Summer Olympics 1908 / cycling - 100 km track (men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	100 km track bike
gender	Men
Attendees	45 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	July 15-18, 1908
Winning time	2: 41: 48.6 h
Medalist Charles Bartlett ( GBR ) Charles Denny ( GBR ) Octave Lapize ( 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 100 km race at the 1908 Olympic Games in London took place from 15 to 18 July at the White City Stadium instead.

Each nation was entitled to up to 12 starting places. Each race consisted of approximately 165.7 laps of the 660 yard long track. The time limit for the race was 3 hours and 15 minutes. The competition took place in two rounds (semifinals and finals). There were two semifinals. The first six athletes of each semi-final reached the final. In addition, the two athletes who led the most laps qualified for the final.

The challenge cup for the winner was presented by the Prince of Wales.

Results

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	2: 50: 21.4 h	Q
2	Georges Lutz	France	unknown	Q
3	Sydney Bailey	Great Britain	unknown	Q
4th	Pierre Texier	France	unknown	Q
5	JH Bishop	Great Britain	unknown	Q
6th	David Robertson	Great Britain	unknown	Q
7-14	William Anderson	Canada	unknown
	Alwin Boldt	German Empire	unknown
	François Bonnet	France	unknown	q
	Georgius ladies	Netherlands	unknown
	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Netherlands	unknown
	André Lepère	France	unknown
	Harry Mussen	Great Britain	unknown	q
	J. Norman	Great Britain	unknown
	Rudolf Katzer	German Empire	DNF
	Frederick McCarthy	Canada	DNF
	Ioannis Santorinaios	Greece	DNF

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Leon Meredith	Great Britain	2: 43: 15.4 h	Q
2	Charles Bartlett	Great Britain	unknown	Q
3	Gustaf Westerberg	Sweden	unknown	Q
4th	Octave Lapize	France	unknown	Q
5	Walter Andrews	Canada	unknown	Q
6th	William Pett	Great Britain	unknown	Q
7-9	Guillaume Coeckelberg	Belgium	unknown	q
	Charles Denny	Great Britain	unknown	q
	Harry Young	Canada	unknown	q
	Cesare Zanzottera	Italy	DNF
	Charles Avrillon	France	DNF
	Henri Cunault	France	DNF
	Bruno Gotze	German Empire	DNF
	Pierre Hostein	France	DNF
	Robert Jolly	Great Britain	DNF
	Jean Madelaine	France	DNF
	Guglielmo Malatesta	Italy	DNF
	Hermann Martens	German Empire	DNF
	William Morton	Canada	DNF
	Dorus Nijland	Netherlands	DNF
	David Noon	Great Britain	DNF
	Battista Parini	Italy	DNF
	Thomas Passmore	South Africa	DNF
	Paul Schulze	German Empire	DNF
	Max Triebsch	German Empire	DNF
	Louis Weintz	United States	DNF

final

It's not clear how Young qualified for the final. According to the official report, Coeckelberg and Denny qualified as the leaders as the athletes with the most laps. It also says that Young was allowed to start after he had convinced the judges that he had not been lapped in the semifinals.

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Charles Bartlett	Great Britain	2: 41: 48.6 h
2	Charles Denny	Great Britain	unknown
3	Octave Lapize	France	unknown
4th	William Pett	Great Britain	unknown
5	Pierre Texier	France	unknown
6th	Walter Andrews	Canada	unknown
7th	David Robertson	Great Britain	unknown
8th	Sydney Bailey	Great Britain	unknown
	JH Bishop	Great Britain	DNF
	François Bonnet	France	DNF
	Guillaume Coeckelberg	Belgium	DNF
	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	DNF
	Georges Lutz	France	DNF
	Leon Meredith	Great Britain	DNF
	Harry Mussen	Great Britain	DNF
	Gustaf Westerberg	Sweden	DNF
	Harry Young	Canada	DNF

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