1,000 metres Time Trial, Men

The first rider out was Czechoslovakia’s Ladislav Fouček, who recorded a time of 1:11.4, a time only bettered at the Olympics by Russell Mockridge’s gold medal time of 1:11.1 from 1952. The time held up thru the next 15 riders. But the 17th rider, Leandro Faggin (ITA), broke the Olympic record and went well ahead with 1:09.8. That time was not approached and Faggin and Fouček won gold and silver. Fouček also won a silver medal in Melbourne in the tandem. Faggin added another gold medal as the leader of Italy’s pursuit team. He would turn professional and become World Champion in the individual pursuit in 1963, 1965, and 1966.