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Track time trial at the Olympics

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Track time trial
at the Olympic Games
The first track time trial winner, Paul Masson, in 1896
Overview
SportCycling
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1896, 19282004
Women: 20002004
Reigning champion
Men Chris Hoy (GBR)
Women Anna Meares (AUS)

The track time trial is a defunct track cycling event formerly held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.

Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Paul Masson
 France
Stamatios Nikolopoulos
 Greece
Adolf Schmal
 Austria
1928 Amsterdam
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Willy Hansen
 Denmark
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein
 Netherlands
Dunc Gray
 Australia
1932 Los Angeles
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Dunc Gray
 Australia
Jacques van Egmond
 Netherlands
Charles Rampelberg
 France
1936 Berlin
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Arie van Vliet
 Netherlands
Pierre Georget
 France
Rudolf Karsch
 Germany
1948 London
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Jacques Dupont
 France
Pierre Nihant
 Belgium
Tommy Godwin
 Great Britain
1952 Helsinki
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Russell Mockridge
 Australia
Marino Morettini
 Italy
Raymond Robinson
 South Africa
1956 Melbourne
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Leandro Faggin
 Italy
Ladislav Fouček
 Czechoslovakia
Alfred Swift
 South Africa
1960 Rome
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Sante Gaiardoni
 Italy
Dieter Gieseler
 United Team of Germany
Rostislav Vargashkin
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
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Patrick Sercu
 Belgium
Giovanni Pettenella
 Italy
Pierre Trentin
 France
1968 Mexico City
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Pierre Trentin
 France
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Janusz Kierzkowski
 Poland
1972 Munich
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Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Daniel Clark
 Australia
Jürgen Schütze
 East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
 East Germany
Michel Vaarten
 Belgium
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
1980 Moscow
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Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
Aleksandr Panfilov
 Soviet Union
David Weller
 Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles
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Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
Curt Harnett
 Canada
Fabrice Colas
 France
1988 Seoul
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Aleksandr Kirichenko
 Soviet Union
Martin Vinnicombe
 Australia
Robert Lechner
 West Germany
1992 Barcelona
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José Manuel Moreno
 Spain
Shane Kelly
 Australia
Erin Hartwell
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details
Florian Rousseau
 France
Erin Hartwell
 United States
Takanobu Jumonji
 Japan
2000 Sydney
details
Jason Queally
 Great Britain
Stefan Nimke
 Germany
Shane Kelly
 Australia
2004 Athens
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Chris Hoy
 Great Britain
Arnaud Tournant
 France
Stefan Nimke
 Germany

Multiple medalists

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Rank Cyclist Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark (DEN) 1968–1976 1 1 1 3
2 Dunc Gray  Australia (AUS) 1928–1932 1 0 1 2
Pierre Trentin  France (FRA) 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
4 Erin Hartwell  United States (USA) 1992–1996 0 1 1 2
Shane Kelly  Australia (AUS) 1992–2000 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France (FRA) 4 2 3 9
2  Australia (AUS) 2 3 2 7
3  Italy (ITA) 2 2 0 4
4  Denmark (DEN) 2 1 1 4
5  East Germany (GDR) 2 0 1 3
 Great Britain (GBR) 2 0 1 3
7  Belgium (BEL) 1 2 0 3
 Netherlands (NED) 1 2 0 3
9  Soviet Union (URS) 1 1 1 3
10  West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
11  Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
12  Germany (GER) 0 1 2 3
13  United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
14  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
 Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 1 0 1
18  South Africa (RSA) 0 0 2 2
19  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Felicia Ballanger
 France
Michelle Ferris
 Australia
Jiang Cuihua
 China
2004 Athens
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Anna Meares
 Australia
Jiang Yonghua
 China
Natallia Tsylinskaya
 Belarus

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia (AUS) 1 1 0 2
2  France (FRA) 1 0 0 1
3  China (CHN) 0 1 1 2
4  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1

Olympic record progression

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Men

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Time Cyclist Nation Games Date
1:16.0 Octave Dayen  France (FRA) 1928 1928-08-05
1:15.2 Gerard Bosch van Drakestein  Netherlands (NED) 1928 1928-08-05
1:14.4 Willy Hansen  Denmark (DEN) 1928 1928-08-05
1:13.0 Dunc Gray  Australia (AUS) 1932 1932-08-01
1:12.0 Arie van Vliet  Netherlands (NED) 1936 1936-08-08
1:11.1 Russell Mockridge  Australia (AUS) 1952 1952-07-31
1:09.8 Leandro Faggin  Italy (ITA) 1956 1956-12-06
1:09.20 Piet van der Touw  Netherlands (NED) 1960 1960-08-26
1:08.75 Dieter Gieseler  Germany (GER) 1960 1960-08-26
1:07.27 WR Sante Gaiardoni  Italy (ITA) 1960 1960-08-26
1:04.65 Gianni Sartori  Italy (ITA) 1968 1968-10-17
1:04.61 Niels Fredborg  Denmark (DEN) 1968 1968-10-17
1:03.91 WR Pierre Trentin  France (FRA) 1968 1968-10-17
1:02.955 WR Lothar Thoms  East Germany (GDR) 1980 1980-07-22
1:02.940 Erin Hartwell  United States (USA) 1996 1996-07-24
1:02.712 Florian Rousseau  France (FRA) 1996 1996-07-24
1:01.609 Jason Queally  Great Britain (GBR) 2000 2000-09-16
1:00.896 Arnaud Tournant  France (FRA) 2004 2004-08-20
1:00.711 Chris Hoy  Great Britain (GBR) 2004 2004-08-20

Women

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Time Cyclist Nation Games Date
35.728 Daniela Larreal  Venezuela (VEN) 2000 2000-09-16
35.230 Chris Witty  United States (USA) 2000 2000-09-16
35.013 Wang Yan  China (CHN) 2000 2000-09-16
34.696 Michelle Ferris  Australia (AUS) 2000 2000-09-16
34.140 Felicia Ballanger  France (FRA) 2000 2000-09-16
34.112 Jiang Yonghua  China (CHN) 2004 2004-08-20
33.952 WR Anna Meares  Australia (AUS) 2004 2004-08-20

Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[1]

Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Herbert Crowther of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
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 Francesco Verri (ITA)  Herbert Crowther (GBR)  Henri Menjou (FRA)

References

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  1. ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.