Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, six cycling events were contested. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling.
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Events
One lap race
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| 1 |  Paul Masson (FRA) | 24.0 |
| 2 | Missing image Greece_flag_1828.png Stamatios Nikolopoulos (GRE) | 25.4 |
| 3 |  Adolf Schmal (AUT) | 26.6 |
The fourth cycling 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 again taking third and Nikolopoulos finishing second once again.
2000 metre sprint
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Paul Masson (FRA) | 4:56.0 |
| 2 | Missing image Greece_flag_1828.png Stamatios Nikolopoulos (GRE) | 5:00.2 |
| 3 | Léon Flameng (FRA) | ----- |
The 2 kilometre race was the second event, held on 11 April. Four athletes entered the race, which was a six-lap sprint. Rosemayer of Germany had mechanical problems during the race and left the course without finishing. The French took 1st and 3rd places, while Nikolopoulos of Greece finished second.
10 kilometre track race
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Paul Masson (FRA) | 17:54.2 |
| 2 | Léon Flameng (FRA) | 17:54.2 |
| 3 | Adolf Schmal (AUT) | ----- |
Six competitors entered the third race, a 30-lap event on 11 April. The two Frenchmen that had raced in the 2 kilometre race finished in the top two positions in the 10 kilometre, with Adolf Schmal of Austria finishing third. Rosemayer of Germany finished this race in fourth place. The two Greek cyclists, Colettis and Aristidis Konstantinidis, collided early in the race.
100 kilometre track race
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Léon Flameng (FRA) | 3:08:19.2 |
| 2 | Missing image Greece_flag_1828.png Georgios Kolettis (GRE) |
The first race, the 100 kilometres held on 8 April, involved cyclists going around the track 300 times. Ten cyclists started the race, but only two finished it. The winner, Léon Flameng, had fallen midway through the race but continued on to win the gold medal. Georgios Kolettis of Greece had completed 289 laps at that point, and finished fairly soon after Flameng.
12 hour race
| Pos | Athlete | Distance |
| 1 | Adolf Schmal (AUT) | 314.997 |
| 2 |  Frank Keeping (GBR) | 314.664 |
The final cycling race began at 5 a.m. on 12 April. Six athletes began the race, though three of the Greeks dropped out before noon and the fourth gave up in the afternooon. The two who finished were only one single lap of the track apart after the twelve hour ordeal.
Road race
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Missing image Greece_flag_1828.png Aristidis Konstantinidis (GRE) | 3:22:31 |
| 2 |  August Gödrich (GER) | 3:42:18 |
| 3 | Edward Battel (GBR) | ----- |
The only road race took place on 12 April. It was 87 kilometres long, with contestants cycling to the city of Marathon and back. Six cyclists entered the event, including the German August Gödrich, the Briton Edward Battel, and four Greeks: Aristidis Konstantinidis, Iatrou, Constantinou, and Aspiotis.
Konstantinidis led from the start until after the turn at Marathon. His bicycle broke down on the return journey, allowing Battel time to pass him before he was able to get another bicycle and continue. Both Konstantinidis and Battel fell again before finishing, with Battel's fall being severe enough to drop him from first place to third as both Konstantinidis and Gödrich passed him.
Sub-Committee for Cycling
- Nicolas Vlangalis, president
- Const. Bellinis, secretary
- S. Mavros
- Nic. Kontojiannis
- Mar Philipp
- Jac. Theophilas
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