Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – 1/4 mile explained

Event:	Men's mile
Games:	1904 Summer
Venue:	Francis Field
Date:	August 3
Competitors:	11
Nations:	2
Gold:	Marcus Hurley
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Burton Downing
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Teddy Billington
Bronzenoc:	USA

The mile was a track cycling event held as part of the cycling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the only time this 0.25miles event was held at the Olympics. 11 cyclists competed.^[1]

Results

Heats

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1
width=30	1.		width=60	36.0	QS
2.			QS
Heat 2
1.		35.6	QS
2.			QS
3.
Heat 3
1.		34.8	QS
2.			QS
3.
Heat 4
1.		35.2	QS
2.			QS
3.

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
width=30	1.		width=60	34.8	QF
2.			QF
3-4
Semifinal 2
1.		33.4	QF
2.			QF
3-4

Final

Final
width=30 bgcolor=gold			width=60	31.8
bgcolor=silver
4.

Sources

• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 16 December 2006 . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 16 February 2009 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: St Louis 1904 Cycling Track - Results & Videos. March 7, 2019. International Olympic Committee.