Olympic Summer Games 1908 / cycling - 5 km track (men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	100 km track bike
gender	Men
Attendees	42 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	July 17-18, 1908
Winning time	8: 36.2 min
Medalist Benjamin Jones ( GBR ) Maurice Schilles ( FRA ) André Auffray ( FRA )

Cycling competitions at the 1908 Olympic Games
Track cycling
660 yards	Men
5 km	Men
20 km	Men
100 km	Men
sprint	Men
tandem	Men
Team pursuit	Men

The 5 km race in track cycling at the 1908 Olympic Games in London took place from 17 to 18 July at the White City Stadium instead.

Each nation was entitled to up to 12 starting places. The time limit for the race was 9 minutes and 25 seconds. The competition took place in two rounds (semifinals and finals). In the semi-finals there were seven runs, from which the respective winner qualified for the final, provided that he had not exceeded the time limit.

In the final, the Brit Benjamin Jones was able to secure the Olympic victory.

Results

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	8: 39.8 min	Q
2	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	unknown
3	Guglielmo Malatesta	Italy	unknown
4th	Pierre Seginaud	France	unknown
	William Bailey	Great Britain	DNF

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Émile Marechal	France	9:01.4 min	Q
2	Frederick McCarthy	Canada	unknown
3	Antonie Gerrits	Netherlands	unknown
	Ernest Payne	Great Britain	DNF
	Émile Demangel	France	DSQ

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	André Auffray	France	8: 56.8 min	Q
2	Hermann Martens	German Empire	unknown
3	Philipus Frylink	South Africa	unknown
4th	Bruno Gotze	German Empire	unknown
5	William Morton	Canada	unknown

Semi-final 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein	Netherlands	8: 42.8 min	Q
2	WF Magee	Great Britain	unknown
3	Pierre Texier	France	unknown
4th	Thomas Passmore	South Africa	unknown
	André Poulain	France	DNF

Semifinals 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	9: 08.8 min	Q
2	Karl Neumer	German Empire	unknown
3	Cesare Zanzottera	Italy	unknown
4-9	Georgius ladies	Netherlands	unknown
	Gaston Delaplane	France	unknown
	Max Gotze	German Empire	unknown
	Joe Lavery	Great Britain	unknown
	Frank Shore	South Africa	unknown
	Richard Villepontoux	France	unknown

Semi-finals 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	8: 53.0 min	Q
2	Guglielmo Morisetti	Italy	unknown
3	Dorus Nijland	Netherlands	unknown
4th	Gaston Dreyfus	France	unknown
5-6	Walter Andrews	Canada	unknown
	Albert Calvert	Great Britain	unknown

Semi-final 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Maurice Schilles	France	7: 55.4 min	Q
2	CV Clark	Great Britain	unknown
3	William Anderson	Canada	unknown
4-7	Guillaume Coeckelberg	Belgium	unknown
	Rudolf Katzer	German Empire	unknown
	Georges Perrin	France	unknown
	Floris Venter	South Africa	unknown

final

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	8: 36.2 min
2	Maurice Schilles	France	unknown
3	André Auffray	France	unknown
4th	Émile Marechal	France	unknown
5	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	unknown
6th	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	unknown
7th	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein	Netherlands	unknown

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