1908 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Sprint Track (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Track bike sprint
gender	Men
Attendees	42 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	July 16, 1908
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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 sprint over 1000 meters at the 1908 Olympic Games in London took place on 16 July at the City Stadium White instead.

Each nation was entitled to up to 12 starting places. Each race consisted of approximately 1 2⁄3 laps of the 660 yard long track. The time limit for the race was 1 minute and 45 seconds. The competition consisted of three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals). In the quarter-finals there were 16 runs, the winner of each run qualified for the semi-finals, provided he did not exceed the time limit. In the semifinals, the winners of the runs also qualified for the finals.

Victor Johnson had a flat tire shortly after the start and retired from the race. The remaining three drivers continued to fight for the medals. On the last lap, Clarence Kingsbury also had a puncture when entering the main straight . Benjamin Jones and Maurice Schilles drove to the end of the race, with the Frenchman Schilles winning by a few centimeters. However, since the race lasted longer than the allotted time limit, it was declared invalid. Much to the surprise of both spectators and participants, the National Cyclists Union refused to allow the race to be repeated. So no medals were awarded.

Results

Quarter finals

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	1: 33.8 min	Q
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein	Netherlands	unknown
3	Guglielmo Malatesta	Italy	unknown

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Floris Venter	South Africa	1: 33.2 min	Q
2	André Poulain	France	unknown
3	Thomas Matthews	Great Britain	unknown

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Maurice Schilles	France	1: 38.4 min	Q
2	Andrew Hansson	Sweden	unknown

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	1: 30.2 min	Q
2	Pierre Seginaud	France	unknown
3	Paul Schulze	German Empire	unknown
4th	Frederick McCarthy	Canada	unknown

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ernest Payne	Great Britain	1: 32.0 min	Q
2	Dorus Nijland	Netherlands	unknown

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
-	WF Magee	Great Britain	Time limit exceeded
	Hermann Martens	German Empire
	Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Karl Neumer	German Empire	1: 33.2 min	Q
2	Richard Villepontoux	France	unknown
3	William Bailey	Great Britain	unknown

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	George Cameron	United States	1: 29.4 min	Q
2	Philipus Frylink	South Africa	unknown
3	Herbert Crowther	Great Britain	unknown
4th	Gaston Dreyfus	France	unknown

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Émile Demangel	France	1: 35.2 min	Q
2	William Morton	Canada	unknown

Run 10

Auffray was the only starter in this run.

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	André Auffray	France	1: 23.6 min	Q

Run 11

Morisetti was the only starter in this run.

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Guglielmo Morisetti	Italy	1: 21.4 min	Q

Run 12

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	1: 35.0 min	Q
2	Émile Marechal	France	unknown
3	Bruno Gotze	German Empire	unknown

Run 13

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Pierre Texier	France	1: 31.0 min	Q
2	George Summers	Great Britain	unknown
3	Louis Weintz	United States	unknown

Run 14

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Joe Lavery	Great Britain	1: 41.0 min	Q
2	Antonie Gerrits	Netherlands	unknown

Run 15

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	1: 27.4 min	Q
2	Gaston Delaplane	France	unknown

Run 16

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
-	Georges Perrin	France	Time limit exceeded
	Frank Shore	South Africa

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	1: 27.4 min	Q
2	Karl Neumer	German Empire	unknown
3	Floris Venter	South Africa	unknown
4th	Pierre Texier	France	unknown

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Maurice Schilles	France	1: 38.8 min	Q
2-4	George Cameron	United States	unknown
	Daniel Flynn	Great Britain	unknown
	Ernest Payne	Great Britain	unknown

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	1: 40.8 min	Q
2	Émile Demangel	France	unknown
3	Joe Lavery	Great Britain	unknown

Semi-final 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	1: 35.6 min	Q
2	Guglielmo Morisetti	Italy	unknown
3	André Auffray	France	unknown

final

rank	athlete	nation	time
-	Maurice Schilles	France	Time limit exceeded
	Benjamin Jones	Great Britain	Time limit exceeded
	Clarence Kingsbury	Great Britain	DNF
	Victor Johnson	Great Britain	DNF

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