Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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| Cycling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
| Venues | White City Stadium |
| Date | 13 –18 July 1908 |
| Competitors | 97 from 11 nations |
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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 660 yards |
Victor Johnson Great Britain |
Émile Demangel France |
Karl Neumer Germany |
| 5000 metres |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain |
Maurice Schilles France |
André Auffray France |
| 20 kilometres |
Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain |
Benjamin Jones Great Britain |
Joseph Werbrouck Belgium |
| 100 kilometres |
Charles Bartlett Great Britain |
Charles Denny Great Britain |
Octave Lapize France |
| Sprint |
No medalists - final was declared void as the time limit was exceeded | ||
| Tandem |
André Auffray and Maurice Schilles France |
Frederick Hamlin and Horace Johnson Great Britain |
Charlie Brooks and Walter Isaacs Great Britain |
| Team pursuit |
Great Britain Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leonard Meredith Ernest Payne |
Germany Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
 CanadaWilliam 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)
Greece (1)
Italy (4)
Netherlands (5)
South Africa (4)
Sweden (2)
United States (2)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
