Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
| Cycling at the Games of the I Olympiad |
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| Road cycling | Athens and surrounding area | ||||||
| Track cycling | Neo Phaliron Velodrome | ||||||
| Dates | 8 April | ||||||
| Cyclists | 19 from 5 countries | ||||||
| Top ranked countries | |||||||
 France: |
4  |
1  |
1 
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 Greece: |
1 |
3 |
0
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 Austria: |
1 |
0 |
2
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| » | 1900 » | ||||||
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, six cycling events were contested at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. Events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. Nineteen cyclists, all men, from five nations competed.
These medals were retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award. Every nation won at least a silver medal, with three winning golds.
A total of 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:
(*) NOTE: Including one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna who competed for Greece.
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