| 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 4-minute intervals from Merksem and rode into Antwerp. The riders rode from Merksem to Turnhout, and then Mol (96 km), Heist-op-den-Berg (135 km), Lier, and finished near the Garden City Velodrome in Antwerp. The teams finish was determined by the total time of the 4 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. 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.
| Pos | Bib | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France |  FRA | 19-16:43.4 | Gold | ||
| 19 | Fernand Canteloube | 4-42:54.4 | |||||
| 7 | Georges Détreille | 4-46:13.4 | |||||
| 42 | Achille Souchard | 4-51:56.0 | |||||
| 31 | Marcel Gobillot | 4-55:39.6 | |||||
| 2 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 19-23:10.0 | Silver | ||
| 40 | Harry Stenqvist | 4-40:01.8 | |||||
| 17 | Ragnar Malm | 4-46:22.0 | |||||
| 5 | Axel Wilhelm Persson | 4-53:43.6 | |||||
| 29 | Sigge Lundberg | 5-03:02.6 | |||||
| 3 | – | Belgium |  BEL | 19-28:44.4 | Bronze | ||
| 24 | Bernard Janssens | 4-44:20.6 | |||||
| 12 | Albert De Bunne | 4-45:23.4 | |||||
| 35 | André Vercruyssen | 4-55:41.4 | |||||
| 46 | Albert Wyckmans | 5-03:19.0 | |||||
| 4 | – | Denmark |  DEN | 19-53:32.2 | |||
| 32 | Christian Johansen | 4-52:00.2 | |||||
| 8 | Arnold Lundgren | 4-58:01.0 | |||||
| 43 | Kristian Frisch | 5-01:18.8 | |||||
| 20 | Ahrensborg Clausen | 5-02:12.2 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | Italy |  ITA | 20-26:54.0 | |||
| – | Federico Gay | 4-57:21.8 | |||||
| 37 | Pietro Bestetti | 5-02:15.0 | |||||
| 26 | Camillo Arduino | 5-05:26.8 | |||||
| 14 | Pino Guindani | 5-21:50.4 | |||||
| 6 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 20-28:39.2 | |||
| 18 | Piet Ikelaar | 4-46:54.0 | |||||
| 41 | Nico de Jong | 5-06:46.6 | |||||
| 6 | Arie van der Stel | 5-12:42.6 | |||||
| 30 | Piet Kloppenburg | 5-22:16.0 | |||||
| 7 | – | United States |  USA | 21-32:36.6 | |||
| 45 | Ernest Kockler | 4-55:12.2 | |||||
| 23 | August Nogara | 5-20:08.0 | |||||
| 34 | James Freeman | 5-29:26.2 | |||||
| 11 | John Otto | 5-47:50.2 | |||||
| 8 | – | Norway |  NOR | 21-35:11.8 | |||
| 1 | Helge Fladby | 5-12:50.2 | |||||
| 36 | Paul Henrichsen | 5-13:23.2 | |||||
| 13 | Olaf Nygaard | 5-24:56.6 | |||||
| 25 | Thorstein Stryken | 5-44:01.8 | |||||
| 9 | – | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 22-10:01.8 | |||
| 33 | Josef Procházka | 5-23:31.4 | |||||
| 10 | Ladislav Janoušek | 5-29:23.4 | |||||
| 22 | František Kundert | 5-38:07.0 | |||||
| 44 | Bohumil Rameš | 5-39:00.0 | |||||
| – | Great Britain |  GBR | – | ||||
| 16 | Harry Genders | 4-50:23.6 | |||||
| 39 | Leon Meredith | 4-58:55.6 | |||||
| 4 | Dave Marsh | 5-09:23.6 | |||||
| 28 | Edward Newell | DNF | |||||
| – | Canada |  CAN | – | ||||
| 15 | Herb MacDonald | 5-20:34.6 | |||||
| 27 | Harry Martin | 5-30:16.2 | |||||
| 38 | Norman Webster | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Harold Bounsall | DNF |
