Cycling at the Games of the XXI Olympiad |
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Venues | |||||||
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Road cycling | Mont Royal Park | ||||||
Track cycling | Montreal Olympic Velodrome | ||||||
Dates | 18 July - 24 July | ||||||
Cyclists | 295 from 49 countries | ||||||
Top ranked countries | |||||||
West Germany: | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Soviet Union: | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
East Germany: | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
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The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.
295 cyclists from 49 nations competed.