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Cycling Track — 5,000 metres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 2
Total participants 47
Total countries 9

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1906 5,000 metres, Men Intercalated 26 9
1908 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 42 8

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Francesco VerriITA Herbert CrowtherGBR Fernand VastFRA
1908 Ben JonesGBR Maurice SchillèsFRA André AuffrayFRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 1 2 3

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ben Jones GBR 1 0 0 1
Francesco Verri ITA 1 0 0 1
Herbert Crowther GBR 0 1 0 1
Maurice Schillès FRA 0 1 0 1
André Auffray FRA 0 0 1 1
Fernand Vast FRA 0 0 1 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Meixner 2 h1 r1/3 See all
Belgium BEL 1906 Intercalated Games Eugène Debongnie 3 h2 r2/3 See all
Canada CAN 1908 Summer Olympics Fred McCarthy 2 h2 r1/2 See all
France FRA 1908 Summer Olympics Maurice Schillès 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Küpferling 3 h1 r2/3 See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Ben Jones 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Ioannis Petritsis 3 h7 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1908 Summer Olympics Guglielmo Morisetti 2 h6 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1908 Summer Olympics Johannes van Spengen 6 See all
South Africa RSA 1908 Summer Olympics Philip Freylinck 3 h3 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games Andrew Hansson AC h6 r1/3 See all
Switzerland SUI 1906 Intercalated Games Ernst Meyer 3 h5 r1/3 See all