Cycling Races at the 1896 Olympic Games
There were six cycling events held at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, of those five have been discontinued. The cycling event on the program that is still held today is the road race.
1 lap (1/3km) Time Trial
The time trial event was held over the distance of one-third of a kilometre. When the event returned to the Olympic program for the 1928 Summer Olympics, the distance was set at one kilometre.
- Paul Masson France 24.0
- Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece 26.0
- Adolf Schmal Austria 26.0
2000 Metre Sprint (Scratch)
- Paul Masson FRA 4:58.2
- Stamatios Nikolopoulos GRE 5:00.2
- Léon Flameng FRA
10,000 Metres
- Paul Masson FRA 17:54.2
- Léon Flameng FRA 17:54.8
- Adolf Schmal AUT
100 Kilometres
Only two cylists finished the race.
- Léon Flameng FRA 3:08:19.2
- Georgios Kolettis GRE
12 Hours
Only two cylists finished the race.
- Adolf Schmal AUT 295.300km
- Frank Keeping GBR 294.654km
Related Pages
- Full list of Discontinued Cycling Events at the Olympics
- About the 1896 Olympic Games
- Cycling at the Olympics
- Full list of all Discontinued Sports
- Cycling pages
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