History: British Olympic Medallists in Cycling

Larry Hickmott — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:30:27 +0000

A look back at the success of Britain at the Olympics in Cycling from Jim Hendry, archivist of so much to do with cycle-sport

Information: © Jim Hendry, Archivist

BRITISH OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS – CYCLING

1896 Athens – ROAD RACE
1 Aristidis Konstantinidis Gre 87 kms.
2 August Goedrich Ger
3 Frederick Battel GB

1896 Athens – 12 HOURS TRACK
1 Adolf Schmal Ger 314.997 km
2 Frank Keeping GB 294.946
3 Georgios Paraskevepoulos Gre

1900 Paris – TRACK TIME TRIAL
1 William Johnson GB 51.2
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1906 Athens – 333 METRE TRACK TIME TRIAL
1 Francesco Verri   Ita   22.8
2 Herbert Crowther   GB   22.8
3 Menjou    Fra   23.2

1906 Athens – TANDEM
1 Great Britain – John Matthews & Arthur Rushen 2.57
2 Germany - M & B Gotze
3 Germany – Dannenberg & Kupferling

1906 Athens – 5,000 METRE TRACK
1 Francesco Verri   Ita
2 Herbert Crowther   GB
3 Bernand Vast   Fra

1906 Athens – 20 KM TRACK
1 Billy Pett    GB   29.00.0
2 Maurice Bardonneau Fra   29.20.0
3 Bernand Vast   Fra   29.32.0

1906 Athens – 1000 m SPRINT
1 Francesco Verri   Ita   1.42.2
2 Herbert Bouffler   GB
3 Eugene Debougnie   Bel

1908 London – 603 METRE TRACK TIME TRIAL
1 Vic Johnson   GB   51.2
2 Emile Demangel   Fra
3 Karl Neumer   Ger

1908 London – 5000 METRE TRACK
1 Ben Jones   GB   8.36.2
2 Maurice Schilles   Fra
3 Andre Auffray   Fra

1908 London – 20 KM TRACK
1 Clarence Kingsbury GB   34.13.6
2 Ben Jones   GB
3 Joseph Werbrouck   Bel

1908 London – 2 KmTANDEM
1 France – Andre Auffray & Maurice Schilles 3.07.6
2 Great Britain - Fred Hamlin & Vic Johnson
3 Great Britain – Colin Brooks & Walter Isaacs

1908 London – 1,810 METRE TEAM PURSUIT
1 GB – Ben Jones, Clarence Kingsbury, Leon Meredith, Ernest Payne 2.18.6
2 Germany – Goetze, Katzer, Martens, Neumer
3 Canada – Anderson, Andrews, McCarthy, Morton

1908 London 100 KmTRACK
1 Charles Bartlett   GB   2.41.48.6
2 Charles Denny   GB
3 Octave Lapize   Fra

1912 Stockholm – ROAD RACE 320 km
1 Rudolph Lewis Saf 10.42.39
2 Freddie Grubb GB 10.51.24.2
3 Carl Schutte USA 10.52.38

1912 Stockholm – ROAD RACE TEAM
1 Swe – Eric Fribourg, Algot Lonn, Ragnar Malm, Axel Persson
2 GB – Freddie Grubb, Victor Hammond, Leon Meredith, Charles Moss 44.44.39.2
3 USA – Albert Krushel Alvin Loftes, , Walter Martin, Carl Schutte

1920 Antwerp – 1000 m SPRINT
1 Maurice Peeters Hol 1.38.3
2 Horace Thomas Johnson GB
3 Harry Ryan GB

1920 Antwerp – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Italy – A Carli, R Ferrario, F Giorgetti, P Magnani 5.20
2 Great Britain – Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White
3 South Africa – Goosen, Kaltenbrunn, W Smith, J Walker

1920 Antwerp – TANDEM
1 Great Britain – Thomas Lance & Harry Ryan 2.49.4
2 South Africa – W Smith & J Walker
3 Holland – Devreng & Petrus Ikelaar

1920 Antwerp – 50 KM TRACK
1 Henry George   Bel   1.16.43
2 Cyril A Alden   GB
3 Petrus Ikelaar   Hol

1924 Paris – 50KM TRACK
1 Jacobus Willems   Bel   1.18.24
2 Cyril A Alden   GB
3 Harry Wyld   GB

1928 Amsterdam – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Italy- Facciani C, G Gaioni, M Lusiani, L Tasselli     5.01.08
2 Holland – A Braspennincx, Maas, Pijnenburg, Vander Horst    5.06.2
3 GB – Monty Southall, Arthur Wyld, Harry Wyld, Percy Wyld   5.01.6

