The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.
At the age of 16 years, 121 days, Pakistan's Saleem Farooqi was the youngest of the 161 cycling competitors. The oldest, Australia's Jim Nestor, was 36 years, 331 days old. Out of the 18 medals up for grabs, Italy took 5, followed by France with 4.
Medal summary
Road cycling Road race, Individual Road race, Team Arnaud GeyreMaurice MoucheraudMichel Vermeulin Arthur BrittainWilliam HolmesAlan Jackson Reinhold PommerGustav-Adolf SchurHorst Tüller
Track cycling Pursuit, Team Valentino GasparellaAntonio DomenicaliLeandro FagginFranco GandiniVirginio Pizzali Michel VermeulinRené BianchiJean GraczykJean-Claude Lecante Tom SimpsonDonald BurgessMike GambrillJohn Geddes Sprint Tandem Time trial
Participating nations 161 cyclists from 30 nations competed.
Medal table
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