Summer Olympics 1908 / cycling - 20 km track (men)
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sport | Cycling | ||||||||
discipline | 20 km track bike | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 44 athletes from 10 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | White City Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 14, 1908 | ||||||||
Winning time | 34: 13.6 min | ||||||||
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Cycling competitions at the 1908 Olympic Games |
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660 yards | Men |
5 km | Men |
20 km | Men |
100 km | Men |
sprint | Men |
tandem | Men |
Team pursuit | Men |
The 20 km race at the 1908 Olympic Games in London took place on 14 July at the stage White City instead.
Each nation was entitled to up to 12 starting places. Each race consisted of just over 33 laps of the 660 yard long track. The time limit for the race was 40 minutes. The competition took place in two rounds (semifinals and finals). There were 6 semi-finals. The winner of each semi-final reached the final. In addition, the three athletes who could not win their race but won most of the laps qualified for the final.
Results
Semifinals
Semi-final 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Leon Meredith |
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33: 21.0 min | Q |
2 | Hermann Martens |
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33: 21.2 min | |
3 | Joseph Werbrouck |
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33: 21.4 min | q |
4th | André Lapize |
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unknown | |
5 | Georgius ladies |
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6th | Frederick McCarthy |
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7-8 | Pierre Hostein |
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Rudolf Katzer |
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Daniel Flynn |
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DNF |
Semi-final 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Clarence Kingsbury |
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32: 33.8 min | Q |
2 | Charlie Brooks |
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32: 34.0 min | |
3 | Floris Venter |
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32: 34.4 min | |
4th | Georges Lutz |
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5 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein |
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6th | François Bonnet |
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unknown | q |
7-9 | Walter Andrews |
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Jean van Benthem |
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Paul Schulze |
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unknown |
Semi-final 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Louis Weintz |
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33: 39.8 min | Q |
2 | Frank Shore |
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33: 40.0 min | |
3 | Harry Young |
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33: 45.2 min | |
4th | Herbert Bouffler |
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5 | Max Triebsch |
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6-7 | Henri Cunault |
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Dorus Nijland |
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Frederick Hamlin |
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DNF |
Semi-final 4
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Benjamin Jones |
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32: 39.0 min | Q |
2 | George Cameron |
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32: 39.2 min | |
3 | Thomas Passmore |
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32: 39.4 min | |
4th | Octave Lapize |
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unknown | q |
5 | Henri Baumler |
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6-7 | Alwin Boldt |
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Johannes van Spengen |
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W. Lower |
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DNF |
Semifinals 5
Ioannis Santorinaios and Pierre Texier crashed with half a lap to go. David Robertson had to avoid the fallen and lost speed.
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Andrew Hansson |
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34: 53.6 min | Q |
2 | David Robertson |
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34: 53.8 min | |
3 | William Anderson |
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34: 55.6 min | |
Ioannis Santorinaios |
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DNF | ||
Pierre Texier |
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DNF |
Semi-finals 6
With nine laps to go, Léon Couckelberg had a broken tire. Two laps further, the Belgian was unlucky again, he left the track, crossed the grass, got on a new bike and drove on, but was disqualified in this regard.
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Arthur J. Denny |
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33: 40.6 min | Q |
2 | Charles Avrillon |
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33: 40.8 min | |
3 | Gustaf Westerberg |
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33: 41.4 min | |
4th | Guglielmo Morisetti |
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unknown | |
Léon Couckelberg |
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DSQ |
final
Leon Meredith and Arthur J. Denny broke down early in the race. Andrew Hansson fell towards the end of the race. When the bell rang for the final lap, Clarence Kingsbury started his sprint and was able to hold his own against the other three drivers.
rank | athlete | nation | time |
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1 | Clarence Kingsbury |
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34: 13.6 min |
2 | Benjamin Jones |
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unknown |
3 | Joseph Werbrouck |
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unknown |
4th | Louis Weintz |
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unknown |
5-9 | François Bonnet |
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Arthur J. Denny |
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Andrew Hansson |
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Octave Lapize |
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Leon Meredith |
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unknown |