Cycling Track at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Dates 3 – 6 December 1956
Medal Events 4

The program was the same as in 1952, with the kilometre time trial, match sprint, tandem match sprint, and team pursuit, and were held at the 333.33 metre concrete-surfaced Olympic Velodrome. Italy won the team pursuit and kilometre time trial (Leandro Faggin), while French sprinter Michel Rousseau won the match sprint and Australia won the tandem sprint.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Sprint, Men Olympic 3 – 6 December 1956 18 18
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Olympic 6 December 1956 22 22
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men Olympic 3 – 6 December 1956 20 10
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Olympic 3 – 4 December 1956 65 16
106 (106/0) 24 (24/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint, Men Michel RousseauFRA Guglielmo PesentiITA Dick PloogAUS
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Leandro FagginITA Ladislav FoučekTCH Jimmy SwiftRSA
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men AustraliaAUS CzechoslovakiaTCH ItalyITA
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men ItalyITA FranceFRA Great BritainGBR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
France FRA 1 1 0 2
Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 2 0 2
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1