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 and the cyclists started at two minute interval, starting at 2:00 a.m.[1]

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 →

The track had been used for the annual one day race Mälaren runt [sv] since 1901. The race started at Liljeholmsbron, Stockholm. Intermediate times were measured at six control stations around the track: Eskilstuna (120 km), Köping (165 km), Västerås (200 km), Enköping (231 km), Bålsta (265 km) and Järva (315 km). The finish line was in the Olympic Stadium.

123 cyclists from 16 nations competed.

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

Results

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Gold medalist Rudolph Lewis
Place Cyclist Time Retired at
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
  Fyodor Borisov (RU1) Did not finish between Bålsta – Järva
  Károly Teppert (HUN) Did not finish between Bålsta – Järva
  Hans Olsen (DEN) Did not finish between Enköping – Bålsta
  Carl Olsen (NOR) Did not finish in Enköping
  Augusts Kepke (RU1) Did not finish in Kungsör
  Jānis Prātnieks (RU1) Did not finish between Eskilstuna – Kungsör
  Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen (DEN) Did not finish between Eskilstuna – Kungsör
  Jan Vokoun (BOH) Did not finish between Eskilstuna – Kungsör
  Edgars Rihters (RU1) Did not finish in Eskilstuna
  Carl Lundquist (SWE) Did not finish between Strängnäs – Eskilstuna
  Arvid Pettersson (SWE) Did not finish between Strängnäs – Eskilstuna
  Fridrihs Bošs (RU1) Did not finish between Strängnäs – Eskilstuna
  John Kirk (GBR) Did not finish in Strängnäs
  Karl Gulbrandsen (NOR) Did not finish in Strängnäs
  Jēkabs Bukse (RU1) Did not finish between SträngnäsLäggesta
  Martin Sæterhaug (NOR) Did not finish in Läggestatrakterna
  Hjalmar Levin (SWE) Did not finish between SödertäljeLäggesta
  Otto Jensen (DEN) Did not finish between SödertäljeLäggesta
  Jules Patou (BEL) Did not finish between SödertäljeLäggesta
  Sergey Pesteryev (RU1) Did not finish between SödertäljeLäggesta
  Jacques Marcault (FRA) Did not finish outside Södertälje
  Jānis Līvens (RU1) Did not finish outside Södertälje
  Louis Bès (FRA) Did not finish outside Södertälje
  René Rillon (FRA) Did not finish 2 km beyond Södertälje
  Arthur Stokes (GBR) Did not finish in Södertälje
  Kārlis Kepke (RU1) Did not finish before Södertälje
  František Kundert (BOH) Did not finish in Södertälje
  Juho Jaakonaho (FIN) Did not finish before Södertälje
  Karl Landsberg (SWE) Did not finish by Midsommarkransen

References

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  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.