Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics 938568 224976084 2008-07-11T07:35:41Z AlleborgoBot 3813685 robot Modifying: [[it:Ciclismo alla IV Olimpiade]] At the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], seven [[track cycling]] events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion<ref name=flooding>Official Report, p. 113.</ref>. 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. <div class="tright">[[Image:Cycling pictogram.svg|100px|border|Cycling]]</div> ==Medal summary== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | 660 yards<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 660 yards}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Victor Johnson (cyclist)|Victor Johnson]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Émile Demangel]]|FRA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Karl Neumer]]|GER|1908 Summer}} |- | 5000 metres<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Benjamin Jones (cyclist)|Benjamin Jones]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maurice Schilles]]|FRA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[André Auffray]]|FRA|1908 Summer}} |- | 20 kilometres<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Clarence Kingsbury]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Benjamin Jones (cyclist)|Benjamin Jones]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joseph Werbrouck]]|BEL|1908 Summer}} |- | 100 kilometres<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kilometres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Henry Bartlett|Charles Bartlett]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Denny]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Octave Lapize]]|FRA|1908 Summer}} |- | Sprint<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's sprint}} |colspan=3 align=center| ''No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final'' |- | Tandem<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's tandem}} |{{flagIOCteam|FRA|1908 Summer}}<br>[[André Auffray]]<br>[[Maurice Schilles]] |{{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br>[[Frederick Hamlin]]<br>[[Horace Johnson]] |{{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br>[[Colin Brooks]]<br>[[Walter Isaacs]] |- | Team pursuit<br/>{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team pursuit}} | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br>[[Benjamin Jones (cyclist)|Benjamin Jones]]<br>[[Clarence Kingsbury]]<br>[[Leonard Meredith]]<br>[[Ernest Payne]] | {{flagIOCteam|GER|1908 Summer}}<br>[[Max Götze]]<br>[[Rudolf Katzer]]<br>[[Hermann Martens]]<br>[[Karl Neumer]] | {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1908 Summer}}<br> [[William Anderson (cyclist)|William Anderson]]<br> [[Walter Andrews (cyclist)|Walter Andrews]]<br>[[Frederick McCarthy]]<br>[[William Morton (cyclist)|William Morton]] |} ==Participating nations== A total of 97 cyclists from 11 nations competed at the London Games: * {{flagIOC|BEL|1908 Summer|6}} * {{flagIOC|CAN|1908 Summer|5}} * {{flagIOC|FRA|1908 Summer|23}} * {{flagIOC|GER|1908 Summer|9}} * {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|36}} * {{flagIOC|GRE|1908 Summer|1}} * {{flagIOC|ITA|1908 Summer|4}} * {{flagIOC|NED|1908 Summer|5}} * {{flagIOC|RSA|1908 Summer|4}} * {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer|2}} * {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer|2}} ==Medal table== {| {{RankedMedalTable}} |- | 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}} || 5 || 3 || 1 || 9 |- | 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1908 Summer}} || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5 |- | 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- |rowspan=2| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BEL|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- |align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |} ==Notes== <references/> ==References== * [http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee] medal winners database {{CyclingAt1908SummerOlympics}} {{EventsAt1908SummerOlympics}} {{Olympic Games Cycling}} [[Category:1908 Summer Olympics events]] [[Category:Cycling at the Olympics|1908]] [[de:Olympische Sommerspiele 1908/Radsport]] [[es:Anexo:Ciclismo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 1908]] [[eo:Somera Olimpiko 1908/biciklado]] [[fr:Cyclisme aux jeux Olympiques de 1908]] [[it:Ciclismo alla IV Olimpiade]] [[nl:Wielrennen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1908]] [[ja:ロンドンオリンピック (1908年) における自転車競技]] [[no:Sykling under Sommer-OL 1908]] [[pt:Ciclismo nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1908]] [[ru:Велоспорт на летних Олимпийских играх 1908]]