Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Cycling
| games = 1976 Summer
| image = Olympic rings without rims.svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| venues = Mont Royal Park
Montreal Olympic Velodrome
| date = 18 -24 July 1976
| competitors = 295
| nations = 49
| prev = 1972
| next = 1980
}}
{{CyclingAt1976SummerOlympics}}
The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/CYC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/CYC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games |access-date=24 August 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medal summary
=Road cycling=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| Individual road race {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Bernt Johansson|SWE|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Giuseppe Martinelli|ITA|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Mieczysław Nowicki|POL|1976 Summer}} |
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| Team time trial | {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|POL|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|DEN|1976 Summer}} |
=Track cycling=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Individual pursuit {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Gregor Braun|FRG|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Herman Ponsteen|NED|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Thomas Huschke|GDR|1976 Summer}} |
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| Team pursuit | {{FlagIOCteam|FRG|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|GBR|1976 Summer}} |
| Sprint {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Anton Tkáč|TCH|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Daniel Morelon|FRA|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Jürgen Geschke|GDR|1976 Summer}} |
| 1 km time trial {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Klaus-Jürgen Grünke|GDR|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Michel Vaarten|BEL|1976 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Niels Fredborg|DEN|1976 Summer}} |
Participating nations
295 cyclists from 49 nations competed.
* {{flagIOC|ANT|1976 Summer|2}}
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Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = FlagIOC
| event = 1976 Summer
| team =
| gold_FRG = 2 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 0
| gold_URS = 1 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
| gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 2
| gold_TCH = 1 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 0
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 2
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
}}
References
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Category:Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics