Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling. Nine events were contested, including the first women's sprint event at the Olympics.[1]
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| Venues | Tongillo Road Course Seoul Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 8 – 24 September |
| Competitors | 422 from 62 nations |
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| Road race | men | women |
| Team time trial | men | |
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| Track time trial | men | |
| Individual pursuit | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Points race | men | |
Road cycling
Men's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |
Olaf Ludwig East Germany |
Bernd Gröne West Germany |
Christian Henn West Germany |
| Team time trial |
East Germany (GDR) Jan Schur Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann |
 Poland (POL)Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Lesniewski |
 Sweden (SWE)Michel Lafis Anders Jarl Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson |
Women's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |
Monique Knol Netherlands |
Jutta Niehaus West Germany |
Laima Zilporite Soviet Union |
Track cycling
Men's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points race |
Dan Frost Denmark |
Leo Peelen Netherlands |
Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union |
| Individual pursuit |
Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union |
Dean Woods Australia |
Bernd Dittert East Germany |
| Team pursuit |
Soviet Union (URS) Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras |
East Germany (GDR) Carsten Wolf Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Dirk Meier |
Australia (AUS) Scott McGrory Dean Woods Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede |
| Sprint |
Lutz Heßlich East Germany |
Nikolay Kovsh Soviet Union |
Gary Neiwand Australia |
| 1 km time trial |
Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union |
Martin Vinnicombe Australia |
Robert Lechner West Germany |
Women's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint |
Erika Salumäe Soviet Union |
Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany |
Connie Young United States |
Participating nations
422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 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 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
References
- "Cycling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
External links
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