| Cycling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Amsterdam and surrounding area Amsterdam Olympic Stadium |
| Date | 4 –6 August 1928 |
| Competitors | 149 from 27 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation. The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial.
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Medal summary
Road cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual time trial |
 Henry Hansen (DEN)
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 Frank Southall (GBR)
|
 Gösta Carlsson (SWE)
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| Team time trial |
Denmark (DEN) Henry Hansen Orla Jørgensen Leo Nielsen |
Great Britain (GBR) Jack Lauterwasser John Middleton Frank Southall |
Sweden (SWE) Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson |
Track cycling
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pursuit, Team |
 Italy (ITA)Cesare Facciani Giacomo Gaioni Mario Lusiani Luigi Tasselli |
 Netherlands (NED)Johannes Maas Piet van der Horst Janus Braspennincx Jan Pijnenburg |
Great Britain (GBR) George Southall Harry Wyld Leonard Wyld Percy Wyld |
| Sprint |
 Roger Beaufrand (FRA)
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Antoine Mazairac (NED)
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Willy Hansen (DEN)
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| Tandem |
Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk (NED) |
Ernest Chambers and John Sibbit (GBR) |
 Hans Bernhardtand Karl Köther (GER) |
| Track time trial |
Willy Hansen (DEN)
|
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED)
|
 Dunc Gray (AUS)
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Participating nations
149 cyclists from 27 nations competed.[1] Ireland, Spain, and Turkey competed in cycling for the first time.
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
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