- Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.
Medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
Italy3 1 1 5 2 
France2 2 0 4 3 
Australia1 0 1 2 4 
Czechoslovakia0 2 0 2 5 
Great Britain0 1 2 3 6 
Germany0 0 1 1 
South Africa0 0 1 1 Medal summary
Event Gold Silver Bronze individual road race Ercole Baldini
Italy (ITA) Arnaud Geyre
France (FRA) Alan Jackson
Great Britain (GBR)team road race France (FRA)
Arnaud Geyre
Maurice Moucheraud
Michel Vermeulin Great Britain (GBR)
Arthur Brittain
William Holmes
Alan Jackson Germany (EUA)
Reinhold Pommer
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Horst Tüller1000 time trial Leandro Faggin
Italy (ITA) Ladislav Fouček
Czechoslovakia (TCH) Alfred Swift
South Africa (RSA)Sprint Michel Rousseau
France (FRA) Guglielmo Pesenti
Italy (ITA) Dick Ploog
Australia (AUS)Tandem Australia (AUS)
Joey Browne
Anthony Marchant Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Ladislav Fouček
Václav Machek Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe Ogna
Cesare PinarelloTeam Pursuit Italy (ITA)
Valentino Gasparella
Antonio Domenicali
Leandro Faggin
Franco Gandini France (FRA)
Michel Vermeulin
René Bianchi
Jean Graczyk
Jean-Claude Lecante Great Britain (GBR)
Tom Simpson
Donald Burgess
Mike Gambrill
John GeddesEvents at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne/Stockholm) Athletics • Australian football (demonstration) • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • WrestlingCycling at the Summer Olympics 
List of medalists (men, women) • List of Olympic records • List of Olympic venues Categories:- 1956 Summer Olympics events
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