Cycling Track at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Dates 20 – 24 July 1976
Medal Events 4

The 1976 Olympic cycling program saw one change from 1972. The tandem sprint had been dropped from the Olympic Program, after having been contested since 1906 – save for 1912 when there were no track events. There were four track events in Montréal – kilometre time trial, match sprint, individual pursuit, and team pursuit, all raced at the Olympic Velodrome. For the first time ever at the Olympics, this was a fully indoor velodrome, which would later become standard, but in 1976 it was novel, and the times were much faster than racing outdoors, without the influence of the weather. As in 1972, the track length was 285.714 metres, or 3½ laps to the kilometre.

German riders won three events, with East German Klaus-Jürgen Grünke winning the kilometre time trial, West German Gregor Braun taking the individual pursuit, and the West German pursuit team bringing home gold. Czechoslovakian Anton Tkáč won the match sprint.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Sprint, Men Olympic 21 – 24 July 1976 25 25
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Olympic 20 July 1976 30 30
Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Olympic 20 – 22 July 1976 27 27
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 24 July 1976 64 16
121 (121/0) 36 (36/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint, Men Anton TkáčTCH Daniel MorelonFRA Hans-Jürgen GeschkeGDR
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Klaus-Jürgen GrünkeGDR Michel VaartenBEL Niels FredborgDEN
Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Gregor BraunFRG Herman PonsteenNED Thomas HuschkeGDR
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men West GermanyFRG Soviet UnionURS Great BritainGBR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
West Germany FRG 2 0 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 2 3
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1