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Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics 
Summary
The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. The 4000m individual pursuit event was introduced at these Games.[1]
| Cycling at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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 Cycling at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan | |
| Venues | Hachiōji City Hachioji Velodrome |
| Date | 14 –20 October 1964 |
| Competitors | 303 from 40 nations |
Medal summary edit
Road cycling edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual road race |
Mario Zanin Italy
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Kjeld Rodian Denmark
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Walter Godefroot Belgium
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| Team time trial |
 Netherlands (NED)Bart Zoet Evert Dolman Gerben Karstens Jan Pieterse |
 Italy (ITA)Ferruccio Manza Severino Andreoli Luciano Dalla Bona Pietro Guerra |
 Sweden (SWE)Sture Pettersson Sven Hamrin Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson |
Track cycling edit
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual pursuit |
Jiří Daler Czechoslovakia
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Giorgio Ursi Italy
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Preben Isaksson Denmark
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| Team pursuit |
 United Team of Germany (EUA)Ernst Streng Lothar Claesges Karlheinz Henrichs Karl Link |
Italy (ITA) Franco Testa Cencio Mantovani Carlo Rancati Luigi Roncaglia |
Netherlands (NED) Cor Schuuring Henk Cornelisse Gerard Koel Jaap Oudkerk |
| Sprint |
Giovanni Pettenella Italy
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Sergio Bianchetto Italy
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Daniel Morelon France
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| Tandem |
Angelo Damiano and Sergio Bianchetto Italy
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Imants Bodnieks and Viktor Logunov  Soviet Union
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Willi Fuggerer and Klaus Kobusch  United Team of Germany
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| Time trial |
Patrick Sercu Belgium
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Giovanni Pettenella Italy
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Pierre Trentin France
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Participating nations edit
303 cyclists from 40 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |  Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| United Team of Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References edit
External links edit
- Official Olympic Report