Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
| Men's road race at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 The race start in Athens | ||||||||||
| Venue | Athens–Marathon | |||||||||
| Date | April 12 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 3 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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| Road race | men |
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| Time trial | men |
| Sprint | men |
| 10 km | men |
| 100 km | men |
| 12 hour | men |
The men's road race was the only road cycling event on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The course was 87 kilometres long and the race was held on 12 April.
Results
| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| 1 |  Aristidis Konstantinidis (GRE)
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3:22:31 |
| 2 |  August von Gödrich (GER)
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3:42:18 |
| 3 |  Edward Battel (GBR)
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Unknown |
| 4-7 | Georgios Aspiotis (GRE)
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Unknown |
| Miltiades Iatrou (GRE)
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Unknown | |
| Konstantinos Konstantinou (GRE)
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Unknown | |
| Georgios Paraskevopoulos (GRE)
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Unknown |
The only road race took place on 12 April. It was 87 kilometres long, with contestants cycling to the city of Marathon and back. Seven cyclists entered the event, including the German August von Gödrich, the Briton Edward Battel, and five Greeks.
Konstantinidis led from the start until after the turn at Marathon. His bicycle broke down on the return journey, allowing Battel time to pass him before he was able to get another bicycle and continue. Both Konstantinidis and Battel fell again before finishing, with Battel's fall being severe enough to drop him from first place to third as both Konstantinidis and Gödrich passed him.
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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (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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