Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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| Cycling at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Road cycling | Antwerp and surrounding area | ||||||
| Track cycling | Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg | ||||||
| Dates | 9 August – 10 August | ||||||
| Cyclists | 103 from 14 countries | ||||||
| Top ranked countries | |||||||
 Great Britain: |
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 Sweden: |
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 Netherlands: |
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| « 1912 | 1924 » | ||||||
The cycling competitions at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp consisted of two road racing events and four track racing events, all for men only.[1] The 50 km track event was held for the first time at these Games.
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Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Individual time trial |
 Harry Stenqvist (SWE) |
22x20px Henry Kaltenbrun (RSA) |  Fernand Canteloube (FRA) |
| Team time trial |
France (FRA) Achille Souchard Fernand Canteloube Georges Detreille Marcel Gobillot |
Sweden (SWE) Harry Stenqvist Sigfrid Lundberg Ragnar Malm Axel Persson |
 Belgium (BEL)Albert Wyckmans Albert De Bunné Jean Janssens André Vercruysse |
Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint |
 Maurice Peeters (NED) |
 Horace Johnson (GBR) |
Harry Ryan (GBR) |
| 50 kilometres |
Henry George (BEL) |
Cyril Alden (GBR) |
Piet Ikelaar (NED) |
| Tandem |
Thomas Lance and Harry Ryan (GBR) |
22x20px William Smith and James Walker (RSA) |
Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar (NED) |
| Team pursuit |
 Italy (ITA)Primo Magnani Arnaldo Carli Ruggerio Ferrario Franco Giorgetti |
Great Britain (GBR) Albert White Cyril Alden Horace Johnson William Stewart |
22x20px South Africa (RSA) James Walker Sammy Goosen Henry Kaltenbrun William Smith |
Participating nations
A total of 103 cyclists from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games.[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22x20px South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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