Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venues
Road cycling Amsterdam and surrounding area
Track cycling Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
Dates 4 August – 6 August
Cyclists 149 from 27 countries
Top ranked countries
 Denmark: 3 1st, gold medalist(s)  0 2nd, silver medalist(s)  1 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
 Netherlands: 1 1st, gold medalist(s)  3 2nd, silver medalist(s)  0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
 France: 1 1st, gold medalist(s)  0 2nd, silver medalist(s)  0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)  
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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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road race, Individual
  Henry Hansen (DEN)  Frank Southall (GBR)  Gösta Carlsson (SWE)
Road race, Team
  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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Pursuit, Team
  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
  Roger Beaufrand (FRA)  Antoine Mazairac (NED)  Willy Hansen (DEN)
Tandem
 Bernhard Leene
and Daan van Dijk (NED)		  Ernest Chambers
and John Sibbit (GBR)		  Hans Bernhardt
and Karl Köther (GER)
Track time trial
  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.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)3014
2 Netherlands (NED)1304
3 France (FRA)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
5 Great Britain (GBR)0314
6 Sweden (SWE)0022
7 Australia (AUS)0011
 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (8 nations)66618


References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
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