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5,000 metres, Men

Date	24 – 25 April 1906
Status	Intercalated
Location	Podilatodromio Neou Falirou, Peiraias
Participants	26 from 9 countries

This was the third of Francesco Verri’s victories at the 1906 Olympics. He was unchallenged in his, his semi-final, and he won the final fairly easily as well. Despite his prominence at the 1906 Olympics, Verri never challenged in any other major cycling events, amateur or professional.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Francesco Verri	ITA		Gold
2	Herbert Crowther	GBR		Silver
3	Fernand Vast	FRA		Bronze
4	Émile Demangel	FRA
5	Max Goetze	GER
2 h1 r3/3	Otto Meixner	AUT
2 h2 r3/3	Federico Della Ferrera	ITA
2 h3 r3/3	Johnnie Matthews	GBR
2 h5 r3/3	Arthur Rushen	GBR
2 h6 r3/3	Henri Menjou	FRA
3 h1 r3/3	Maurice Bardonneau	FRA
3 h2 r3/3	Gaston Delaplane	FRA
3 h3 r3/3	Bruno Goetze	GER
3 h4 r3/3	Hans Holly	AUT
3 h5 r3/3	Ernst Meyer	SUI
3 h7 r3/3	Ioannis Petritsis	GRE
4 h1 r3/3	Erich Dannenberg	GER
4 h3 r3/3	Hans Studer	SUI
AC h6 r3/3	Andrew Hansson	SWE
AC h6 r3/3	Konrad Puhrer	AUT
AC h7 r3/3	Alois Wutte	AUT	DQ
AC h7 r3/3	Karl Arnold	GER	DQ
2 h2 r2/3	Edmond Luguet	FRA
3 h1 r2/3	Otto Küpferling	GER
3 h2 r2/3	Eugène Debongnie	BEL
3 h3 r2/3	Bert Bouffler	GBR

Round One (24 April 1906)

Winner and the runners-up in the two fastest heats to the final. 2,000 metres in round one.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Herbert Crowther	GBR	3:56 1/5	–	Q
2	Otto Meixner	AUT	–	–
3	Maurice Bardonneau	FRA	–	–
4	Erich Dannenberg	GER	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Bert Bouffler	GBR	3:40 3/5	–	Q
2	Federico Della Ferrera	ITA	–	–
3	Gaston Delaplane	FRA	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Émile Demangel	FRA	3:12 1/5	–	Q
2	Johnnie Matthews	GBR	–	–
3	Bruno Goetze	GER	–	–
4	Hans Studer	SUI	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Eugène Debongnie	BEL	3:09 4/5	–	Q
2	Max Goetze	GER	–	–	q
3	Hans Holly	AUT	–	–

Heat Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Otto Küpferling	GER	3:32 4/5	–	Q
2	Arthur Rushen	GBR	–	–
3	Ernst Meyer	SUI	–	–

Heat Six

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Francesco Verri	ITA	3:34 3/5	–	Q
2	Henri Menjou	FRA	–	–
AC	Andrew Hansson	SWE	–	–
AC	Konrad Puhrer	AUT	–	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Fernand Vast	FRA	3:10 1/5	–	Q
2	Edmond Luguet	FRA	–	–	q
3	Ioannis Petritsis	GRE	–	–
AC	Alois Wutte	AUT	–	–	DQ
AC	Karl Arnold	GER	–	–	DQ

Semi-Finals (25 April 1906)

Winner and runners-up in the two fastest heats to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Émile Demangel	FRA	7:40	–	Q
2	Fernand Vast	FRA	–	–	q
3	Otto Küpferling	GER	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Herbert Crowther	GBR	8:41	–	Q
2	Edmond Luguet	FRA	–	–
3	Eugène Debongnie	BEL	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Francesco Verri	ITA	8:20 2/5	–	Q
2	Max Goetze	GER	–	–	q
3	Bert Bouffler	GBR	–	–

Final Round (25 April 1906)

Match 1/2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Margin
1	Francesco Verri	ITA	7:28 3/5	–
2	Herbert Crowther	GBR	–	at 2 lengths
3	Fernand Vast	FRA	–	at 5 lengths
4	Émile Demangel	FRA	–	–
5	Max Goetze	GER	–	–