| | Event type
Road Race, Team, Men
| Date | 12 August 1920 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Garden City Velodroom, Wilrijk, Antwerpen | |
| Participants | 44 from 11 countries | |
| Format | 175 kilometre time trial, the riders left at four minute intervals from Merxem and rode into Antwerp. The riders rode from Merksem to Turnhout, and then Molt (96 km.), Heyst-op-den-Berg (135 km.), Lierre, and finished back at Antwerp, three kilometres from the velodrome. The teams finish was determined by the total time of the four finishers. | |
The team event was decided by adding up the times of a nation’s four riders in the individual road race. The team event was won by France, with Sweden second and Belgium third. Great Britain might have contended for a bronze medal, but one of their riders, Edward Newell, broke his frame at 134¾ km. and had to abandon. The best American was Ernest Kockler of Chicago, who finished in 4-55:12.2. But August Nogara of the United States was also riding well when he collided with a chicken in the road at 150 km., crashing and costing him a lot of time.
FRA
SWE
BEL
DEN
ITA
NED
USA
NOR
TCH
GBR
CAN