Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion[1]. The track was 660 yards 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.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 660 yards details |
 Victor JohnsonGreat Britain (GBR) |
 Émile DemangelFrance (FRA) |
 Karl NeumerGermany (GER) |
| 5000 metres details |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain (GBR) |
Maurice Schilles France (FRA) |
André Auffray France (FRA) |
| 20 kilometres details |
Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain (GBR) |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain (GBR) |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Joseph WerbrouckBelgium (BEL) |
| 100 kilometres details |
Charles Bartlett Great Britain (GBR) |
Charles Denny Great Britain (GBR) |
Octave Lapize France (FRA) |
| Sprint details |
No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final | ||
| Tandem details |
France (FRA) André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
Great Britain (GBR) Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
Great Britain (GBR) Colin Brooks Walter Isaacs |
| Team pursuit details |
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 |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of 97 cyclists from 11 nations competed at the London Games:
- Belgium (6)
- Canada (5)
- France (23)
- Germany (9)
- Great Britain (36)
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Italy (4)
Netherlands (5)- South Africa (4)
Sweden (2)
United States (2)
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | France (FRA) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Official Report, p. 113.
[edit] References
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
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