Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's individual time trial

The men's individual time trial was a road bicycle racing event held as part of the cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Sunday July 7, 1912. The course was 320 kilometers (198.8 miles) long[1] and the cyclists started at two minute interval.

Men's time trial
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueRoads near Mälaren
DatesJuly 7
Competitors123 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rudolph Lewis  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frederick Grubb  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carl Schutte  United States
1920 →

123 cyclists from 16 nations competed.

Results of this race were used to determine the medals for the team time trial as well.

Results edit

 
Gold medalist Rudolph Lewis
Place Cyclist Time
1   Rudolph Lewis (RSA) 10:42:39.0
2   Frederick Grubb (GBR) 10:51:24.2
3   Carl Schutte (USA) 10:52:38.8
4   Leonard Meredith (GBR) 11:00:02.6
5   Frank Brown (CAN) 11:01:00.0
6   Antti Raita (FIN) 11:02:20.3
7   Erik Friborg (SWE) 11:04:17.0
8   Ragnar Malm (SWE) 11:08:14.5
9   Axel Persson (SWE) 11:10:59.6
10   Algot Lönn (SWE) 11:12:02.5
11   Alvin Loftes (USA) 11:13:51.3
12   Alex Ekström (SWE) 11:14:50.7
13   Albert Krushel (USA) 11:17:30.2
14   Birger Andreassen (NOR) 11:20:14.6
15   Henrik Morén (SWE) 11:21:31.9
16   John Wilson (GBR) 11:21:43.0
17   Walden Martin (USA) 11:23:55.2
18   Charles Moss (GBR) 11:23:55.8
19   Werner Karlsson (SWE) 11:24:18.0
20   Joseph Kopsky (USA) 11:27:06.0
21   Vilho Tilkanen (FIN) 11:28:38.5
22   William Hammond (GBR) 11:29:16.8
23   Robert Rammer (AUT) 11:30:40.8
24   Robert Thompson (GBR) 11:31:16.0
25   Olaf Meyland-Smith (DEN) 11:32:24.2
26   Franz Lemnitz (GER) 11:34:32.2
27   Rudolf Baier (GER) 11:35:01.5
28   John Becht (USA) 11:35:04.8
29   Stanley Jones (GBR) 11:37:40.6
30   Herbert Gayler (GBR) 11:39:01.8
31   Adolf Kofler (AUT) 11:39:32.6
32   Charles Hansen (DEN) 11:40:04.0
33   Oswald Rathmann (GER) 11:40:18.4
34   Johan Kankkonen (FIN) 11:41:35.5
35   John Miller (GBR) 11:44:01.6
36   Georg Warsow (GER) 11:45:24.0
37   Francis Higgins (GBR) 11:45:44.5
38   Arthur Gibbon (GBR) 11:46:00.2
39   Charles Davey (GBR) 11:47:26.3
40   Joseph Racine (FRA) 11:50:32.7
41   David Stevenson (GBR) 11:52:55.0
42   Alberto Downey (CHI) 11:53:02.5
43   Rudolf Kramer (AUT) 11:53:12.8
44   Otto Männel (GER) 11:53:27.4
45   Josef Hellensteiner (AUT) 11:54:00.2
46   Josef Zilker (AUT) 11:54:38.7
47   Paul Henrichsen (NOR) 11:55:23.2
48   Johannes Reinwaldt (DEN) 11:57:20.0
49   Charles Hill (GBR) 11:57:56.5
50   André Capelle (FRA) 11:59:48.4
51   Gunnar Björk (SWE) 12:00:49.4
52   Alois Wacha (AUT) 12:01:12.4
53   Godtfred Olsen (DEN) 12:06:18.8
54   Jesse Pike (USA) 12:06:21.6
55   Wilhelm Rabe (GER) 12:06:55.8
56   Jerome Steinert (USA) 12:08:32.3
57   Josef Rieder (GER) 12:12:32.4
58   Cárlos Koller (CHI) 12:13:49.2
59   Ernest Merlin (GBR) 12:16:08.6
60   Andrejs Apsītis (RU1) 12:18:20.6
61   Martin Koch (GER) 12:18:22.5
62   Robert Birker (GER) 12:19:27.6
63   Bohumil Rameš (BOH) 12:20:12.2
64   René Gagnet (FRA) 12:20:32.6
65   Anton Hansen (NOR) 12:21:23.7
66   Hjalmar Väre (FIN) 12:21:29.2
67   Michael Walker (GBR) 12:27:49.9
68   James Stevenson (GBR) 12:27:50.8
69   Arturo Friedemann (CHI) 12:28:20.8
70   Frank Meissner (USA) 12:29:09.0
71   Francis Guy (GBR) 12:32:19.4
72   Valdemar Nielsen (DEN) 12:33:09.2
73   István Müller (HUN) 12:39:28.0
74   José Torres (CHI) 12:39:39.5
75   János Henzsel (HUN) 12:42:16.3
76   Hermann Smiel (GER) 12:49:01.6
77   Gyula Mazur (HUN) 12:50:55.8
78   George Watson (CAN) 12:52:22.2
79   Carl Lüthje (GER) 13:00:31.8
80   Ralph Mecredy (GBR) 13:03:39.0
81   John Walker (GBR) 13:15:50.2
82   Matthew Walsh (GBR) 13:31:17.0
83   Georges Valentin (FRA) 13:33:59.5
84   Ignác Teiszenberger (HUN) 13:38:35.8
85   Bernard Doyle (GBR) 13:42:11.8
86   George Corsar (GBR) 13:51:22.8
87   Václav Tintěra (BOH) 14:10:34.6
88   Bohumil Kubrycht (BOH) 14:11:21.0
89   Étienne Chéret (FRA) 14:15:18.1
90   Arthur Griffiths (GBR) 14:15:24.0
91   Gaston Alancourt (FRA) 14:23:59.3
92   Pierre Peinaud (FRA) 14:49:59.4
93   André Lepère (FRA) 15:03:18.1
94   Alexis Michiels (FRA) 15:15:59.2
  Louis Bès (FRA) Did not finish
  Fyodor Borisov (RU1) Did not finish
  Fridrihs Bošs (RU1) Did not finish
  Jēkabs Bukse (RU1) Did not finish
  Karl Gulbrandsen (NOR) Did not finish
  Juho Jaakonaho (FIN) Did not finish
  Otto Jensen (DEN) Did not finish
  John Kirk (GBR) Did not finish
  Augusts Kepke (RU1) Did not finish
  Kārlis Kepke (RU1) Did not finish
  František Kundert (BOH) Did not finish
  Karl Landsberg (SWE) Did not finish
  Hjalmar Levin (SWE) Did not finish
  Jānis Līvens (RU1) Did not finish
  Carl Lundquist (SWE) Did not finish
  Jacques Marcault (FRA) Did not finish
  Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen (DEN) Did not finish
  Carl Olsen (NOR) Did not finish
  Hans Olsen (DEN) Did not finish
  Jules Patou (BEL) Did not finish
  Arvid Pettersson (SWE) Did not finish
  Sergey Pesteryev (RU1) Did not finish
  Jānis Prātnieks (RU1) Did not finish
  Edgars Rihters (RU1) Did not finish
  René Rillon (FRA) Did not finish
  Martin Sæterhaug (NOR) Did not finish
  Arthur Stokes (GBR) Did not finish
  Károly Teppert (HUN) Did not finish
  Jan Vokoun (BOH) Did not finish

References edit

  1. ^ Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The fifth Olympiad: the official report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand. p. 440.