Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venues	Athens and surrounding area Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	8, 11–13 April 1896
Competitors	19 from 5 nations
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 6 cycling events at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. The events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed.

Medal summary

The table shows the medals that were given afterwards by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, the winners were given a silver medal. The rest of the athletes were not given any award. Of the 5 nations, every nation won at least a silver medal or better. Three nations won a gold medal.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road race	Aristidis Konstantinidis  Greece	August von Gödrich  Germany	Edward Battell  Great Britain
Track time trial	Paul Masson  France	Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece	Adolf Schmal  Austria
Sprint	Paul Masson  France	Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece	Léon Flameng  France
10 kilometres	Paul Masson  France	Léon Flameng  France	Adolf Schmal  Austria
100 kilometres	Léon Flameng  France	Georgios Kolettis  Greece	none awarded
12-hour race	Adolf Schmal  Austria	Frederick Keeping  Great Britain	none awarded

Participating nations

Léon Flameng and Paul Masson won 6 medals for France. 4 of these medals were gold medals.

19 cyclists from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:

•  Austria (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Greece (9)(*)

(*) NOTE: Also had one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna. Loverdos competed for Greece.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	4	1	1	6
2	Greece	1	3	0	4
3	Austria	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
5	Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	4	16

Sub-Committee for Cycling

• Nicolas Vlangalis, president
• Const. Bellinis, secretary
• S. Mavros
• Nic. Kontojiannis
• Mar Philipp
• Jac. Theophilas

Other websites

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.