1908 Summer Olympics / Cycling - 660 yards track (men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	660 yards track bike
gender	Men
Attendees	48 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	July 14-14, 1908
Winning time	51.2 s
Medalist Victor Johnson ( GBR ) Émile Demangel ( FRA ) Karl Neumer ( GER )

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 track cycling over 660 yards 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 race distance of 660 yards (603.491 m) corresponded to one lap on the cycling track. The time limit for the race was 1 minute and 10 seconds. The competition took place in three rounds (heats, semifinals and finals). There were a total of 16 preliminary runs, provided that the winner of each run did not exceed the time limit, he qualified for the semifinals. There were four runs there, and here too only the winner of each run qualified for the final, provided the time limit was not exceeded.

In the final, the Briton Victor Johnson was able to secure the Olympic victory.

Results

Prelims

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	59.0 s	Q
2	Dorus Nijland	Netherlands	unknown

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	William Bailey	Great Britain	50.8 s	Q
2	Frederick McCarthy	Canada	unknown
3	Pierre Seginaud	France	unknown

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	57.4 s	Q
2	Rudolf Katzer	German Empire	unknown
3	Georgius ladies	Netherlands	unknown

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	56.2 s	Q
2	Jean Patou	Belgium	unknown
3	Richard Villepontoux	France	unknown

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
-	Maurice Schilles	France	Time limit exceeded
	Frank Shore	South Africa	Time limit exceeded

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Émile Demangel	France	59.8 s	Q
2	George Summers	Great Britain	unknown
3	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	unknown

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	58.2 s	Q
2	Hermann Martens	German Empire	unknown
3	Joe Lavery	Great Britain	unknown

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Walter Andrews	Canada	55.8 s	Q
2	Joseph Werbrouck	Belgium	unknown
3	Gaston Delaplane	France	unknown

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Paul Texier	France	1: 01.6 min	Q
2	Thomas Passmore	South Africa	unknown

Run 10

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Floris Venter	South Africa	1: 03.2 min	Q
2	Georges Perrin	France	unknown
3	Bruno Gotze	German Empire	unknown

Run 11

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Karl Neumer	German Empire	54.2 s	Q
2	WF Magee	Great Britain	unknown
3	Émile Maréchal	France	unknown
4th	Antonie Gerrits	Netherlands	unknown

Run 12

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ernest Payne	Great Britain	57.2 s	Q
2	André Poulain	France	unknown
3	Jean Van Benthem	Belgium	unknown

Run 13

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	55.0 s	Q
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Netherlands	unknown
3	Paul Schulze	German Empire	unknown

Run 14

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Lucien Renard	Belgium	55.2 s	Q
2	Gaston Dreyfus	France	unknown
3	William Morton	Canada	unknown
4th	Gerald Anderson	Great Britain	unknown

Run 15

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	George Cameron	United States	1: 05.2 min	Q
2	Léon Coeckelberg	Belgium	unknown

Run 16

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	André Auffray	France	58.4 s	Q
2	Arthur J. Denny	Great Britain	unknown
3	Philipus Freylinck	South Africa	unknown

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	59.2 s	Q
2	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	unknown
3	Paul Texier	France	unknown
4th	Walter Andrews	Canada	unknown

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Émile Demangel	France	51.6 s	Q
2	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	unknown
3	William Bailey	Great Britain	unknown
4th	Floris Venter	South Africa	unknown

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	54.8 s	Q
2	André Auffray	France	unknown
3	George Cameron	United States	unknown
4th	Ernest Payne	Great Britain	unknown

Semi-final 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Karl Neumer	German Empire	1: 05.6 min	Q
2	Lucien Renard	Belgium	unknown
3	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	unknown

final

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	51.2 s
2	Émile Demangel	France	unknown
3	Karl Neumer	German Empire	unknown
4th	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	unknown