Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

The men's individual road race was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. 144 cyclists from 44 nations took part. It was held on 23 October 1968. The course, just short of 25 kilometres, was covered 8 times for a total distance of 196.2 kilometres.[1]

Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueMexico City, Mexico
Date23 October 1968
Competitors144 from 44 nations
Winning time4:41:25
Medalists
Pierfranco Vianelli  Italy
Leif Mortensen  Denmark
Gösta Pettersson  Sweden
Cycling at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Individual pursuitmen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmen
1000 m time trialmen
Tandemmen

Final classification
RankRiderNationalityTime
Pierfranco Vianelli Italy4:41:25
Leif Mortensen Denmark4:42:49
Gösta Pettersson Sweden4:43:15
4Stéphan Abrahamian France4:43:36
5René Pijnen Netherlands4:43:36
6Jean-Pierre Monseré Belgium4:43:51
7Tomas Pettersson Sweden4:43:58
8Giovanni Bramucci Italy4:43:58
9Martín Rodríguez Colombia4:43:58
10Marian Kegel Poland4:44:00
11Jan Krekels Netherlands4:44:09
12Burkhard Ebert West Germany4:44:10
13Thorleif Andresen Norway4:44:10
14Tore Milsett Norway4:44:12
15Álvaro Pachón Colombia4:44:13
16José Gómez Spain4:44:13
17Valery Yardy Soviet Union4:44:15
18Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium4:44:24
19André Dierickx Belgium4:45:32
20Alain Vasseur France4:45:36
21Imre Géra Hungary4:45:57
22Saturnino Rustrián Guatemala4:46:13
23Jan Smolík Czechoslovakia4:46:30
24Harrie Jansen Netherlands4:46:30
25Cvitko Bilić Yugoslavia4:46:31
26Ole Højlund Pedersen Denmark4:46:31
27Agustín Juárez Mexico4:46:32
28Luis Zubero Spain4:46:34
29Jørgen Emil Hansen Denmark4:46:34
30Pedro Sánchez Colombia4:46:37
31Flavio Martini Italy4:47:56
32Yury Dmitriyev Soviet Union4:47:57
33Daniel Ducreux France4:47:57
34Dave Rollinson Great Britain4:47:58
35Erik Pettersson Sweden4:47:58
36Heriberto Díaz Mexico4:47:59
37Raimo Honkanen Finland4:47:59
38Svend Erik Bjerg Denmark4:48:03
39Rudi Valenčič Yugoslavia4:48:03
40Roberto Breppe Argentina4:48:07
41Ferenc Keserű Hungary4:50:30
42Miguel Lasa Spain4:51:05
43Jesús Sarabia Mexico4:51:05
44John Howard United States4:52:45
45Jürgen Tschan West Germany4:52:50
46Mauno Uusivirta Finland4:52:50
47Jan Erik Gustavsen Norway4:54:41
48Evaristo Oliva Guatemala4:57:07
49Jorge Inés Guatemala4:57:07
50Brian Jolly Great Britain4:57:42
51Curt Söderlund Sweden5:01:12
52Des Thomson New Zealand5:02:33
53Tekeste Woldu Ethiopia5:05:12
54Roger Gilson Luxembourg5:05:12
55Marcel Roy Canada5:05:13
56Ørnulf Andresen Norway5:05:17
57Ole Wackström Finland5:05:18
58András Takács Hungary5:05:21
59Kazimierz Jasiński Poland5:08:25
60Gerard Lettoli San Marino5:10:22
61Enzo Frisoni San Marino5:12:46
62Zygmunt Hanusik Poland5:20:59
63Miguel Ángel Sánchez Costa Rica5:20:59
64Joe Jones Canada5:30:13
ACJuan Alves ArgentinaDNF
Héctor Cassina ArgentinaDNF
Gerardo Cavallieri ArgentinaDNF
Ronald Jonker AustraliaDNF
Peter McDermott AustraliaDNF
Kevin Morgan AustraliaDNF
Donald Wilson AustraliaDNF
Colin Forde BarbadosDNF
Kensley Reece BarbadosDNF
Richard Roett BarbadosDNF
Michael Stoute BarbadosDNF
Jozef Schoeters BelgiumDNF
Jules Béland CanadaDNF
Yves Landry CanadaDNF
Jean Barnabe Democratic Republic of the CongoDNF
Constantin Kabemba Democratic Republic of the CongoDNF
Samuel Kibamba Democratic Republic of the CongoDNF
Ignace Mandjambi Democratic Republic of the CongoDNF
Miguel Samacá ColombiaDNF
José Sánchez Costa RicaDNF
Humberto Solano Costa RicaDNF
José Manuel Soto Costa RicaDNF
Sergio Martínez CubaDNF
Roberto Menéndez CubaDNF
Ulises Váldez CubaDNF
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez CubaDNF
Noé Medina EcuadorDNF
Victor Morales EcuadorDNF
Arnulfo Pozo EcuadorDNF
Hipólito Pozo EcuadorDNF
Mauricio Bolaños El SalvadorDNF
Francisco Funes El SalvadorDNF
David Miranda El SalvadorDNF
Juan Molina El SalvadorDNF
Agustín Tamames SpainDNF
Yemane Negassi EthiopiaDNF
Mehari Okubamicael EthiopiaDNF
Mikael Saglimbeni EthiopiaDNF
Raimo Suikkanen FinlandDNF
Jean-Pierre Paranteau FranceDNF
Ortwin Czarnowski West GermanyDNF
Dieter Koslar West GermanyDNF
Billy Bilsland Great BritainDNF
Les West Great BritainDNF
Francisco Cuque GuatemalaDNF
Tibor Magyar HungaryDNF
Peter Doyle IrelandDNF
Morris Foster IrelandDNF
Liam Horner IrelandDNF
George Artin IraqDNF
Tino Conti ItalyDNF
Gwon Jung-hyeon South KoreaDNF
Tarek Abou Al Dahab LebanonDNF
Solo Razafinarivo MadagascarDNF
Ng Joo Pong MalaysiaDNF
Johari Ramli MalaysiaDNF
Gabriel Cuéllar MexicoDNF
Joop Zoetemelk NetherlandsDNF
Bryce Beeston New ZealandDNF
John Dean New ZealandDNF
Richie Thomson New ZealandDNF
Zenon Czechowski PolandDNF
Emil Rusu RomaniaDNF
Bruno Hubschmid SwitzerlandDNF
Petr Hladík CzechoslovakiaDNF
Somchai Chantarasamrit ThailandDNF
Suriyong Hemint ThailandDNF
Somkuan Seehapant ThailandDNF
Chainarong Sophonpong ThailandDNF
Deng Chueng-hwai Chinese TaipeiDNF
Liu Cheng-tao Chinese TaipeiDNF
Shue Ming-shu Chinese TaipeiDNF
Vladislav Nelyubin Soviet UnionDNF
Anatoliy Starkov Soviet UnionDNF
Daniel Butler United StatesDNF
David Chauner United StatesDNF
Wes Wessberg United StatesDNF
Bùi Văn Hoàng South VietnamDNF
Trương Kim Hùng South VietnamDNF
Tanasije Kuvalja YugoslaviaDNF

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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