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Track cycling

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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. The time limit for the race was 4 minutes.

First round

The fastest team in each of the seven heats and the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the semifinals.

The competition was held on Monday, July 13, 1908 starting at 4.15 p.m.

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 (first four heats) and at 5.15 p.m.

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 (remaining three heats).

Heat 1
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Colin Brooks  Walter Isaacs		3:09.4
2	Alwin Boldt  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...		5 lengths behind

Heat 2
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Frederick Hamlin  Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Horace Thomas Johnson was a cyclist from Great Britain. He was born in Fulham, United Kingdom.Johnson was often referred to as Tiny Johnson or H. T. Tiny Johnson...		3:14.8
2	Maurice Texier  Pierre Texier		4 lengths behind

Heat 3
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Max Götze Max Götze Max Götze was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Rudolf Katzer, and Hermann Martens in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 5000 metres race, but was eliminated in the first round...   Otto Götze		2:55.6
2	Charles Avrillon  Joseph Guyader		bare wheel
3	C. McKaig  E. C. Piercy		2 lengths behind 2nd

Heat 4
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Léon Coeckelberg  Jean Patou		2:25.0
2	John L. Barnard  Arthur Rushen		1.2 lengths behind
3	Andrew Hansson  Gustaf Westerberg		beaten off

Heat 5
Place	Cyclists	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:...   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...		3:11.4
2	Philipus Frylink  Floris Venter		1 length behind

Heat 6
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	François Bonnet  Octave Lapize Octave Lapize Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.In his first...		3:06.8
2	R. Jolly  J. Norman		6 lengths behind

Heat 7
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	John Matthews  Leonard Meredith Leonard Meredith Leonard "Leon" Lewis Meredith was a British track and road racing cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics...		2:43.2
2	Gaston Dreyfus  André Poulain		2 lengths behind
3	Frederick McCarthy  William Morton		beaten off

Semifinals

The fastest team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the final.

The competition was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 starting at 5 p.m.

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Semifinal 1
Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Frederick Hamlin  Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Horace Thomas Johnson was a cyclist from Great Britain. He was born in Fulham, United Kingdom.Johnson was often referred to as Tiny Johnson or H. T. Tiny Johnson...		2:42.2
2	Colin Brooks  Walter Isaacs		6 lengths behind
3	Max Götze Max Götze Max Götze was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Rudolf Katzer, and Hermann Martens in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 5000 metres race, but was eliminated in the first round...   Otto Götze		Unknown
4	Léon Coeckelberg  Jean Patou		Unknown

Semifinal 2
Place	Cyclists	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:...   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...		2:46.2
2	John Matthews  Leonard Meredith Leonard Meredith Leonard "Leon" Lewis Meredith was a British track and road racing cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics...		1 length behind
3	John L. Barnard  Arthur Rushen		Unknown
4	François Bonnet  Octave Lapize Octave Lapize Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.In his first...		Unknown

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 at 5.45 p.m.

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Final
Place	Cyclists	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:...   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...		3:07.6
2	Frederick Hamlin  Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Horace Thomas Johnson was a cyclist from Great Britain. He was born in Fulham, United Kingdom.Johnson was often referred to as Tiny Johnson or H. T. Tiny Johnson...		Unknown
3	Colin Brooks  Walter Isaacs		Unknown

Sources

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