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1968 UCI Road World Championships

1968 UCI Road World Championships
VenueImola, Italy (professionals)
Montevideo, Uruguay (amateurs)
Date(s)31 August-1 September 1968 (professionals)
7-10 November 1968 (amateurs)

The 1968 UCI Road World Championships took place from 31 August-1 September 1968 in Imola, Italy (for professionals), on a 75 km circuit[1] starting and arriving at the "Enzo and Dino Ferrari" auto racing circuit. The amateur races were held from 7-10 November in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Results

Gianni Motta, Felice Gimondi, Vittorio Adorni and Eddy Merckx in Imola, 1968
Race: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze : Time
Men
Men's road race
details
Vittorio Adorni
 Italy
7 h 27 min 39s Herman Van Springel
 Belgium
+ 9 min 50s Michele Dancelli
 Italy
+ 10 min 18s
Amateurs' road race Vittorio Marcelli
 Italy
- Luiz Carlos Flores
 Brazil
- Erik Pettersson
 Sweden
-
Team time trial  Sweden
Erik Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
Sture Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
-  Switzerland
Bruno Hubschmid
Robert Thalmann
Walter Burki
Erich Spahn
-  Italy
Vittorio Marcelli
Flavio Martini
Giovanni Bramucci
Benito Pigato
-
Women
Women's road race Keetie van Oosten-Hage
 Netherlands
- Baiba Caune
 Soviet Union
- Morena Tartagni
 Italy
-

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)2035
2 Sweden (SWE)1012
3 Netherlands (NED)1001
4 Belgium (BEL)0101
 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Soviet Union (URS)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
Totals (7 entries)44412

References