| | Event type
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men
| Date | 26 August 1960 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Velodrome Olimpico, Roma |
| Participants | 25 from 25 countries |
Earlier in the summer, Sante Gaiardoni (ITA) had won the sprint World Championships, after placing second to his countryman, Valentino Gasparella, in both 1958-59. Only one rider from each nation could compete in the kilometer, and Gaiardoni was chosen to represent Italy. Gaiardoni won the gold medal by almost 1.5 seconds over Germany’s Dieter Gieseler, with a world record time of 1:07.27. For the first time ever, timing in Olympic cycling was taken to the 1/100th of a second.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sante Gaiardoni |  ITA | 1:07.27 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Dieter Gieseler |  GER | 1:08.75 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Rostislav Vargashkin |  URS | 1:08.86 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Piet van der Touw |  NED | 1:09.20 | |||
| 5 | Ian Chapman |  AUS | 1:09.55 | |||
| 6 | Anésio Argenton |  BRA | 1:09.96 | |||
| 7 | Jean Govaerts |  BEL | 1:10.23 | |||
| 8 | Josef Helbling |  SUI | 1:10.42 | |||
| 9 | Les Haupt |  RSA | 1:10.61 | |||
| 10 | János Söre |  HUN | 1:10.63 | |||
| 11 | Warwick Dalton |  NZL | 1:10.68 | |||
| 12 | Ion Ioniță |  ROU | 1:10.91 | |||
| 13 | Allen Bell |  USA | 1:11.33 | |||
| 14 | Luis Serra |  URU | 1:11.42 | |||
| 15 | Mauricio Mata |  MEX | 1:11.61 | |||
| 16 | Michel Scob |  FRA | 1:11.65 | |||
| 17 | Karl Barton |  GBR | 1:11.72 | |||
| 18 | Boncho Novakov |  BUL | 1:11.73 | |||
| 19 | Tetsuo Osawa |  JPN | 1:11.86 | |||
| 20 | Günther Kriz |  AUT | 1:12.58 | |||
| 21 | Paul Nyman |  FIN | 1:14.11 | |||
| 22 | Diego Calero |  COL | 1:14.18 | |||
| 23 | Clyde Rimple |  WIF | 1:16.08 | |||
| 24 | Mick Horgan |  IRL | 1:17.18 | |||
| 25 | Muhammad Ashiq |  PAK | 1:20.17 |