Jørgen Jørgensen (cyclist)

Jørgen Jørgensen (born 1 April 1936) is a former Danish cyclist. He competed in the 100 km cycling team time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics as a member of the four-man Danish team alongside Knud Enemark Jensen, Niels Baunsøe, and Vagn Bangsborg.[1] The event was held on 26 August 1960 at the Viale Cristoforo Colombo in Rome, and the temperatures during the race reached 42 °C (108 °F).[2] He dropped out of the race during the first lap due to heat stroke.[3]

Jørgen Jørgensen
Personal information
Full nameJørgen Breiholt Jørgensen
NicknameBendy
Born (1936-04-01) 1 April 1936
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Professional team
CC Gladsaxe

Athletic career

The following are Jørgensen's results:[4]

1957
Date Country Race Position Distance
10-09-1957 SWE Sex-Dagars 1957 "Ronde van Zweden" 2 175 km

1958
Date Country Race Position Distance
10-08-1958 DEN Nationalt mesterskab "National Championship" 12 173.6 km

1959
Date Country Race Position Distance
08-03-1959 DEN Nationalt mesterskab "National Championship" 3 168 km
02-05-1959 DDR Závod Míru 1959 "Peace Race" Stage 1 † 9 119 km

†: The athlete is not listed as having competed in any stages other than the 1st stage of the 1959 peace race, and is not listed amongst the finishers of the entire race.[5]

1960
Date Country Race Position Distance
03-05-1960 CZE

SVK

 Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 2 † 6 145 km
10-05-1960 POL Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 8 † 10 117 km
15-05-1960 DDR Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Stage 12 † 10 40 km
16-05-1960 CZE

SVK

POL

DDR

 Závod Míru 1960 "Peace Race" Overall Standings † 28 2295 km
26-08-1960 ITA Olympic Men's 1960 Team time trial DNF 100 km
22-10-1959 DEN Odense 1960 Fyen Rundt 3 225 km

†: The athlete is only listed in some stages of the 1960 peace race, but was given a final standing and therefore likely participated in the other stages.

References
  1. "Jørgen Jørgensen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. "Knud Enemark Jensen Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". web.archive.org. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. Maraniss, David. Rome 1960: the Olympics That Changed the World (First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York. pp. 110–113. ISBN 978-1-4165-3407-5. OCLC 214066042.
  4. Archives, Cycling. "Jørgen Bendy Jørgensen". www.cykelsiderne.net. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. Archives, Cycling. "Závod Míru 1959". www.cykelsiderne.net. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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