Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's cycling team pursuit
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City
Date 19-21 October 1968
Competitors 85 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gunnar Asmussen, Reno Olsen, Mogens Frey Jensen, Per Lyngemark, Peder Pedersen  Denmark
2nd, silver medalist(s) Udo Hempel, Karl Link, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Jürgen Kissner, Rainer Podlesch  West Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Luigi Roncaglia, Giorgio Morbiato, Gino Pancino  Italy

These are the official results of the Men's Team Pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 19 to 21 October 1968. There were 85 participants from 20 nations.[1]

Final classification

RankNameNationality
1st, gold medalist(s)Gunnar Asmussen
Reno Olsen
Mogens Frey Jensen
Per Lyngemark
Peder Pedersen
 Denmark
2nd, silver medalist(s)Udo Hempel
Karl Link
Karl-Heinz Henrichs
Jürgen Kissner
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Lorenzo Bosisio
Cipriano Chemello
Luigi Roncaglia
Giorgio Morbiato
Gino Pancino
 Italy
4Dzintars Lācis
Stanislav Moskvin
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Mikhail Kolyushev
Viktor Bykov
 Soviet Union
5Ernest Bens
Ronny Vanmarcke
Willy Debosscher
Paul Crapez
 Belgium
Jiří Daler
Pavel Kondr
Milan Puzrla
František Řezáč
 Czechoslovakia
Bernard Darmet
Daniel Rébillard
Jack Mourioux
Alain van Lancker
 France
Wojciech Matusiak
Janusz Kierzkowski
Wacław Latocha
Rajmund Zieliński
 Poland
9Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet
Somchai Chantarasamrit
Boontom Prasongquamdee
Chainarong Sophonpong
 Thailand
Sergio Martínez
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Inocente Lizano
 Cuba
David Chauner
Skip Cutting
Steve Maaranen
John Vande Velde
 United States
Gösta Pettersson
Sture Pettersson
Erik Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
 Sweden
Heinz Richter
Wolfgang Schmelzer
Rudolf Franz
Manfred Ulbricht
 East Germany
Luis Saldarriaga
Severo Hernández
Mario Vanegas
Martín Rodríguez
 Colombia
Robert Farrell
Phillip Richardson
Salim Mohammed
Noel Luces
 Trinidad and Tobago
Ernesto Contreras
Juan Alberto Merlos
Roberto Breppe
Carlos Miguel Álvarez
 Argentina
Heriberto Díaz
Agustín Alcántara
Adolfo Belmonte
Radamés Treviño
 Mexico
Piet Hoekstra
Henk Nieuwkamp
Klaas Balk
Joop Zoetemelk
 Netherlands
Walter Richard
Jürgen Schneider
Bruno Hubschmid
Xaver Kurmann
 Switzerland
Ian Alsop
Harry Jackson
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
 Great Britain

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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