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

The men's time trial was one of the track cycling events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was the 4th cycling event. It was held on 11 April. This time trial was 1/3 of a kilometre in distance. When the event returned in the 1928 Summer Olympics, the distance was one kilometre.

Background

This was time this event happened. The event would not be held until 1928. After 1928, the event would be helped at every Olympic Game until 2004. This was the only time the event was one-third of a kilometre. After the 1896 games, the time trial was one kilometre long. Paul Masson of France was the most important cyclist in this race.

Competition

The event was a time trial on the track. The distance was one-third of a kilometre. This was one lap around the track.Official Report, p. 98.

Schedule

The time when the event happened is not known. The cycling races happened after 2 p.m. The time trial was the 3rd event.

 Date Time Round Gregorian Julian Saturday, 11 April 1896  Saturday, 30 March 1896    Final

Results

8 cyclists raced. Paul Masson won his 3rd race that day. Adolf Schmal and Stamatios Nikolopoulos tied for 2nd place. They had to compete in a race-off to race for 2nd place.

 Rank  Cyclist  Nation  Time  Notes  Paul Masson   24.0  2 Stamatios Nikolopoulos   26.0 Race-off Adolf Schmal   26.0 Race-off 4 Edward Battell   26.2  5 Frederick Keeping   27.0  5 Theodor Leupold   27.0  5 Léon Flameng   27.0  8 Joseph Rosemeyer   27.2 

Race-off

In this race, Nikolopoulos won the race and beat his time from the first round. Schmal was slower in the 2nd race.

 Rank  Cyclist  Nation  Time   Stamatios Nikolopoulos   25.4  Adolf Schmal   26.6

References

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