusz Mitnik
Mieczysl Nowicki
Stanislaw Szozda
Ryszard Szurkowski
Denmark Denmark
Verner Blaudzun
Gert Frank
Jorgen Hansen
Jorn Lund

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial Klaus-Jurgen Grunke
East Germany
Michel Vaarten
Belgium
Niels Fredborg
Denmark
Individual pursuit Gregor Braun
West Germany
Herman Ponsteen
Netherlands
Thomas Huschke
East Germany
Sprint Anton Tkac
Czechoslovakia
Daniel Morelon
France
Hans-Jurgen Geschke
East Germany
Team pursuit West Germany West Germany
Gregor Braun
Hans Lutz
Guenther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Vladimir Osokin
Alexandr Perov
Vitaly Petrakov
Victor Sokolov
Great Britain Great Britain
Ian Banbury
Michael Bennett
Robin Croker
Ian Hallam

Statistics[]

  • There were 295 total athletes from 49 countries.
  • Cesare Cipollini was the youngest participant with 17 years and 220 days.
  • Willy Skibby was the oldest participant with 34 years and 157 days.
  • 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Denmark won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
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