Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

	Cycling; at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venues	Athens and surrounding area; Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	8, 11–13 April 1896
Competitors	19 from 5 nations
	1900»

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 6 cycling events at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. The events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed.^[1]

Medal summary

The table shows the medals that were given afterwards by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, the winners were given a silver medal. The rest of the athletes were not given any award. Of the 5 nations, every nation won at least a silver medal or better. Three nations won a gold medal.

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

19 cyclists from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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

(*) NOTE: Also had one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna. Loverdos 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

References

↑ "Cycling: 1896 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

Other websites

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] Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine)
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] Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine)
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

[sports-reference-1] "Cycling: 1896 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

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