Track time trial at the Olympics explained

Event:Track time trial
Gender:Men and women
Yearsheld:Men: 1896, 19282004
Women: 20002004

The track time trial is a defunct track cycling event formerly held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.

Medalists

Men

1896 Athens
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens

Multiple medalists

RankCyclistNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 align=left data-sort-value="Fredborg, Niels"1968–1976 1 1 1 3
2 align=left data-sort-value="Gray, Dunc"1928–1932 1 0 1 2
align=left data-sort-value="Trentin, Pierre"1964–1968 1 0 1 2
4 align=left data-sort-value="Hartwell, Erin"1992–1996 0 1 1 2
align=left data-sort-value="Kelly, Shane"1992–2000 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 4 2 3 9
2 2 3 2 7
3 2 2 0 4
4 2 1 1 4
5 2 0 1 3
2 0 1 3
7 1 2 0 3
1 2 0 3
9 1 1 1 3
10 1 0 1 2
11 1 0 0 1
12 0 1 2 3
13 0 1 1 2
14 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
18 0 0 2 2
19 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Women

2000 Sydney
2004 Athens

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 1 1 0 2
2 1 0 0 1
3 0 1 1 2
4 0 0 1 1

Olympic record progression

Men

See also: World record progression track cycling – Men's 1 km time trial.

TimeCyclistNationGamesDate
1:16.0 align=left data-sort-value="Dayen, Octave"1928-08-05
1:15.2 align=left data-sort-value="Drakestein, Gerard Bosch van"1928-08-05
1:14.4 align=left data-sort-value="Hansen, Willy"1928-08-05
1:13.0 align=left data-sort-value="Gray, Dunc"1932-08-01
1:12.0 align=left data-sort-value="Vliet, Arie van"1936-08-08
1:11.1 align=left data-sort-value="Mockridge, Russell"1952-07-31
1:09.8 align=left data-sort-value="Faggin, Leandro"1956-12-06
1:09.20 align=left data-sort-value="Touw, Piet van der"1960-08-26
1:08.75 align=left data-sort-value="Gieseler, Dieter"1960-08-26
1:07.27 align=left data-sort-value="Gaiardoni, Sante"1960-08-26
1:04.65 align=left data-sort-value="Sartori, Gianni"1968-10-17
1:04.61 align=left data-sort-value="Fredborg, Niels"1968-10-17
1:03.91 align=left data-sort-value="Trentin, Pierre"1968-10-17
1:02.955 align=left data-sort-value="Thoms, Lothar"1980-07-22
1:02.940 align=left data-sort-value="Hartwell, Erin"1996-07-24
1:02.712 align=left data-sort-value="Rousseau, Florian"1996-07-24
1:01.609 align=left data-sort-value="Queally, Jason"2000-09-16
1:00.896 align=left data-sort-value="Tournant, Arnaud"2004-08-20
1:00.711 align=left data-sort-value="Hoy, Chris"2004-08-20

Women

See also: World record progression track cycling – Women's 500 m time trial.

TimeCyclistNationGamesDate
35.728 align=left data-sort-value="Larreal, Daniela"2000-09-16
35.230 align=left data-sort-value="Witty, Chris"2000-09-16
35.013 2000-09-16
34.696 align=left data-sort-value="Ferris, Michelle"2000-09-16
34.140 align=left data-sort-value="Ballanger, Felicia"2000-09-16
34.112 2004-08-20
33.952 align=left data-sort-value="Meares, Anna"2004-08-20

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[1]

Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Herbert Crowther of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ 1906 Athina Summer Games