Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg | |
Date | 9 –13 August 1920 |
Competitors | 103 from 14 nations |
The cycling competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp consisted of two road racing events and four track racing events, all for men only.[1] The 50 km track event was held for the first time at these Games.
Medal summary
Road cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual time trial |
Harry Stenqvist (SWE) | Henry Kaltenbrun (RSA )
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Fernand Canteloube (FRA) |
Team time trial |
France (FRA) Achille Souchard Fernand Canteloube Georges Detreille Marcel Gobillot |
Sweden (SWE) Harry Stenqvist Sigfrid Lundberg Ragnar Malm Axel Persson |
Belgium (BEL) Albert Wyckmans Albert De Bunné Jean Janssens André Vercruysse |
Track cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Sprint |
Maurice Peeters (NED) | Horace Johnson (GBR )
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Harry Ryan (GBR) |
50 kilometres |
Henry George (BEL) | Cyril Alden (GBR )
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Piet Ikelaar (NED) |
Tandem |
Thomas Lance and Harry Ryan (GBR) |
William Smith and James Walker (RSA) |
Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar (NED) |
Team pursuit |
Ruggerio Ferrario
Franco Giorgetti |
Horace Johnson
William Stewart |
Henry Kaltenbrun
William Smith |
Participating nations
A total of 103 cyclists from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games.[1]
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2013.