The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.
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| Venues | Satellite Circuit Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 15 –21 October 1968 |
| Competitors | 329 from 52 nations |
Medal summary
Road cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual road race | Pierfranco Vianelli Italy | Leif Mortensen Denmark | Gösta Pettersson Sweden |
| Team time trial | Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels René Pijnen | Sweden Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson | Italy Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti |
Track cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Pursuit, Individual | Daniel Rebillard France | Mogens Jensen Denmark | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland |
| Pursuit, Team | Denmark Per Jørgensen Reno Olsen Gunnar Asmussen Mogens Jensen | West Germany Karl Link Udo Hempel Karlheinz Henrichs Jürgen Kissner | Italy Luigi Roncaglia Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Giorgio Morbiato |
| Sprint | Daniel Morelon France | Giurdano Turrini Italy | Pierre Trentin France |
| Tandem | Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin (FRA) | Leijn Loevesijn and Jan Jansen (NED) | Daniel Goens and Robert van Lancker (BEL) |
| Time trial | Pierre Trentin France | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Janusz Kierzkowski Poland |
Participating nations
329 cyclists from 52 nations competed.
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Medal table
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