Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's time trial

Men's track time trial
at the Games of the I Olympiad
The french participants Flameng and Masson
Venue Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date April 11
Competitors 8 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Paul Masson
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Stamatios Nikolopoulos
 Greece
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Adolf Schmal
 Austria

The men's time trial was one of 5 track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth event on the cycling schedule and was held on 11 April. The first time trial competition was the only time that Olympic time trials were held over the distance of one-third of a kilometre; when the event returned to the programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics the distance was set at one kilometre.

Results

The time trial race was once around the track, or one-third of a kilometre. It was held on 11 April and eight cyclists competed. Masson won his third race of the day, with Schmal and Nikolopoulos tying for second place and having to compete in a race-off for the second position.

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Paul Masson France 24.0
2 Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece 26.0 Race-off
2 Adolf Schmal Austria 26.0 Race-off
4 Edward Battell Great Britain 26.2
5 Frederick Keeping Great Britain 27.0
5 Theodor Leupold Germany 27.0
5 Léon Flameng France 27.0
8 Joseph Rosemeyer Germany 27.2

Race-off

In this race, Nikolopoulos improved upon his time from the first round, winning the race for an overall second-place finish. Schmal was slower in this race than he had been in the first one.

RankCyclistNationTime
2nd, silver medalist(s) Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece 25.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Adolf Schmal Austria 26.6

References

  • 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 )
  • 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 )
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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