1896 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Road Race (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Road racing
gender	Men
Attendees	7 athletes from 3 countries
Competition location	Athens - marathon and back (87 km)
Competition phase	April 12, 1896
Winning time	3:22:31 h
Medalist not forgiven  Aristidis Konstantinidis ( GRE )  August Gödrich ( GER )
1936 →

Cycling competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Men
Track cycling
Time trial	Men
sprint	Men
10 km	Men
100 km	Men
12 hour race	Men

The first men's Olympic road race at the Olympic Games 1896 in Athens took place on 12 April 1896th

Route

The 87 km long route led from Athens to Marathon and back again. The start was on Kifisia Street across from a hospital and the finish was in the Neo Faliro Velodrome . Upon arrival at Marathon, the athletes had to sign a document to prove that they had reached Marathon.

Course of the race

The race started at 12:17 p.m. The Greek Aristidis Konstantinidis led the race from the start and was the first to reach the marathon at 1:15 p.m. The German August Gödrich followed in second place .

On the way back he broke down twice and was overtaken by the British Edward Battel . Konstantinidis borrowed a bike from a spectator standing by the track and continued the race. In the further course of the race Battel fell and came seriously injured at the finish. Due to his fall, the Briton was overtaken by Konstaninidis and Gödrich and thus finished the race in third place.

Results

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Aristidis Konstantinidis	Greece	3:22:31 h
2	August Gödrich	German Empire	3:42:18 h
3	Edward Battel	Great Britain	unknown
4-7	Georgios Aspiotis	Greece	unknown
	Miltiadis Iatrou	Greece	unknown
	Konstantinos Konstantinou	Greece	unknown
	Georgios Paraskevopoulos	Greece	unknown

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Modern Olympic Games Part I: 1896 - 1912. Olympic Sports Library, accessed on February 24, 2019 .