Cycling At The 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion. The track was 660 yards long (being built around the perimeter of the White City Stadium's athletics track); some events (the 660 yards and the team pursuit) used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.
| Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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| Track cycling |
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| 660 yards | men | |
| 5000 metres | men | |
| 20 kilometres | men | |
| 100 kilometres | men | |
| Sprint | men | |
| Tandem | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | |
Read more about Cycling At The 1908 Summer Olympics: Medal Summary, Participating Nations, Medal Table
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