Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, one cycling event was contested. This event was a time trial, which counts as individual race as well as for the team time trial. For the only time in Olympic history, no track cycling events were held.

Contents 1 Amateur definitions 2 Medal summary 3 Participating nations 4 Medal table 5 References

[edit] Amateur definitions

In Cycling, where, according to the agreement come to by the national associations affiliated to the Union Cycliste Internationale, every amateur was to be provided with a certificate issued by the Union or by one of the said associations, the amateur regulation was as follows:

The competition is only open to amateurs with a license from the Union Cycliste Internationale or any affiliated to the above-mentioned Union. A certified copy of such license shall accompany each entry.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual time trial details	Rudolph Lewis South Africa (RSA)	Frederick Grubb Great Britain (GBR)	Carl Schutte United States (USA)
Team time trial details	Sweden (SWE) Erik Friborg Ragnar Malm Axel Persson Algot Lönn	Great Britain (GBR) Frederick Grubb Leonard Meredith Charles Moss William Hammond	United States (USA) Carl Schutte Alvin Loftes Albert Krushel Walter Martin

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 123 cyclists from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:

• Austria (6)
• Belgium (1)
• Bohemia (5)
• Canada (2)
• Chile (4)
• Denmark (8)
• Finland (5)
• France (12)
• Germany (11)
• Great Britain (26)
• Hungary (5)
• Norway (6)
• Russia (10)^[1]
• South Africa (1)
• Sweden (12)
• United States (9)

1. ^ Including one German cyclist, who competed for Russia.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain	0	2	0	2
4	United States	0	0	2	2

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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