Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial

These are the official results of the Men's Team Time Trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 15 October 1968. There were 120 participants from 30 nations.[1]

Men's cycling team time trial
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueMexico City
100.00 km (62.1 mi)
Date15 October 1968
Competitors120 from 30 nations
Winning time2:07:49.06
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fedor den Hertog, Jan Krekels, René Pijnen, Joop Zoetemelk  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Pettersson, Gösta Pettersson, Sture Pettersson, Tomas Pettersson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, Pierfranco Vianelli  Italy
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Final classification edit

Rank Name Nationality Time
  Fedor den Hertog
Jan Krekels
René Pijnen
Joop Zoetemelk
  Netherlands 2:07:49.06
  Erik Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
Sture Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
  Sweden 2:09:26.60
  Giovanni Bramucci
Vittorio Marcelli
Mauro Simonetti
Pierfranco Vianelli
  Italy 2:10:18.74
4 Verner Blaudzun
Jørgen Emil Hansen
Ole Højlund Pedersen
Leif Mortensen
  Denmark 2:12:41.41
5 Thorleif Andresen
Ørnulf Andresen
Tore Milsett
Leif Yli
  Norway 2:14:32.85
6 Jan Magiera
Zenon Czechowski
Marian Kegel
Andrzej Bławdzin
  Poland 2:14:40.98
7 Juan Alberto Merlos
Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Roberto Breppe
Ernesto Contreras
  Argentina 2:15:34.24
8 Burkhard Ebert
Jürgen Tschan
Ortwin Czarnowski
Dieter Koslar
  West Germany 2:15:37.25
9 Boris Shukhov
Aleksandr Dokhlyakov
Yury Dmitriyev
Valery Yardy
  Soviet Union 2:15:39.58
10 Agustín Alcántara
Adolfo Belmonte
Roberto Brito
Radamés Treviño
  Mexico 2:16:08.44
11 John Bettison
Roy Cromack
Pete Smith
John Watson
  Great Britain 2:16:38.60
12 Nemesio Jiménez
José Gómez
José González
Miguel Lasa
  Spain 2:16:38.90
13 Klaus Ampler
Günter Hoffmann
Dieter Grabe
Axel Peschel
  East Germany 2:17:51.29
14 Donald Wilson
Kevin Morgan
Peter McDermott
Dave Watson
  Australia 2:18:09.09
15 Jean-Pierre Boulard
Robert Bouloux
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
Claude le Chatellier
  France 2:18:35.82
16 Cvitko Bilić
Rudi Valenčič
Tanasije Kuvalja
Franc Škerlj
  Yugoslavia 2:18:52.20
17 András Takács
András Mészáros
Imre Géra
Tibor Magyar
  Hungary 2:20:30.36
18 Michel Coulon
Frans Mintjens
Marcel Grifnée
Englebert Opdebeeck
  Belgium 2:20:52.93
19 Mauno Uusivirta
Ole Wackström
Raimo Honkanen
Raimo Suikkanen
  Finland 2:20:55.47
20 John Howard
Oliver Martin
John Allis
Jim Van Boven
  United States 2:24:13.50
21 Evaristo Oliva
Francisco Cuque
Jorge Inés
Saturnino Rustrián
  Guatemala 2:24:20.7
22 Arnulfo Pozo
Hipólito Pozo
Noé Medina
Victor Morales
  Ecuador 2:25:15.26
23 Neil Lyster
Richie Thomson
John Dean
Des Thomson
  New Zealand 2:25:46.47
24 Luis Sosa
Walter Garre
Jorge Jukich
René Deceja
  Uruguay 2:25:47.20
25 Joe Jones
Jules Béland
Marcel Roy
Yves Landry
  Canada 2:27:18.14
26 Yemane Negassi
Fisihasion Ghebreyesus
Mikael Saglimbeni
Tekeste Woldu
  Ethiopia 2:30:36.79
27 Adrián Solano
José Sánchez
José Manuel Soto
Miguel Ángel Sánchez
  Costa Rica 2:36:25.79
28 Roberto García
Francisco Funes
Juan Molina
Mauricio Bolaños
  El Salvador 2:39:38.39
29 Deng Chueng-hwai
Liu Cheng-tao
Shue Ming-shu
Jiang Guang-nan
  Chinese Taipei 2:42:13.88
30 Constantin Kabemba
François Ombanzi
Jean Barnabé
Samuel Kibamba
  Congo-Kinshasa 2:42:57.58

References edit

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.