1928 Amsterdam – TANDEM
1 Holland – Daan van Dijk & Bernhard Leene, 11.2
2 Great Britain – Ernie Chambers & Jack Sibbitt
3 Germany – Bernhardt & Kother

1928 Amsterdam – ROAD RACE 168 kms
1 Henry Hansen Den 4.47.18
2 Frank Southall GB 4.55.06
3 Gosta Carlsson Swe 5.00.17

1928 Amsterdam – ROAD RACE TEAM
1 Denmark – Henry Hansen, Leo Nielsen, Orla Jorgensen)
2 GB – Jack Lauterwasser, C Marshall, John Middleton, Frank Southall 15.14.49
3 Sweden – Gosta Carlsson, Erik Jansson, Georg Johnsson)

1932 Los Angeles – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Italy – N Borsari, M Cimatti, A Ghilardi, P Pedretti 4.53.0
2 France – Paul Chocque, A Fournier, Rene Le Greves, Mouillefarine 4.55.7
3 GB – Bill Harvell, Charles Holland, Ernest Johnson, Frank Southall 4.56.0

1932 Los Angeles – TANDEM SPRINT
1 France – Louis Challot & Maurice Perrin 4.53.00
2 Great Britain – Ernie Chambers, Stan Chambers
3 Denmark – H Christensen & W Gervin

1936 Berlin – TEAM PURSUIT
1 France – Robert Charpentier, J Goulon, Guy Lapebie, R Le Nizerhy   4.45.0
2 Italy – Bianchi, Gentili, Latini, Rigoni      4.51.0
3 GB – Harry Hill, Ernest Johnson, Charles King, Ernest Mills   4.53.6

1948 London – 1 KM TIME TRIAL
1 Jacques Dupont   Fra   1 13.5
2 Pierre Nihant   Bel   1 14.5
3 Tommy Godwin   GB   1 15.0

1948 London -SPRINT
1 Mario Ghella Ita 12.0
2 Reg Harris GB
3 Axel Schandorff Den

1948 London – TEAM PURSUIT
1 France- P Adam, S Blusson, Charles Coste, F Decanali 4.57.8
2 Italy – L Benfanati, G Bernardi, E Citterio, L Pucci 4.36.7
3 Great Britain – Alan Geldard, Tommy Godwin, Dave Ricketts, Wilf Waters 4.55.8

1948 London – TANDEM SPRINT     2000 metres
1 Italy – Renato Perona, Ferdinando Terruzzi   11.2
2 Great Britain – Alan Bannister, Reg Harris   11.1
3 France – G Dron & Rene Faye     11.4

1948 London – ROAD RACE TEAM
1 Belgium – Leon Delathouwer, Eugene van Roosbroeck Lode Wouters   15.58.17
2 Great Britain – Bob Maitland, Ian Scott, Gordon W Thomas   16.03.31.6
3 France – Jose Beyaert, Jacques Dupont, Alain Moineau    16.08.19

1952 Helsinki – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Italy – L Campana, Dino De Rossi, Guido Messina, Marino Morettini 4.46.1
2 S Africa – Eastman, Fowler, Alf Swift, 4.53.6
3 Great Britain – Don Burgess, George Newberry, Alan Newton, Ron Stretton 4.51.5

1956 Melbourne – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Italy – Virgino Domenicalli, Leandro Faggin, Franco Gandini, Valentino Gasparella 4.37.4
2 France – Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Lecante, Michel Vermeulin 4.39.4
3 Great Britain – Don Burgess, Mike Gambrill, John Geddes, Tom Simpson 4.42.2

1956 Melbourne – ROAD RACE 187 kms
1 Ercole Baldini Ita 5.21.17
2 Arnaud Geyre Fra @ 1.59
3 Alan Jackson GB @ 2.00

1956 Melbourne – ROAD RACE TEAM
1 France – Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, Michel Vermeulin) 22 pts
2 GB – Stan Brittain, Billy Holmes, Alan Jackson 23 pts
3 East Germany – Reinhold Pomer, Gustav Schur, Horst Tuller 27 pts

1972 Munich – TEAM PURSUIT
1 W Germany – Colombo, Haritz, Hempel, Geunther Schumacher   4.22.14
2 E Germany -         4.25.25
3 Great Britain – Mick Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ron Keeble, Willi Moore   4.23.78

1976 Montreal – TEAM PURSUIT
1 W Germany – Gregor Braun, Hans Lutz, Geunther Schumacher, Peter Vonhof 4.21.06
2 Russia – Vladimir Ossokin, Alex Perov, Vitali Petrakov, Sokolov 4.27.15
3 Great Britain – Ian Banbury, Mick Bennett, Robin Croker, Ian Hallam 4.22.91

1992 Barcelona – INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
1 Chris Boardman GB 4.24.496
2 Hans Lehman Ger
3 Gary Anderson NZ

1996 Atlanta – INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL
1 Miguel Indurain   Esp   52.2 km in 1.04.05
2 Abraham Olano   Esp    @ 12s
3 Chris Boardman   GB    @ 31s

1996 Atlanta – INDIVIDUAL ROAD RACE
1 Pascal Richard   Sui   221.8 km in 4.53.56
2 Rolf Sorensen   Den    s.t.
3 Maximillian Sciandri GB    s.t.

