Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres

Men's 10 kilometres at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	April 11
Competitors	6 from 4 nations
Medalists
Paul Masson France   Léon Flameng France   Adolf Schmal Austria

Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race		men
Track cycling
Time trial		men
Sprint		men
10 km		men
100 km		men
12 hour		men

The men's 10 kilometres was one of the five track cycling races on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April and comprised 30 laps of the track.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Paul Masson (FRA)	17:54.2
2	Léon Flameng (FRA)	17:54.2
3	Adolf Schmal (AUT)	Unknown
4	Joseph Rosemeyer (GER)	Unknown
5	Aristidis Konstantinidis (GRE)	Unknown
–	Georgios Kolettis (GRE)	DNF

Six competitors entered the third cycling race. The two Frenchmen that had raced in the 2 kilometre race finished in the top two positions in the 10 kilometre, with Adolf Schmal of Austria finishing third. Rosemeyer of Germany finished this race in fourth place. The two Greek cyclists collided two-thirds of the way through the race. Kolettis returned to the race for a while before quitting at the 7 km mark due to his injuries from the crash.

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.