Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's sprint
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The men's 1000 metre sprint was one of seven track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

 events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion. The track was 660 yards long ; some events used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.-Medal summary:-Medal...

 programme. Its distance was the second shortest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Heat 1

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Victor Johnson
Victor Johnson (cyclist)
Victor Louis Johnson, Vic Johnson, was a British track cycling racer who, in 1908, won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics; became 'World Amateur Sprint Champion' and the 'British National Quarter-mile Champion'....

 
1:33.8
2 Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein  Unknown
3 Guglielmo Malatesta  Unknown

Heat 2

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Floris Venter  1:33.2
2 André Poulain  Unknown
3 John Matthews  Unknown

Heat 3

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Maurice Schilles
Maurice Schilles
Maurice Schilles was a French track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner André Auffray. In the 5000 metres event he won the silver medal.He also competed in the sprint event...

 
1:38.4
2 Andrew Hansson  Unknown

Heat 4

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Daniel Flynn  1:30.2
2 Pierre Seginaud  Unknown
3 Paul Schulze  Unknown
4 Frederick McCarthy  Unknown

Heat 5

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Ernest Payne
Ernest Payne
Ernest "Ernie" Payne was a British track cycling racer. Born in Worcester, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and went on to play football, including two games as an amateur for Manchester United.-Background:Payne was born in a cottage at 221 London Road,...

 
1:32.0
2 Dorus Nijland  Unknown

Heat 6

Place Cyclist Nation Time
W. F. Magee  Time limit exceeded
Hermann Martens
Hermann Martens
Hermann Martens was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit...

 
Johannes van Spengen 

Heat 7

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Karl Neumer
Karl Neumer
Karl Neumer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....

 
1:33.2
2 R. Villepontoux  Unknown
3 William Bailey
William Bailey
William Bailey was an American actor. He appeared in 222 films between 1911 and 1959. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Bailey died in Hollywood, California in 1962 at the age of 76.-Selected filmography:...

 
Unknown

Heat 8

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 George Cameron  1:29.4
2 Philipus Frylink  Unknown
3 Herbert Crowther  Unknown
4 G. Dreyfus  Unknown

Heat 9

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Émile Demangel  1:35.2
2 William Morton  Unknown

Heat 10

Auffray was the only starter in the heat.
Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 André Auffray
André Auffray
André Auffray was a racing cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the tandem sprint event where he finished in first place and in the 5000 metres event where he finished in third place.-References:...

 
1:23.6

Heat 11

Morisetti was the only starter in the heat.
Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Guglielmo Morisetti  1:21.4

Heat 12

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Benjamin Jones
Benjamin Jones (cyclist)
Benjamin "Ben" Jones was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....

 
1:35.0
2 Émile Marechal  Unknown
3 Bruno Götze  Unknown

Heat 13

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Pierre Texier  1:31.0
2 George Summers  Unknown
3 Louis Weintz  Unknown

Heat 14

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 J. L. Lavery  1:41.0
2 Antonie Gerrits  Unknown

Heat 15

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Clarence Kingsbury
Clarence Kingsbury
Clarence Brickwood Kingsbury was a British track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He belonged to the Paddington and North End cycling clubs....

 
1:27.4
2 Gaston Delaplane  Unknown

Heat 16

Place Cyclist Nation Time
Georges Perrin  Time limit exceeded
F. Shore

Semifinal 1

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Victor Johnson 1:27.4
2 Karl Neumer Unknown
3 Floris Venter Unknown
4 Pierre Texier Unknown

Semifinal 2

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Maurice Schilles 1:38.8
2-4 George Cameron Unknown
Daniel Flynn Unknown
Ernest Payne Unknown

Semifinal 3

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Benjamin Jones 1:40.8
2 Émile Demangel Unknown
3 J. L. Lavery Unknown

Semifinal 4

Place Cyclist Nation Time
1 Clarence Kingsbury 1:35.6
2 Guglielmo Morisetti Unknown
3 André Auffray Unknown

Final

The time limit in the final was exceeded, resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded. Two of the three British riders, Kingsbury and Johnson, did not finish, leaving the race to Jones and the Frenchman, Schilles. According to the Official Report, "the Frenchman apparently won by inches, but the Judge did not officially place the riders."
Place Cyclist Nation Time
Time limit exceeded Victor Johnson NMR
Benjamin Jones
Clarence Kingsbury
Maurice Schilles


Key=NMR No Marks Recorded

Sources

  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .
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