Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

Men's cycling time trial at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Amsterdam
Date	7 August 1928
Competitors	75 from 21 nations
Winning time	4:47:18
Medalists
Henry Hansen  Denmark Frank Southall  Great Britain Gösta Carlsson  Sweden

Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual road race	men
Team road race	men
Track cycling
Time trial	men
Team pursuit	men
Sprint	men
Tandem	men

The men's individual time trial, a part of the cycling events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, took place in Amsterdam. The race was won by the Danish rider Henry Hansen in 4 hours, 47 minutes, 18 seconds.^[1]

The results were also used to determine rankings for the team road race event.

Final classification

Source: Official results^[2][3]

Rank Rider Time  Henry Hansen (DEN) 4:47:18  Frank Southall (GBR) 4:55:06  Gösta Carlsson (SWE) 5:00:17 4  Allegro Grandi (ITA) 5:02:05 5  Jack Lauterwasser (GBR) 5:02:57 6  Gottlieb Amstein (SUI) 5:04:48 7  Leo Nielsen (DEN) 5:05:37 8  André Aumerle (FRA) 5:07:12 9  Jakob Caironi (SUI) 5:08:46 10  Raul Hellberg (FIN) 5:09:14 11  Jean Aerts (BEL) 5:10:38 12  Pierre Houdé (BEL) 5:11:18 13  Jef Lowagie (BEL) 5:11:54 14  Erik Jansson (SWE) 5:13:17 15  Cosme Saavedra (ARG) 5:13:19 16  Michele Orecchia (ITA) 5:13:29 17  Leen Buis (NED) 5:14:15  Georg Johnsson (SWE) 5:14:15 19  Fred Short (RSA) 5:14:38 20  Francisco Bonvehi (ARG) 5:14:39 21  José López (ARG) 5:14:57 22  Louis Bessière (FRA) 5:15:14 23  Octave Dayen (FRA) 5:15:54 24  Jean Chaerels (BEL) 5:16:05 25  Orla Jørgensen (DEN) 5:16:19 26  John Middleton (GBR) 5:16:46 27  Janus Braspennincx (NED) 5:17:07 28  Poul Sørensen (DEN) 5:17:33 29  Ambrogio Beretta (ITA) 5:17:38 30  Marcello Neri (ITA) 5:21:12 31  Joe Laporte (CAN) 5:21:30 32  Hjalmar Pettersson (SWE) 5:21:46

Rank Rider Time 33  Gottlieb Wanzenried (SUI) 5:21:47 34  Jean-Pierre Muller (LUX) 5:22:30 35  Gustav Kristiansen (NOR) 5:23:14 36  Ben Duijker (NED) 5:23:22 37  Josip Šolar (YUG) 5:25:37 38  Charles Marshall (GBR) 5:26:39 39  Antonín Honig (TCH) 5:27:45 40  Norbert Sinner (LUX) 5:27:54 41  Luis de Meyer (ARG) 5:28:48 42  Jean Alfonsetti (LUX) 5:30:31 43  Karl Hansen (NOR) 5:30:33 44  John Woodcock (IRL) 5:32:54 45  Karl Koch (GER) 5:33:32 46  Antonín Perič (TCH) 5:34:30  Josef Šídlo (TCH) 5:34:30 48  Stjepan Ljubić (YUG) 5:37:02 49  Eugeniusz Michalak (POL) 5:37:02 50  Tarhumas Murnikas (LTU) 5:41:00 51  Chester Nelsen (USA) 5:42:57 52  René Brossy (FRA) 5:46:06 53  Josip Škrabl (YUG) 5:46:14 54  Józef Stefański (POL) 5:47:15 55  Jurgis Gedminas (LTU) 5:50:04 56  Alfred Tourville (CAN) 5:51:05 57  Stanisław Kłosowicz (POL) 5:51:31 58  Henry O'Brien (USA) 5:53:23 59  Ladislav Brůžek (TCH) 5:54:07 60  Antun Banek (YUG) 5:55:27 61  Józef Popowski (POL) 5:55:39 62  Peter Smessaert (USA) 5:56:32 63  William Peden (CAN) 6:09:26

The following cyclists did not finish:^[1]

•  Ragnvald Martinsen (NOR)
•  Reidar Raaen (NOR)
•  Anton Kuys (NED)
•  Vladas Jankauskas (LTU)
•  Isakas Anolikas (LTU)
•  Lew Elder (CAN)
•  Arthur Essing (GER)
•  Bernhard Stübecke (GER)
•  Charles Westerholm (USA)
•  Paul Litschi (SUI)
•  Marcel Pesch (LUX)
•  Otto Kürschner (GER)

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