Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 24 September 1988.
For the first time in Olympic history, women competed in track cycling through the match sprint.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  East Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Australia |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 West Germany |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Road[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race | Olaf Ludwig
|
Bernd Groene
|
Christian Henn
|
| Men's team time trial | East Germany Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann Jan Schur |
Poland Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskula Marek Lesniewski Andrzej Sypytkowski |
Sweden Anders Jarl Bjorn Johansson Jan Karlsson Michel Lafis |
| Women's road race | Monique Knol
|
Jutta Niehaus
|
Laima Zilporite
|
Track[]
Men[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Time trial | Alexandre Kiritchenko
|
Martin Vinnicombe
|
Robert Lechner
|
| Individual pursuit | Gintaoutas Umaras
|
Dean Woods
|
Bernd Dittert
|
| Points race | Dan Frost
|
Leo Peelen
|
Marat Ganeev
|
| Sprint | Lutz Hesslich
|
Nikolai Kovche
|
Gary Neiwand
|
| Team pursuit | Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov Artouras Kaspoutis Dmitri Nelubine Gintaoutas Umaras Mindaougas Umaras |
East Germany Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Dirk Meier Uwe Preissler Carsten Wolf |
Australia Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede Scott McGrory Dean Woods |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Erika Saloumiae
|
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
|
Connie Paraskevin-Young
|
Statistics[]
- There were 422 total athletes from 62 countries.
- Kim Yong-kyu was the youngest participant with 16 years and 316 days.
- George Whiteson Nayeja was the oldest participant with 42 years and 104 days.
- 6 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Netherlands won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
