Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Cycling
| games = 1928 Summer
| image = Olympic rings without rims.svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/CYC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/CYC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games |access-date=25 January 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} 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=
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| Individual time trial {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's individual time trial}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Hansen|DEN|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Southall|GBR|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Gösta Carlsson|SWE|1928 Summer}} |
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| Team time trial | {{flagIOCteam|DEN|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1928 Summer}} |
=Track cycling=
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| Pursuit, Team | {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|NED|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1928 Summer}} |
| Sprint {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Roger Beaufrand|FRA|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Antoine Mazairac|NED|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Willy Hansen|DEN|1928 Summer}} |
| Tandem {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Bernhard Leene | {{flagIOCathlete|Ernest Chambers | {{flagIOCathlete|Hans Bernhardt |
| Track time trial {{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Willy Hansen|DEN|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Gerard Bosch van Drakestein|NED|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Dunc Gray|AUS|1928 Summer}} |
Participating nations
149 cyclists from 27 nations competed. Ireland, Spain, and Turkey competed in cycling for the first time.
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1928 Summer|6}}
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Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1928 Summer
| team =
| gold_DEN = 3 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 2
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 1
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1
}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web | title=Olympic Medal Winners | publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | access-date=2007-01-23 }}
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{{Cycling at the Summer Olympics}}