Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

This was the first appearance of the event, which would not be held again until 1928 (after which it would be held every Games until dropped from the programme after 2004). This was the only time the event was held over a distance of one-third of a kilometre, rather than the one kilometre usually used. Paul Masson of France was the most significant cyclist in the small field, having won a "major international race" in 1894.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/153000 |work=Olympedia |title=333 1/3 metres Time Trial, Men |access-date=10 November 2020}}

The event was a time trial on the track. In 1896, the distance was one-third of a kilometre, which was one lap around the track. A flying start was used.Official Report, p. 98.

The exact time of the event is not known; the cycling events began shortly after 2 p.m. and the time trial was the third event, after the 2 kilometres and 10 kilometres races.

The time trial race was once around the track, or one-third of a kilometre. It was held on 11 April and eight cyclists competed. Masson won his third race of the day, with Schmal and Nikolopoulos tying for second place and having to compete in a race-off for the second position.

In this race, Nikolopoulos improved upon his time from the first round, winning the race for an overall second-place finish. Schmal was slower in this race than he had been in the first one.

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• {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C. | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
• {{cite book | author1=Mallon, Bill | author2=Widlund, Ture | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }} (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])
• {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}}

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