Dates | 9 – 10 August 1920 |
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Medal Events | 4 |
The track cycling races were held in the Velodrome d’Anvers Zuremborg, alternately called the Garden City Velodrome by the English magazines. The velodrome had an outdoor, concrete track of 400 metres in circumference and seated 14,000 spectators. Attendance for the track races was poor, with only about 500 spectators present on each day (admission was 4 Belgian francs). It was very difficult to choose a favorite in any event because world championships had not been contested since 1913 and World War I had reduced international competition to nil in Europe. Cycling had not been contested at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games. Four track cycling events were contested – match sprint, tandem sprint, team pursuit, and 50 km, all won by different nations.
Event | Status | Date | Participants | NOCs |
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Sprint, Men | Olympic | 9 August 1920 | 37 | 11 |
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men | Olympic | 9 – 10 August 1920 | 22 | 6 |
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men | Olympic | 9 – 10 August 1920 | 32 | 8 |
50 kilometres, Men | Olympic | 10 August 1920 | 31 | 10 |
66 (66/0) | 11 (11/0) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Sprint, Men | Maurice Peeters | NED | Thomas Johnson | GBR | Harry Ryan | GBR |
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men | Great Britain | GBR | South Africa | RSA | Netherlands | NED |
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men | Italy | ITA | Great Britain | GBR | South Africa | RSA |
50 kilometres, Men | Henry George | BEL | Albert Alden | GBR | Piet Ikelaar | NED |
NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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Great Britain | GBR | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Netherlands | NED | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Belgium | BEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | ITA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
South Africa | RSA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |