Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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
The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics
Venues	White City Stadium
Date	13 July – 18 July
Competitors	97 from 11 nations

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final
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

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 (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 nations)		6	6	6	18

Cycle polo

Cycle polo was a demonstration sport at these Olympics with Ireland winning, beating Germany.[3][4]

Notes

1. Official Report, p. 113.
2. "Cycling at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
3. "Welcome to rediff.com : Sports - Athens 2004 History". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
4. "BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | History | London 1908". BBC News. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database