The Tongillo Road Course was a temporary

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that was repaired between March 1987 and August 1988. The course was located in the Tongil-ro section of

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between the

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memorial and Munsan, located north of Seoul on the unification road, which is off exit 16 of the

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. During the

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, the venue hosted the all three

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events. The circuit used for the individual road race was long and was twelve laps for men and five laps for women. For the men's road team time trial event, the circuit was long and required two round trips to complete the required . Most of the 1.665 million won spent on repairs was for road paving.

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. p. 206. Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Defunct sports venues in South Korea Roads in South Korea Sport in Seoul Olympic cycling venues Venues of the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games cycling venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub