Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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

Léon Flameng and Paul Masson, the French cyclists who combined for six medals, four of them gold

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 details	Aristidis Konstantinidis Greece (GRE)	August von Gödrich Germany (GER)	Edward Battel Great Britain (GBR)
Sprint details	Paul Masson France (FRA)	Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece (GRE)	Léon Flameng France (FRA)
Time trial details	Paul Masson France (FRA)	Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece (GRE)	Adolf Schmal Austria (AUT)
10 kilometres details	Paul Masson France (FRA)	Léon Flameng France (FRA)	Adolf Schmal Austria (AUT)
100 kilometres details	Léon Flameng France (FRA)	Georgios Kolettis Greece (GRE)	none
12 hour race details	Adolf Schmal Austria (AUT)	Frank Keeping Great Britain (GBR)	none

Participating nations

A total of 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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

(*) NOTE: Including one cyclist (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

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)

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 [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. 

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