Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Cycling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Amsterdam and surrounding area Amsterdam Olympic Stadium |
Date | 4 –6 August 1928 |
Competitors | 149 from 27 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation. The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial.
Medal summary
[edit]Road cycling
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual time trial |
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Team time trial |
![]() Henry Hansen Orla Jørgensen Leo Nielsen |
![]() Jack Lauterwasser John Middleton Frank Southall |
![]() Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson |
Track cycling
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pursuit, Team |
![]() Cesare Facciani Giacomo Gaioni Mario Lusiani Luigi Tasselli |
![]() Johannes Maas Piet van der Horst Janus Braspennincx Jan Pijnenburg |
![]() George Southall Harry Wyld Leonard Wyld Percy Wyld |
Sprint |
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Tandem |
![]() and Daan van Dijk (NED) |
![]() and John Sibbit (GBR) |
![]() and Karl Köther (GER) |
Track time trial |
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Participating nations
[edit]149 cyclists from 27 nations competed.[1] Ireland, Spain, and Turkey competed in cycling for the first time.
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Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2007.