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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race

Cycling - Men's team road race
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Broadmeadows, Victoria, Melbourne
Dates 7 September 1956
Competitors 60 (individuals) 20 (teams) from 20 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Arnaud Geyre
Maurice Moucheraud
Michel Vermeulin
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alan Jackson
Arthur Brittain
William Holmes
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Horst Tüller
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Reinhold Pommer
 United Team of Germany
← 1952
1st, gold medalist(s) Arnaud Geyre
Maurice Moucheraud
Michel Vermeulin
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alan Jackson
Arthur Brittain
William Holmes
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Horst Tüller
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Reinhold Pommer
 United Team of Germany

These are the official results of the Men's Team Road Race at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held on Friday 7 December 1956 as a part of the Men's Individual Road Race. The best three performances by nation were rewarded, with twenty teams competing.


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