Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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| Road cycling | Paris and surrounding area | ||||||
| Track cycling | Vélodrome de Vincennes | ||||||
| Dates | 23 July – 27 July | ||||||
| Cyclists | 139 from 24 countries | ||||||
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 France: |
4  |
0  |
2  |
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 Netherlands: |
1 |
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 Italy: |
1 |
0 |
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The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The 50 km track event was held for the last time at these Games, having only been introduced in 1920.
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Medal summary
Road cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual time trial |
 Armand Blanchonnet (FRA) |
 Henri Hoevenaers (BEL) |
René Hamel (FRA) |
| Team time trial |
France (FRA) Armand Blanchonnet René Hamel Georges Wambst |
Belgium (BEL) Henri Hoevenaers Alphonse Parfondry Jean van den Bosch |
 Sweden (SWE)Gunnar Sköld Erik Bohlin Ragnar Malm |
Track cycling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km |
 Ko Willems (NED) |
 Cyril Alden (GBR) |
Harry Wyld (GBR) |
| Sprint |
Lucien Michard (FRA) |
Jacob Meijer (NED) |
Jean Cugnot (FRA) |
| Tandem |
Lucien Choury and Jean Cugnot (FRA) |
 Edmund Hansenand Willy Hansen (DEN) |
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein and Maurice Peeters (NED) |
| Team pursuit |
 Italy (ITA)Francesco Zucchetti Angelo De Martini Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi |
 Poland (POL)Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk Józef Lange Jan Lazarski |
Belgium (BEL) Jean van den Bosch Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saive |
Participating nations
Finish of the men's 50 kilometres
A total of 139 cyclists from 24 nations competed at the Paris Games:[1]
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) |
4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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