Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
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Men's track time trial at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City | |||||||||
Date | 17 October 1968 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 32 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:03.91 WR | |||||||||
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The men's track time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, was held on 17 October 1968. There were 32 participants from 32 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist.[1] The event was won by Pierre Trentin of France, the nation's first victory in the men's track time trial since 1948 and third overall (breaking a tie with Italy and Australia for most-ever in the event). In a sport where competitors rarely competed at more than one Games, Trentin was only the second man to win multiple medals in the track time trial. Niels Fredborg's silver medal was Denmark's first medal in the event since Willy Hansen's win in 1928; Fredborg would go on to be the only man to win three medals in the event. Poland earned its first ever medal in the time trial with Janusz Kierzkowski's bronze. Italy's four-Games medal streak in the event ended as Gianni Sartori took fourth.