Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Games of the I Olympiad
New Phaleron Stadium in 1896
Venues	Athens and surrounding area Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	8, 11–13 April 1896
Competitors	19 from 5 nations

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, six cycling events were contested at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. Events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. Nineteen cyclists, all men, from five nations competed.

Medal summary

These medals were retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award. Every nation won at least a silver medal, with three winning golds.

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, the French cyclists who combined for six medals, four of them gold

A total of 19 cyclists from five nations competed at the Athens Games:

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

(*) NOTE: Including one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna who 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

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)

External links

• 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.