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Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

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Men's cycling track time trial
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning time1:14.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Willy Hansen  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) G. Bosch van Drakestein  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dunc Gray  Australia
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The men's track time trial, a part of the cycling events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The race was won by the Danish rider Willy Hansen in 1 minutes, 14.2 seconds. Each nation was limited to one competitor. The distance was 1 kilometre.[1]

Final classification

Source: Official results[2][3]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Willy Hansen  Denmark 1:14.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerard Bosch van Drakestein  Netherlands 1:15.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dunc Gray  Australia 1:15.3
4 Octave Dayen  France 1:16.0
5 Kurt Einsiedel  Germany 1:17.1
6 Edward Kerridge  Great Britain 1:18.0
Józef Lange  Poland 1:18.0
8 Francisco Rodríguez  Argentina 1:18.4
9 Jean Aerts  Belgium 1:18.6
Angelo Cattaneo  Italy 1:18.6
11 Lew Elder  Canada 1:19.0
Bertie Donnelly  Ireland 1:19.0
13 Erich Fäs  Switzerland 1:19.2
14 Edmond Maillard  Chile 1:20.1
15 Franz Dusika  Austria 1:22.0
16 Galip Cav  Turkey 1:22.3

Notes

De Wael lists 16 competitors, with Francisco Rodríguez of Argentina placing 8th and Angelo Cattaneo of Italy tying with Aerts for 9th (with other finishers moving down correspondingly).[3] Their names were not on the 1928 Official Report, but were discovered via research on Dutch newspapers from the time.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Time Trial". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Cycling - Road 1928".