Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Venues | Amsterdam and surrounding area Amsterdam Olympic Stadium |
Date | 4 –6 August 1928 |
Competitors | 149 from 27 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation. The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial.
Medal summary
Road cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual time trial details | Henry Hansen (DEN) | Frank Southall (GBR) | Gösta Carlsson (SWE) |
Team time trial details | Denmark (DEN) Henry Hansen Orla Jørgensen Leo Nielsen | Great Britain (GBR) Jack Lauterwasser John Middleton Frank Southall | Sweden (SWE) Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson |
Track cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pursuit, Team details | Italy (ITA) Cesare Facciani Giacomo Gaioni Mario Lusiani Luigi Tasselli | Netherlands (NED) Johannes Maas Piet van der Horst Janus Braspennincx Jan Pijnenburg | Great Britain (GBR) George Southall Harry Wyld Leonard Wyld Percy Wyld |
Sprint details | Roger Beaufrand (FRA) | Antoine Mazairac (NED) | Willy Hansen (DEN) |
Tandem details | Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk (NED) | Ernest Chambers and John Sibbit (GBR) | Hans Bernhardt and Karl Köther (GER) |
Track time trial details | Willy Hansen (DEN) | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED) | Dunc Gray (AUS) |
Participating nations
149 cyclists from 27 nations competed.[1] Ireland, Spain, and Turkey competed in cycling for the first time.
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
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Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Kaatsen (unofficial)
- Korfball (demonstration)
- Lacrosse (demonstration)
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- Art competitions (unofficial)