Summer Olympics 1908 / cycling - 20 km track (men)

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
Medalist Clarence Kingsbury ( GBR ) Benjamin Jones ( GBR ) Joseph Werbrouck ( BEL )

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 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
1	Leon Meredith	Great Britain	33: 21.0 min	Q
2	Hermann Martens	German Empire	33: 21.2 min
3	Joseph Werbrouck	Belgium	33: 21.4 min	q
4th	André Lapize	France	unknown
5	Georgius ladies	Netherlands	unknown
6th	Frederick McCarthy	Canada	unknown
7-8	Pierre Hostein	France	unknown
	Rudolf Katzer	German Empire	unknown
	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	DNF

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	32: 33.8 min	Q
2	Charlie Brooks	Great Britain	32: 34.0 min
3	Floris Venter	South Africa	32: 34.4 min
4th	Georges Lutz	France	unknown
5	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Netherlands	unknown
6th	François Bonnet	France	unknown	q
7-9	Walter Andrews	Canada	unknown
	Jean van Benthem	Belgium	unknown
	Paul Schulze	German Empire	unknown

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Louis Weintz	United States	33: 39.8 min	Q
2	Frank Shore	South Africa	33: 40.0 min
3	Harry Young	Canada	33: 45.2 min
4th	Herbert Bouffler	Great Britain	unknown
5	Max Triebsch	German Empire	unknown
6-7	Henri Cunault	France	unknown
	Dorus Nijland	Netherlands	unknown
	Frederick Hamlin	Great Britain	DNF

Semi-final 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	32: 39.0 min	Q
2	George Cameron	United States	32: 39.2 min
3	Thomas Passmore	South Africa	32: 39.4 min
4th	Octave Lapize	France	unknown	q
5	Henri Baumler	France	unknown
6-7	Alwin Boldt	German Empire	unknown
	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	unknown
	W. Lower	Great Britain	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
1	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	34: 53.6 min	Q
2	David Robertson	Great Britain	34: 53.8 min
3	William Anderson	Canada	34: 55.6 min
	Ioannis Santorinaios	Greece	DNF
	Pierre Texier	France	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
1	Arthur J. Denny	Great Britain	33: 40.6 min	Q
2	Charles Avrillon	France	33: 40.8 min
3	Gustaf Westerberg	Sweden	33: 41.4 min
4th	Guglielmo Morisetti	Italy	unknown
	Léon Couckelberg	Belgium	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
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	34: 13.6 min
2	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	unknown
3	Joseph Werbrouck	Belgium	unknown
4th	Louis Weintz	United States	unknown
5-9	François Bonnet	France	unknown
	Arthur J. Denny	Great Britain	unknown
	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	unknown
	Octave Lapize	France	unknown
	Leon Meredith	Great Britain	unknown

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