# Gunnar Asmussen

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Danish cyclist (born 1944)

Gunnar Asmussen Asmussen with coach at the 1968 Olympics Personal information Born (1944-05-10) 10 May 1944 (age 82) Aarhus, Denmark Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Team information Discipline Track, road Amateur team 1964–1976 Aarhus Bane – Klub, Århus Medal record Representing DEN Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team pursuit

**Gunnar Henry Asmussen** (born 10 May 1944) is a Danish retired amateur cyclist. He won a gold medal in the track team pursuit at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics) and placed 13th in 1972.[1][2] Asmussen held national titles both in the road race (1964–65, 1971) and track team pursuit (1969–71, 1974 and 1976).[3][4]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Gunnar Henry Asmussen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gunnar-asmussen-1.html). sports-reference.com. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gunnar-asmussen-1.html) on 18 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nauright_Parrish_2012_p._3-PA83_2-0)** Nauright, J.; Parrish, C. (2012). [*Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC&pg=RA3-PA83). Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice / John Nauright, Charles Parrish, editors. ABC-CLIO. p. 83. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-59884-300-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59884-300-2). Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit 1908: Jones, Kingsbury, Meredith, Payne (GBR) 1920: Carli, Ferrario, Giorgetti, Magnani (ITA) 1924: De Martini, Dinale, Menegazzi, Zucchetti (ITA) 1928: Facciani, Gaioni, Lusiani, Tasselli (ITA) 1932: Cimatti, Pedretti, Ghilardi, Borsari (ITA) 1936: Charpentier, Goujon, Lapébie, Le Nizerhy (FRA) 1948: Adam, Blusson, Coste, Decanali (FRA) 1952: Campana, De Rossi, Messina, Morettini (ITA) 1956: Domenicali, Faggin, Gandini, Gasparella, Pizzali (ITA) 1960: Arienti, Testa, Vallotto, Vigna (ITA) 1964: Claesges, Henrichs, Link, Streng (EUA) 1968: Frey, Asmussen, Lyngemark, Olsen (DEN) 1972: Schumacher, Colombo, Haritz, Hempel (FRG) 1976: Vonhof, Braun, Lutz, Schumacher (FRG) 1980: Manakov, Movchan, Osokin, Petrakov, Krasnov (URS) 1984: Grenda, Nichols, Turtur, Woods (AUS) 1988: Ekimov, Kasputis, Nelyubin, Umaras (URS) 1992: Steinweg, Walzer, Fulst, Glöckner, Lehmann (GER) 1996: Capelle, Ermenault, Monin, Moreau (FRA) 2000: Fulst, Bartko, Becke, Lehmann, Pollack (GER) 2004: Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts (AUS) 2008: Clancy, Manning, Thomas, Wiggins (GBR) 2012: Clancy, Thomas, Burke, Kennaugh (GBR) 2016: Clancy, Burke, Doull, Wiggins (GBR) 2020: Consonni, Ganna, Lamon, Milan (ITA) 2024: Bleddyn, Welsford, Leahy, O'Brien (AUS)

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