The men's 660 yards was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the shortest of the events. The 1908 Games was the only time when the 660 yards event was part of the Olympic cycling program.[1] Each nation could enter a maximum of 12 cyclists.[2]
| Men's 660 yards at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 14–15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format edit
The 660 yards race was a sprint-style race that consisted of a single lap around the track. The time limit for the race was 1 minute, 10 seconds. The competition was conducted in three rounds (heats, semifinals, and a final). The first round featured 16 heats, with up to 4 cyclists each. The winning cyclist advanced to the semifinals, provided that the time limit was not exceeded. The semifinal round comprised 4 semifinals, each with 4 cyclists except that 1 was reduced to 3 cyclists because one of the heats had resulted in no winner under the time limit. Again, the winning cyclist in each semifinal advanced to the final.
Results edit
First round edit
One cyclist from each of the 16 heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Jones |  Great Britain |
59.0 | Q |
| 2 | Dorus Nijland |  Netherlands |
Unknown |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Bailey | Great Britain |
50.8 | Q |
| 2 | Frederick McCarthy |  Canada |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Pierre Seginaud |  France |
Unknown |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarence Kingsbury | Great Britain |
57.4 | Q |
| 2 | Rudolf Katzer |  Germany |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Georgius Damen | Netherlands |
Unknown |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Johnson | Great Britain |
56.2 | Q |
| 2 | Jules Patou |  Belgium |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Richard Villepontoux | France |
Unknown |
Heat 5 edit
The fifth heat was voided due to the two cyclists both exceeding the time limit of 70 seconds.
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Maurice Schilles | France |
No time | |
| Frank Shore | South Africa |
No time |
Heat 6 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Émile Demangel | France |
59.8 | Q |
| 2 | George Summers | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Andrew Hansson |  Sweden |
Unknown |
Heat 7 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes van Spengen | Netherlands |
58.2 | Q |
| 2 | Hermann Martens | Germany |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Joe Lavery | Great Britain |
Unknown |
Heat 8 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Andrews | Canada |
55.8 | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Werbrouck | Belgium |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Gaston Delaplane | France |
Unknown |
Heat 9 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Texier | France |
1:01.6 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Passmore | South Africa |
Unknown |
Heat 10 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floris Venter | South Africa |
1:03.2 | Q |
| 2 | Georges Perrin | France |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Bruno Götze | Germany |
Unknown |
Heat 11 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Neumer | Germany |
54.2 | Q |
| 2 | Willie Mage | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Émile Maréchal | France |
Unknown | |
| 4 | Antonie Gerrits | Netherlands |
Unknown |
Heat 12 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernest Payne | Great Britain |
57.2 | Q |
| 2 | André Poulain | France |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Jean Van Benthem | Belgium |
Unknown |
Heat 13 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Flynn | Great Britain |
55.0 | Q |
| 2 | Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein | Netherlands |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Paul Schulze | Germany |
Unknown |
Heat 14 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucien Renard | Belgium |
55.2 | Q |
| 2 | Gaston Dreyfus | France |
Unknown | |
| 3 | William Morton | Canada |
Unknown | |
| 4 | George Anderson | Great Britain |
Unknown |
Heat 15 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Cameron |  United States |
1:05.2 | Q |
| 2 | Léon Coeckelberg | Belgium |
Unknown |
Heat 16 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Auffray | France |
58.4 | Q |
| 2 | Albert Denny | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Philipus Freylinck | South Africa |
Unknown |
Semifinals edit
The fastest cyclist in each of the 4 semifinals advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Johnson | Great Britain |
59.2 | Q |
| 2 | Johannes van Spengen | Netherlands |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Paul Texier | France |
Unknown | |
| 4 | Walter Andrews | Canada |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Émile Demangel | France |
51.6 | Q |
| 2 | Clarence Kingsbury | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 3 | William Bailey | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| 4 | Floris Venter | South Africa |
Unknown |
Semifinal 3 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Flynn | Great Britain |
54.8 | Q |
| 2 | André Auffray | France |
Unknown | |
| 3 | George Cameron | United States |
Unknown | |
| 4 | Ernest Payne | Great Britain |
Unknown |
Semifinal 4 edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Neumer | Germany |
1:05.6 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien Renard | Belgium |
Unknown | |
| 3 | Benjamin Jones | Great Britain |
Unknown |
Final edit
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Victor Johnson | Great Britain |
51.2 |
 |
Émile Demangel | France |
Unknown |
 |
Karl Neumer | Germany |
Unknown |
| 4 | Daniel Flynn | Great Britain |
Unknown |
References edit
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 210. ISBN 0140066322.
- ^ Official Report, p.33.
Sources edit
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine.