Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, with rainfall causing the track to flood on occasion.[1] The track was 660 yards (600 m) long (being built around the perimeter of the White City Stadium's athletics track); some events (the 660 yards and the team pursuit) used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.

Cycling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics
VenuesWhite City Stadium
Date13 –18 July 1908
Competitors97 from 11 nations
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Medal summary

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
660 yards
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  Victor Johnson (GBR)   Émile Demangel (FRA)   Karl Neumer (GER)
5000 metres
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  Benjamin Jones (GBR)   Maurice Schilles (FRA)   André Auffray (FRA)
20 kilometres
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  Clarence Kingsbury (GBR)   Benjamin Jones (GBR)   Joseph Werbrouck (BEL)
100 kilometres
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  Charles Bartlett (GBR)   Charles Denny (GBR)   Octave Lapize (FRA)
Sprint
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No medalists - final was declared void as the time limit was exceeded
Tandem
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  André Auffray
and Maurice Schilles (FRA)
  Frederick Hamlin
and Horace Johnson (GBR)
  Charlie Brooks
and Walter Isaacs (GBR)
Team pursuit
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  Great Britain (GBR)
Benjamin Jones
Clarence Kingsbury
Leonard Meredith
Ernest Payne
  Germany (GER)
Max Götze
Rudolf Katzer
Hermann Martens
Karl Neumer
  Canada (CAN)
William Anderson
Walter Andrews
Frederick McCarthy
William Morton

Participating nations

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A total of 97 cyclists from 11 nations competed at the London Games:[2]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)5319
2  France (FRA)1225
3  Germany (GER)0112
4  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (5 entries)66618

Cycle polo

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Cycle polo was a demonstration sport at these Olympics with Ireland winning, beating Germany.[3][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Official Report, p. 113.
  2. ^ "Cycling at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Welcome to rediff.com : Sports - Athens 2004 History". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ^ "BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | History | London 1908". BBC News. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

References

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