Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Cycling
Games:1928 Summer
Venues:Amsterdam and surrounding area
Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
Date:4 –6 August 1928
Competitors:149
Nations:27
Prev:1924
Next:1932

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

Road cycling

Individual time trial
Team time trial

Henry Hansen
Orla Jørgensen
Leo Nielsen

Jack Lauterwasser
John Middleton
Frank Southall

Gösta Carlsson
Erik Jansson
Georg Johnsson

Track cycling

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
Tandem
Track time trial

Participating nations

149 cyclists from 27 nations competed. Ireland, Spain, and Turkey competed in cycling for the first time.

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See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/CYC/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 January 2014 . sports-reference.com.