2000 Sydney – 1 KM TIME TRIAL
1 Jason Queally   GB   1.01.609
2 Stefan Nimke   Ger   1.02.487
3 Shane Kelly   Aus   1.02.818

2000 Sydney – TEAM PURSUIT
1 Germany – Robert Bartko, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst, Jens Lehmann)   3.59.710
2 Ukraine – Sergiy Chernyavskyy, Oleksandr Fedenko, Serguei Matveyev, Oleksandr Symonenko           4.00.830
3 Great Britain – Jon Clay, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton, Brian Steel, Bradley Wiggins         4.04.030

2000 Sydney – TEAM SPRINT
1 France – Laurent Gane, Florian Rosseau, Arnaud Tournant, 44.232
2 Great Britain – Chris Hoy, Craig Maclean, Jason Queally 44.659
3 Australia – Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill, Gary Niewand 44.719

2000 Sydney – WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
1 Leontien Zijlaard   HOL   3.33.360
2 Marion Clignet   Fra   3.38.751
3 Yvonne McGregor   GB   3.38.850

2004 Athens 1 KM TIME TRIAL
1 Chris Hoy   GB   1.00.711
2 Arnaud Tournant   Fra   1.00.896
3 Stefan Nimke   Ger   1.01.186

2004 Athens 4000 M INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
1 Bradley Wiggins   GB   4.16.304
2 Brad McGee   Aus   4.20.436
3 Sergi Escobar   Spa   4.17.947

2004 Athens 4000 M TEAM PURSUIT
1 Australia – Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Brad McGee, Luke Roberts 3.58.233
2 Great Britain – Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton, Bryan Steel, Bradley Wiggins 4.01.760
3 Spain – Carlos Castano, Sergi Escobar, Asier Maeztu, Carlos Torrent 4.05.523

2004 Athens 50 KM MADISON
1 Australia – Graeme Brown & Stuart O’Grady   22 points
2 Switzerland – Franco Marvulli & Bruno Risi   15
3 Great Britain – Rob Hayles & Bradley Wiggins   12

2008 Beijing - WOMEN RR
1 Nicole Cooke GB 126 km in 3.32.24
2 Emma Johansson Swe s.t.
3 Tatiana Guderzo Ita s.t.

2008 Beijing – Women TT
1 Kristin Armstrong USA 23.5 km in 34.51.7
2 Emma Pooley GB @ 24.3
3 Karin Thurig Sui @ 59.3

2008 Beijing – MEN SPRINT
1 Chris Hoy   GB   9.815
2 Jason Kenny GB   9.857
3 Mickael Bourgain Fra   10.123

2008 Beijing – MEN KEIRIN
1 Chris Hoy GB
2 Ross Edgar GB
3 Kiyofumi Nagai Jpn

2008 Beijing – MEN TEAM SPRINT
1 Great Britain – Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff 42.950
2 France – Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau, Arnaud Tournant, 43.651
3 Germany – Rene Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke 44.041

2008 Beijing – MEN 4000M INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
1 Bradley Wiggins GB   4.15.031
2 Hayden Roulston Nzl   4.18.990
3 Steven Burke GB   4.21.558

2008 Beijing – MEN 4000M TEAM PURSUIT
1 Great Britain – Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins, 3.53.314
2 Denmark – Casper Jorgenson, Jens-Erik Madsen, Alex Rasmussen 4.00.040
3 New Zealand – Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sargent 3.56.831

2008 Beijing – MENS 30 KM POINTS
1 Juan Laneras Spa   60 points
2 Roger Kluge Ger   58
3 Chris Newton GB   56

2008 Beijing – WOMEN SPRINT
1 Victoria Pendleton GB   10.963
2 Anna Meares Aus   11.140
3 Shuang Guo Chi   11.106

2008 Beijing – WOMEN 3000M INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
1 Rebecca Romero GB   3.27.703
2 Wendy Houvenaghel GB   3.27.829
3 Lesya Kalitovska Ukr   3.31.413

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