Viktor Kapitonov

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Olympic medal record
Men's Cycling
Gold 1960 Rome Individual Road Race
Bronze 1960 Rome Team Road Race


Viktor Arsenevich Kapitonov (Russian: Виктор Арсеньевич Капитонов, October 25, 1933 – March 5, 2005) was a Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion.

He was born in Kalinin.

He won gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, on the Individual Road Race.[1] He also obtained a bronze medal in the Team Road Race.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Profile: "Viktor Kapitonov" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 18, 2008)


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Cycling at the Summer Olympics | Olympic Champions in Men's Individual Road Race
1896: Aristidis Konstantinidis | 1900-1908 | 1912: Rudolph Lewis | 1920: Harry Stenqvist | 1924: Armand Blanchonnet | 1928: Henry Hansen | 1932: Attilio Pavesi | 1936: Robert Charpentier | 1948: José Beyaert | 1952: André Noyelle | 1956: Ercole Baldini | 1960: Viktor Kapitonov | 1964: Mario Zanin | 1968: Pierfranco Vianelli | 1972: Hennie Kuiper | 1976: Bernt Johansson | 1980: Sergei Sukhoruchenkov | 1984: Alexi Grewal | 1988: Olaf Ludwig | 1992: Fabio Casartelli | 1996: Pascal Richard | 2000: Jan Ullrich | 2004: Paolo Bettini


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