Olympedia – Road Race, Individual, Men

Road Race, Individual, Men

Date	12 August 1920 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Garden City Velodroom, Wilrijk, Antwerpen
Participants	46 from 12 countries
Format	175 kilometre time trial, the riders left at four minute intervals from Merksem and rode into Antwerp. The riders rode from Kerksem to Turnhout, and then Molt (96 km.), Heyst-or-dem-Beg (135 km.), Liege, and finished back at Antwerp, three kilometres from the velodrome.

Date

12 August 1920 — 9:00

Status

Olympic

Location

Garden City Velodroom, Wilrijk, Antwerpen

Participants

46 from 12 countries

Format

175 kilometre time trial, the riders left at four minute intervals from Merksem and rode into Antwerp. The riders rode from Kerksem to Turnhout, and then Molt (96 km.), Heyst-or-dem-Beg (135 km.), Liege, and finished back at Antwerp, three kilometres from the velodrome.

The riders rested on 12 August and the road race was held on 13 August. Team and individual event medals were awarded but there was only one race. The race was a 175-kilometre time trial, today an unheard of distance for the race of truth. Derailleurs were not used, all the riders using fixed gears as they had on the track. The course started at Merksem, just outside of Antwerp. The riders rode to Turnhout, and then Molt (96 km.), Heyst-op-den-Berg (135 km.), Lierre, and finished back at Antwerp, 300 metres from the velodrome. In contrast to the track races a huge crowd awaited the riders at the finish.

Many railroad crossings had to be traversed and ofttimes trains stopped the riders. At the finish it was announced that the winner was Henry Kaltenbrunn of South Africa, with Fernand Canteloube of France second, and Harry Stenqvist of Sweden third. The South Africans were exultant and hoisted Kaltenbrun to their shoulders. But time spent while waiting for a train was measured by official judges and this was to be subtracted from a rider’s overall time. Because Stenqvist was delayed 4 minutes and 1 second by trains, this was subtracted from his final time and he was placed first after the adjustment. The South African victory celebration was short-lived.

Pos	Bib	Competitor	NOC	Adjusted Time	Actual Time	Time Adjustment
1	–	Harry Stenqvist	SWE	4-40:01.8	4-44:02.8	4:01.0	Gold
2	–	Henry Kaltenbrunn	RSA	4-41:26.6	–	–	Silver
3	–	Fernand Canteloube	FRA	4-42:54.4	–	–	Bronze
4	–	Bernard Janssens	BEL	4-44:20.6	–	–
5	–	Albert De Bunné	BEL	4-45:23.4	–	–
6	–	Georges Détreille	FRA	4-46:13.4	–	–
7	–	Ragnar Malm	SWE	4-46:22.0	–	–
8	–	Piet Ikelaar	NED	4-46:54.0	–	–
9	–	Harry Genders	GBR	4-50:23.6	–	–
10	–	Achille Souchard	FRA	4-51:56.0	–	–
11	–	Christian Johansen	DEN	4-52:00.2	–	–
12	–	Axel Wilhelm Persson	SWE	4-53:43.6	–	–
13	–	Ernest Kockler	USA	4-55:12.2	–	–
14	–	Marcel Gobillot	FRA	4-55:39.6	–	–
15	–	André Vercruyssen	BEL	4-55:41.4	–	–
16	–	Federico Gay	ITA	4-57:21.8	4-58:24.6	1:02.8
17	–	Arnold Lundgren	DEN	4-58:01.0	–	–
18	–	Leon Meredith	GBR	4-58:55.6	5-00:58.2	2:02.6
19	–	Kristian Frisch	DEN	5-01:18.8	–	–
20	–	Ahrensborg Clausen	DEN	5-02:12.2	–	–
21	–	Pietro Bestetti	ITA	5-02:15.0	–	–
22	–	Sigge Lundberg	SWE	5-03:02.6	–	–
23	–	Albert Wyckmans	BEL	5-03:19.0	–	–
24	2	Camillo Arduino	ITA	5-05:26.8	5-10:11.8	4:45.0		1
25	–	Nico de Jong	NED	5-06:46.6	–	–
26	–	Dave Marsh	GBR	5-09:23.6	–	–
27	–	Arie van der Stel	NED	5-12:42.6	–	–
28	–	Helge Fladby	NOR	5-12:50.2	–	–
29	–	Paul Henrichsen	NOR	5-13:23.2	–	–
30	–	August Nogara	USA	5-20:08.0	–	–
31	–	Herb MacDonald	CAN	5-20:34.6	–	–
32	–	Dante Guindani	ITA	5-21:50.4	–	–
33	–	Piet Kloppenburg	NED	5-22:16.0	–	–
34	–	Josef Procházka	TCH	5-23:31.4	–	–
35	–	Olaf Nygaard	NOR	5-24:56.6	–	–
36	–	Ladislav Janoušek	TCH	5-29:23.4	–	–
37	–	James Freeman	USA	5-29:26.2	5-32:28.0	3:01.8
38	–	Harry Martin	CAN	5-30:16.2	–	–
39	–	František Kundert	TCH	5-38:07.0	–	–
40	–	Bohumil Rameš	TCH	5-39:00.0	–	–
41	–	Thorstein Stryken	NOR	5-44:01.8	–	–
42	–	John Otto	USA	5-47:50.2	–	–
DNF	–	Norman Webster	CAN	–	–	–
DNF	–	Harold Bounsall	CAN	–	–	–
DNF	–	Edward Newell	GBR	–	–	–		2
DNF	–	James Walker	RSA	–	–	–

Pos

Bib

Competitor

NOC

Adjusted Time

Actual Time

Time Adjustment

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Harry Stenqvist

SWE