Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venues
Track cycling Francis Field Stadium
Dates 2 August – 5 August
Cyclists 18 from 1 countries
Top ranked countries
 United States: 7 1st, gold medalist(s)  7 2nd, silver medalist(s)  7 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven cycling events were contested. They were all track events for men only. Only cyclists from the United States competed in the 1904 cycling competition.

It was the only time distances based on the mile were used to determine the length of events.

Medal summary

Marcus Hurley
Event Gold Silver Bronze
14 mile  Marcus Hurley (USA)  Burton Downing (USA)  Teddy Billington (USA)
13 mile  Marcus Hurley (USA)  Burton Downing (USA)  Teddy Billington (USA)
12 mile  Marcus Hurley (USA)  Teddy Billington (USA)  Burton Downing (USA)
1 mile  Marcus Hurley (USA)  Burton Downing (USA)  Teddy Billington (USA)
2 miles  Burton Downing (USA)  Oscar Goerke (USA)  Marcus Hurley (USA)
5 miles  Charles Schlee (USA)  George E. Wiley (USA)  Arthur F. Andrews (USA)
25 miles  Burton Downing (USA)  Arthur F. Andrews (USA)  George E. Wiley (USA)

Participating nations

18 cyclists from the host nation competed in cycling.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 7 7 7 21

References

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