Track time trial at the Olympics

The track time trial is a defunct track cycling event formerly held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.

Track time trial
at the Olympic Games
The first track time trial winner, Paul Masson, in 1896
Overview
SportCycling
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1896, 19282004
Women: 20002004
Reigning champion
Men Chris Hoy (GBR)
Women Anna Meares (AUS)

Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Paul Masson
  France
Stamatios Nikolopoulos
  Greece
Adolf Schmal
  Austria
1928 Amsterdam
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Willy Hansen
  Denmark
Gerard Bosch van Drakestein
  Netherlands
Dunc Gray
  Australia
1932 Los Angeles
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Dunc Gray
  Australia
Jacques van Egmond
  Netherlands
Charles Rampelberg
  France
1936 Berlin
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Arie van Vliet
  Netherlands
Pierre Georget
  France
Rudolf Karsch
  Germany
1948 London
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Jacques Dupont
  France
Pierre Nihant
  Belgium
Tommy Godwin
  Great Britain
1952 Helsinki
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Russell Mockridge
  Australia
Marino Morettini
  Italy
Raymond Robinson
  South Africa
1956 Melbourne
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Leandro Faggin
  Italy
Ladislav Fouček
  Czechoslovakia
Alfred Swift
  South Africa
1960 Rome
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Sante Gaiardoni
  Italy
Dieter Gieseler
  United Team of Germany
Rostislav Vargashkin
  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
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Patrick Sercu
  Belgium
Giovanni Pettenella
  Italy
Pierre Trentin
  France
1968 Mexico City
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Pierre Trentin
  France
Niels Fredborg
  Denmark
Janusz Kierzkowski
  Poland
1972 Munich
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Niels Fredborg
  Denmark
Daniel Clark
  Australia
Jürgen Schütze
  East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
  East Germany
Michel Vaarten
  Belgium
Niels Fredborg
  Denmark
1980 Moscow
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Lothar Thoms
  East Germany
Aleksandr Panfilov
  Soviet Union
David Weller
  Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles
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Fredy Schmidtke
  West Germany
Curt Harnett
  Canada
Fabrice Colas
  France
1988 Seoul
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Aleksandr Kirichenko
  Soviet Union
Martin Vinnicombe
  Australia
Robert Lechner
  West Germany
1992 Barcelona
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José Manuel Moreno
  Spain
Shane Kelly
  Australia
Erin Hartwell
  United States
1996 Atlanta
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Florian Rousseau
  France
Erin Hartwell
  United States
Takanobu Jumonji
  Japan
2000 Sydney
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Jason Queally
  Great Britain
Stefan Nimke
  Germany
Shane Kelly
  Australia
2004 Athens
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Chris Hoy
  Great Britain
Arnaud Tournant
  France
Stefan Nimke
  Germany

Multiple medalists

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Rank Cyclist Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Niels Fredborg   Denmark (DEN) 1968–1976 1 1 1 3
2 Dunc Gray   Australia (AUS) 1928–1932 1 0 1 2
Pierre Trentin   France (FRA) 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
4 Erin Hartwell   United States (USA) 1992–1996 0 1 1 2
Shane Kelly   Australia (AUS) 1992–2000 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   France (FRA) 4 2 3 9
2   Australia (AUS) 2 3 2 7
3   Italy (ITA) 2 2 0 4
4   Denmark (DEN) 2 1 1 4
5   East Germany (GDR) 2 0 1 3
  Great Britain (GBR) 2 0 1 3
7   Belgium (BEL) 1 2 0 3
  Netherlands (NED) 1 2 0 3
9   Soviet Union (URS) 1 1 1 3
10   West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
11   Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
12   Germany (GER) 0 1 2 3
13   United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
14   Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
  Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
  United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 1 0 1
18   South Africa (RSA) 0 0 2 2
19   Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
  Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
  Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1
  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Felicia Ballanger
  France
Michelle Ferris
  Australia
Jiang Cuihua
  China
2004 Athens
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Anna Meares
  Australia
Jiang Yonghua
  China
Natallia Tsylinskaya
  Belarus

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Australia (AUS) 1 1 0 2
2   France (FRA) 1 0 0 1
3   China (CHN) 0 1 1 2
4   Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1

Olympic record progression

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Time Cyclist Nation Games Date
1:16.0 Octave Dayen   France (FRA) 1928 1928-08-05
1:15.2 Gerard Bosch van Drakestein   Netherlands (NED) 1928 1928-08-05
1:14.4 Willy Hansen   Denmark (DEN) 1928 1928-08-05
1:13.0 Dunc Gray   Australia (AUS) 1932 1932-08-01
1:12.0 Arie van Vliet   Netherlands (NED) 1936 1936-08-08
1:11.1 Russell Mockridge   Australia (AUS) 1952 1952-07-31
1:09.8 Leandro Faggin   Italy (ITA) 1956 1956-12-06
1:09.20 Piet van der Touw   Netherlands (NED) 1960 1960-08-26
1:08.75 Dieter Gieseler   Germany (GER) 1960 1960-08-26
1:07.27 WR Sante Gaiardoni   Italy (ITA) 1960 1960-08-26
1:04.65 Gianni Sartori   Italy (ITA) 1968 1968-10-17
1:04.61 Niels Fredborg   Denmark (DEN) 1968 1968-10-17
1:03.91 WR Pierre Trentin   France (FRA) 1968 1968-10-17
1:02.955 WR Lothar Thoms   East Germany (GDR) 1980 1980-07-22
1:02.940 Erin Hartwell   United States (USA) 1996 1996-07-24
1:02.712 Florian Rousseau   France (FRA) 1996 1996-07-24
1:01.609 Jason Queally   Great Britain (GBR) 2000 2000-09-16
1:00.896 Arnaud Tournant   France (FRA) 2004 2004-08-20
1:00.711 Chris Hoy   Great Britain (GBR) 2004 2004-08-20

Women

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Time Cyclist Nation Games Date
35.728 Daniela Larreal   Venezuela (VEN) 2000 2000-09-16
35.230 Chris Witty   United States (USA) 2000 2000-09-16
35.013 Wang Yan   China (CHN) 2000 2000-09-16
34.696 Michelle Ferris   Australia (AUS) 2000 2000-09-16
34.140 Felicia Ballanger   France (FRA) 2000 2000-09-16
34.112 Jiang Yonghua   China (CHN) 2004 2004-08-20
33.952 WR Anna Meares   Australia (AUS) 2004 2004-08-20

Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[1]

Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Herbert Crowther of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
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  Francesco Verri (ITA)   Herbert Crowther (GBR)   Henri Menjou (FRA)

References

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  1. ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.