Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Cycling
| games = 1988 Summer
| image = Seoul Olympic Velodrome.jpg
| caption =The Seoul Olympic Velodrome in 2008
| venues = Tongillo Road Course
Seoul Olympic Velodrome
| date = 8–24 September 1988
| num_events =
| competitors = 422
| nations = 62
| prev = 1984
| next = 1992
}}
{{CyclingAt1988SummerOlympics}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/CYC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/CYC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games |access-date=12 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}
Road cycling
=Men's=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| Road race {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Olaf Ludwig|GDR|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Bernd Gröne|FRG|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Christian Henn|FRG|1988 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| {{nowrap|Team time trial}} | {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|POL|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|SWE|1988 Summer}} |
=Women's=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Road race {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Monique Knol|NED|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Jutta Niehaus|FRG|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Laima Zilporite|URS|1988 Summer}} |
Track cycling
=Men's=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Points race {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's points race}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Dan Frost|DEN|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Leo Peelen|NED|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Marat Ganeyev|URS|1988 Summer}} |
| Individual pursuit {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Gintautas Umaras|URS|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Dean Woods|AUS|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Bernd Dittert|GDR|1988 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team pursuit | {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|AUS|1988 Summer}} |
| Sprint {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Lutz Heßlich|GDR|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Nikolay Kovsh|URS|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Gary Neiwand|AUS|1988 Summer}} |
| {{nowrap|1 km time trial}} {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 km time trial}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Aleksandr Kirichenko|URS|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Martin Vinnicombe|AUS|1988 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCmedalist|Robert Lechner|FRG|1988 Summer}} |
=Women's=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Sprint {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Erika Salumäe|URS|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Christa Luding-Rothenburger|GDR|1988 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Connie Young|USA|1988 Summer}} |
Participating nations
422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.
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Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = FlagIOC
| event = 1988 Summer
| team =
| gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 2
| gold_GDR = 3 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 1
| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 2
| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 2
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130916024518/http://olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1988.htm Official Report]
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{{Cycling at the Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics