Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the median of the individual event distances. Each nation could enter up to 12 cyclists.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 17–18
Competitors42 from 9 nations
Medalists
Benjamin Jones  Great Britain
Maurice Schilles  France
André Auffray  France
Cycling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Track cycling
660 yardsmen
5000 metresmen
20 kilometresmen
100 kilometresmen
Sprintmen
Tandemmen
Team pursuitmen

Competition format

The 5000 metres was a sprint-style race, though considerably longer than modern sprints. The time limit for the race was 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The competition was conducted in two rounds (semifinals and a final). The semifinal round comprised 7 semifinals, each with up to 9 cyclists. The winning cyclist in each semifinal advanced to the final, so long as the time limit was not exceeded.

Results

Semifinals

The best cyclist in each of the 7 semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Johannes van Spengen Netherlands8:39.8Q
2Daniel Flynn Great BritainUnknown
3Guglielmo Malatesta ItalyUnknown
4Pierre Seginaud FranceUnknown
—William Bailey Great BritainDNF

Semifinal 2

Demangel had finished first by inches, but was disqualified for fouling.[2]

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Émile Marechal France9:01.4Q
2Frederick McCarthy CanadaUnknown
3Antonie Gerrits NetherlandsUnknown
—Ernest Payne Great BritainDNF
Émile Demangel FranceDSQ

Semifinal 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1André Auffray France8:56.8Q
2Hermann Martens GermanyUnknown
3Philipus Frylink South AfricaUnknown
4Bruno Götze GermanyUnknown
5William Morton CanadaUnknown

Semifinal 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein Netherlands8:42.8Q
2W. F. Magee Great BritainUnknown
3Pierre Texier FranceUnknown
4T. H. E. Passmore South AfricaUnknown
—André Poulain FranceDNF

Semifinal 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Benjamin Jones Great Britain9:08.8Q
2Karl Neumer GermanyUnknown
3Cesare Zanzottera ItalyUnknown
4-9Georgius Damen NetherlandsUnknown
Gaston Delaplane FranceUnknown
Max Götze GermanyUnknown
J. L. Lavery Great BritainUnknown
Frank Shore South AfricaUnknown
Richard Villepontoux FranceUnknown

Semifinal 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain8:53.0Q
2Guglielmo Morisetti ItalyUnknown
3Dorus Nijland NetherlandsUnknown
4G. Dreyfus FranceUnknown
5-6Walter Andrews CanadaUnknown
Albert Calvert Great BritainUnknown

Semifinal 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Maurice Schilles France7:55.4Q
2C. V. Clark Great BritainUnknown
3William Anderson CanadaUnknown
4-7Guillaume Coeckelberg BelgiumUnknown
Rudolf Katzer GermanyUnknown
Georges Perrin FranceUnknown
Floris Venter South AfricaUnknown

Final
RankCyclistNationTime
Benjamin Jones Great Britain8:36.2
Maurice Schilles FranceUnknown
André Auffray FranceUnknown
4Émile Marechal FranceUnknown
5Clarence Kingsbury Great BritainUnknown
6Johannes van Spengen NetherlandsUnknown
7Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein NetherlandsUnknown

Notes
  1. Official Report, p. 33.
  2. Official Report, p. 117.

Sources
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .
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