| Cycling on 1896 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Track racing | ||||
| Sprint | ||||
| 333.3 meter | ||||
| 10 km | ||||
| 100 km | ||||
| 12 hour race | ||||
Road racing | ||||
| Group race | ||||
Cycling competitions at the I Summer Olympic Games were held on April 8 , 11 , 12 and 13 . In total, six sets of medals were played - five on the cycle track and one on the highway . The cycle track competition took place at the new Neo Faliron velodrome, and the road race ran from Athens to the Marathon and vice versa.
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Medals
Overall classification
The French Leon Flaman and Paul Masson , who won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medal
( Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category; the host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| France | |||||
| Greece | |||||
| Austria | |||||
| Great Britain | |||||
| Germany | |||||
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sprint | Paul Masson France | Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece | Leon Flaman France |
| 333.3 meter | Paul Masson France | Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece | Adolf Schmal Austria |
| 10 kilometers | Paul Masson France | Leon Flaman France | Adolf Schmal Austria |
| 100 kilometers | Leon Flaman France | Georgios Colettis Greece | |
| 12 hour race | Adolf Schmal Austria | Frank Kiping Great Britain | |
| Road race | Aristidis Konstantinidis Greece | August von Gödrich Germany | Edward buttel Great Britain |
Countries
The competition was attended by 19 athletes from 5 countries:
- Austria (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- Germany (5)
- Greece (9)
- France (2)