The cycling competitions at the 1988 Olympic GamesinSeoul 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 | |
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The Seoul Olympic Velodrome in 2008
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| Venues | Tongillo Road Course Seoul Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 8–24 September 1988 |
| Competitors | 422 from 62 nations |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Road race details |
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 details |
 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 |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Road race details |
Monique Knol Netherlands
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Jutta Niehaus West Germany
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Laima Zilporite Soviet Union
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Points race details |
Dan Frost Denmark
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Leo Peelen Netherlands
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Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union
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| Individual pursuit details |
Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union
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Dean Woods Australia
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Bernd Dittert East Germany
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| Team pursuit details |
 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 details |
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 details |
Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union
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Martin Vinnicombe Australia
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Robert Lechner West Germany
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Sprint details |
Erika Salumäe Soviet Union
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Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany
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Connie Young United States
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422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.[1]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 | |
