Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenuesAntwerp and surrounding area
Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
Date9 –13 August 1920
Competitors103 from 14 nations

The cycling competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp consisted of two road racing events and four track racing events, all for men only.[1] The 50 km track event was held for the first time at these Games.

Medal summary

Road cycling

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual time trial
Harry Stenqvist
 Sweden
Henry Kaltenbrun
 South Africa
Fernand Canteloube
 France
Team time trial
 France
Achille Souchard
Fernand Canteloube
Georges Detreille
Marcel Gobillot
 Sweden
Harry Stenqvist
Sigfrid Lundberg
Ragnar Malm
Axel Persson
 Belgium
Albert Wyckmans
Albert De Bunné
Bernard Janssens
André Vercruysse

Track cycling

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint
Maurice Peeters
 Netherlands
Horace Johnson
 Great Britain
Harry Ryan
 Great Britain
50 kilometres
Henry George
 Belgium
Cyril Alden
 Great Britain
Piet Ikelaar
 Netherlands
Tandem
Thomas Lance
and Harry Ryan
 Great Britain
William Smith
and James Walker
 South Africa
Frans de Vreng
and Piet Ikelaar
 Netherlands
Team pursuit
 Italy
Primo Magnani
Arnaldo Carli
Ruggerio Ferrario
Franco Giorgetti
 Great Britain
Albert White
Cyril Alden
Horace Johnson
William Stewart
 South Africa
James Walker
Sammy Goosen
Henry Kaltenbrun
William Smith

Participating nations

A total of 103 cyclists from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games.[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1315
2 Sweden1102
3 Netherlands1023
4 Belgium1012
 France1012
6 Italy1001
7 South Africa0213
Totals (7 entries)66618

References

  1. ^ a b "Cycling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2013.