Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1]
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| Venues | Broadmeadows Melbourne Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 3 December – 6 December |
| Competitors | 161 from 30 nations |
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Road race, Individual |
Ercole Baldini |
Arnaud Geyre |
Alan Jackson |
| Road race, Team |
Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin |
Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson |
 Reinhold Pommer Gustav-Adolf Schur Horst Tüller |
Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuit, Team |
Valentino Gasparella Antonio Domenicali Leandro Faggin Franco Gandini Virginio Pizzali |
Michel Vermeulin René Bianchi Jean Graczyk Jean-Claude Lecante |
Tom Simpson Donald Burgess Mike Gambrill John Geddes |
| Sprint |
Michel Rousseau |
Guglielmo Pesenti |
Dick Ploog |
| Tandem |
and Tony Marchant (AUS) |
 and Václav Machek (TCH) |
and Cesare Pinarello (ITA) |
| Time trial |
Leandro Faggin |
Ladislav Fouček |
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Participating nations
161 cyclists from 30 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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References
- "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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