Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial explained

Event:Men's cycling team time trial
Games:1960 Summer
Venue:Pacific Ocean Lane, Rome
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Date:26 August 1960
Competitors:126
Nations:32
Win Value:2:14:33.53
Gold:Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Gustav-Adolf Schur, Egon Adler, Erich Hagen, Günter Lörke
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Viktor Kapitonov, Yevgeny Klevtsov, Yury Melikhov, Aleksei Petrov
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1956
Next:1964

These are the official results of the Men's Team Time Trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, held on 26 August 1960. There were 126 participants from 32 nations.[1]

The event, which was held in extremely hot conditions, was marred by the death of Knud Enemark Jensen, who collapsed from sunstroke and suffered a fractured skull.[2] It was later determined that before the race Jensen had taken Ronicol, a blood circulation stimulant.

Final classification

Rank Name Nationality Time
2:14:33.53
2:16:56.31
2:18:41.67
4 2:19:15.71
5 2:19:36.37
6 2:20:18.91
7 2:20:36.38
8 2:21:34.59
9 2:22:09.63
10 2:23:44.16
11 2:24:00.97
12 2:24:13.47
13 2:24:33.92
14 2:24:59.02
15 2:25:35.15
16 2:25:39.88
17 2:26:20.48
18 2:27:11.12
19 2:27:41.35
20 2:27:47.68
21 2:29:43.54
22 2:30:36.30
23 2:30:52.30
24 2:31:39.24
25 2:33:19.61
26 2:34:29.98
27 2:36:05.54
28 2:38:34.08
29 2:44:35.56
30 2:53:09.51
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/CYC/mens-100-kilometres-team-time-trial.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book of the Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . England . 0140066322 . 207 .