Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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| Cycling at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| The Seoul Olympic Velodrome in 2008 | |
| Venues | Tongillo Road Course Seoul Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 8–24 September 1988 |
| Competitors | 422 from 62 nations |
| Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Road cycling | ||
| Road race | men | women |
| Team time trial | men | |
| Track cycling | ||
| Track time trial | men | |
| Individual pursuit | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Points race | men | |
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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.[1]
Road cycling
[edit ]Men's
[edit ]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race details |
Olaf Ludwig East Germany |
Bernd Gröne West Germany |
Christian Henn West Germany |
| Team time trial details |
East Germany (GDR) Jan Schur Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann |
Poland (POL) Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski |
Sweden (SWE) Michel Lafis Anders Jarl Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson |
Women's
[edit ]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race details |
Monique Knol Netherlands |
Jutta Niehaus West Germany |
Laima Zilporite Soviet Union |
Track cycling
[edit ]Men's
[edit ]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points race details |
Dan Frost Denmark |
Leo Peelen Netherlands |
Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union |
| Individual pursuit details |
Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union |
Dean Woods Australia |
Bernd Dittert East Germany |
| Team pursuit details |
Soviet Union (URS) Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras |
East Germany (GDR) Carsten Wolf Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Dirk Meier |
Australia (AUS) Scott McGrory Dean Woods Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede |
| Sprint details |
Lutz Heßlich East Germany |
Nikolay Kovsh Soviet Union |
Gary Neiwand Australia |
| 1 km time trial details |
Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union |
Martin Vinnicombe Australia |
Robert Lechner West Germany |
Women's
[edit ]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint details |
Erika Salumäe Soviet Union |
Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany |
Connie Young United States |
Participating nations
[edit ]422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.[1]
- Algeria (2)
- Andorra (2)
- Antigua and Barbuda (2)
- Argentina (7)
- Australia (17)
- Austria (7)
- Barbados (2)
- Belgium (6)
- Belize (5)
- Bolivia (1)
- Brazil (8)
- Canada (11)
- Cayman Islands (6)
- China (9)
- Chinese Taipei (2)
- Colombia (7)
- Zaire (4)
- Czechoslovakia (13)
- Denmark (9)
- East Germany (17)
- Ecuador (1)
- Finland (4)
- France (16)
- Great Britain (17)
- Guatemala (5)
- Guyana (2)
- Hong Kong (5)
- Hungary (1)
- Iran (7)
- Ireland (5)
- Italy (18)
- Jamaica (3)
- Japan (12)
- Lebanon (2)
- Libya (2)
- Liechtenstein (3)
- Malawi (4)
- Malaysia (2)
- Mexico (5)
- Monaco (1)
- Netherlands (13)
- New Zealand (13)
- Norway (5)
- Philippines (3)
- Poland (11)
- Sierra Leone (1)
- South Korea (15)
- Soviet Union (18)
- Spain (13)
- Suriname (1)
- Sweden (8)
- Switzerland (9)
- Trinidad and Tobago (2)
- United Arab Emirates (6)
- United States (19)
- Virgin Islands (1)
- Uruguay (3)
- Venezuela (4)
- Vietnam (1)
- West Germany (15)
- Yugoslavia (6)
- Zimbabwe (2)
Medal table
[edit ]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| West Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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