Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
| Cycling at the Games of the V Olympiad |
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 The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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| Track cycling | White City Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 13 July – 18 July | ||||||
| Cyclists | 97 from 11 countries | ||||||
| Top ranked countries | |||||||
 Great Britain: |
5  | 3  | 1  | ||||
 France: |
1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
 Germany: |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
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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 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.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 660 yards |
Victor Johnson Great Britain (GBR) |
Émile Demangel France (FRA) |
Karl Neumer Germany (GER) |
| 5000 metres |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain (GBR) |
Maurice Schilles France (FRA) |
André Auffray France (FRA) |
| 20 kilometres |
Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain (GBR) |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain (GBR) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Joseph WerbrouckBelgium (BEL) |
| 100 kilometres |
Charles Bartlett Great Britain (GBR) |
Charles Denny Great Britain (GBR) |
Octave Lapize France (FRA) |
| Sprint |
No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final | ||
| Tandem |
France (FRA) André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
Great Britain (GBR) Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
Great Britain (GBR) Charles Brooks Walter Isaacs |
| Team pursuit |
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
A total of 97 cyclists from 11 nations competed at the London Games:[2]
- Belgium (6)
- Canada (5)
- France (23)
- Germany (9)
- Great Britain (36)
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Greece (1) -
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Italy (4) -
Netherlands (5) - South Africa (4)
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Sweden (2) -
United States (2)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
Notes
- ↑ Official Report, p. 113.
- ↑ "Cycling at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
References
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
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