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]
| 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 |
Road cycling
editMen's
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race |
Olaf Ludwig East Germany
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Bernd Gröne West Germany
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Christian Henn West Germany
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| Team time trial |
 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 |
Monique Knol Netherlands
|
Jutta Niehaus West Germany
|
Laima Zilporite Soviet Union
|
Track cycling
editMen's
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points race |
Dan Frost Denmark
|
Leo Peelen Netherlands
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Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union
|
| Individual pursuit |
Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union
|
Dean Woods Australia
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Bernd Dittert East Germany
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| Team pursuit |
 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 |
Lutz Heßlich East Germany
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Nikolay Kovsh Soviet Union
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Gary Neiwand Australia
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| 1 km time trial |
Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union
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Martin Vinnicombe Australia
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Robert Lechner West Germany
|
Women's
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint |
Erika Salumäe Soviet Union
|
Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany
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Connie Young United States
|
Participating nations
edit422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.[1]
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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.