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 | |
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Venues | White City Stadium |
Date | 13 –18 July 1908 |
Competitors | 97 from 11 nations |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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660 yards |
Victor Johnson (GBR) | Émile Demangel (FRA) | Karl Neumer (GER) |
5000 metres |
Benjamin Jones (GBR) | Maurice Schilles (FRA) | André Auffray (FRA) |
20 kilometres |
Clarence Kingsbury (GBR) | Benjamin Jones (GBR) | Joseph Werbrouck (BEL) |
100 kilometres |
Charles Bartlett (GBR) | Charles Denny (GBR) | Octave Lapize (FRA) |
Sprint |
No medalists - final was declared void as the time limit was exceeded | ||
Tandem |
André Auffray and Maurice Schilles (FRA) |
Frederick Hamlin and Horace Johnson (GBR) |
Charlie Brooks and Walter Isaacs (GBR) |
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 |
A total of 97 cyclists from 11 nations competed at the London Games:[2]
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 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Cycle polo was a demonstration sport at these Olympics with Ireland winning, beating Germany.[3][4]