Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Games of the I Olympiad
New Phaleron Stadium in 1896
Venues	Athens and surrounding area Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	8, 11–13 April 1896
Competitors	19 from 5 nations
1900 →

Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race	men
Track cycling
Time trial	men
Sprint	men
10 km	men
100 km	men
12 hour	men
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, six cycling events were contested at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. Events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. Nineteen cyclists, all men, from five nations competed.^[1]

Medal summary

These medals were retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award. Every nation won at least a silver medal, with three winning golds.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road race details	Aristidis Konstantinidis  Greece	August von Gödrich  Germany	Edward Battell  Great Britain
Track time trial details	Paul Masson  France	Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece	Adolf Schmal  Austria
Sprint details	Paul Masson  France	Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece	Léon Flameng  France
10 kilometres details	Paul Masson  France	Léon Flameng  France	Adolf Schmal  Austria
100 kilometres details	Léon Flameng  France	Georgios Kolettis  Greece	none awarded
12-hour race details	Adolf Schmal  Austria	Frederick Keeping  Great Britain	none awarded

Participating nations

A total of 19 cyclists from five nations competed at the Athens Games:

•  Austria (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Greece (9)(*)

(*) NOTE: Including one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna who competed for Greece.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	4	1	1	6
2	Greece	1	3	0	4
3	Austria	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
5	Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	4	16

Sub-Committee for Cycling

• Nicolas Vlangalis, president
• Const. Bellinis, secretary
• S. Mavros
• Nic. Kontojiannis
• Mar Philipp
• Jac. Theophilas

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)

References

External links

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

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