The cycling competitions at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling. Nine events were contested, including the first women's sprint event at the Olympics.
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| Venues | Tongillo Road Course Seoul Olympic Velodrome |
| Date | 8–24 September 1988 |
| Competitors | 422 from 62 nations |
Road cycling
Men's
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Olaf Ludwig East Germany | Bernd Gröne West Germany | Christian Henn West Germany |
| Team time trial | East Germany Jan Schur Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann | Poland Andrzej Sypytkowski Joachim Halupczok Zenon Jaskuła Marek Leśniewski | Sweden Michel Lafis Anders Jarl Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson |
Women's
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Road race | Monique Knol Netherlands | Jutta Niehaus West Germany | Laima Zilporite Soviet Union |
Track cycling
Men's
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points race | Dan Frost Denmark | Leo Peelen Netherlands | Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union |
| Individual pursuit | Gintautas Umaras Soviet Union | Dean Woods Australia | Bernd Dittert East Germany |
| Team pursuit | Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras | East Germany Carsten Wolf Steffen Blochwitz Roland Hennig Dirk Meier | Australia Scott McGrory Dean Woods Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede |
| Sprint | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Nikolay Kovsh Soviet Union | Gary Neiwand Australia |
| 1 km time trial | Aleksandr Kirichenko Soviet Union | Martin Vinnicombe Australia | Robert Lechner West Germany |
Women's
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Erika Salumäe Soviet Union | Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany | Connie Young United States |
Participating nations
422 cyclists from 62 nations competed.
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Medal table
| 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 | |
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