Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres

Men's 100 kilometres at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	April 8
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Medalists
Léon Flameng France   Georgios Kolettis Greece

Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race		men
Track cycling
Time trial		men
Sprint		men
10 km		men
100 km		men
12 hour		men

The men's 100 kilometres was one of five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first race held, on 8 April. It required cyclists to complete 300 circuits of the track.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Léon Flameng (FRA)	3:08:19.2
2	Georgios Kolettis (GRE)	Unknown
–	Bernhard Knubel (GER)	Retired at 41 km
	Theodor Leupold (GER)	Retired at 37 km
	Edward Battel (GBR)	Retired at 17 km
	Aristidis Konstantinidis (GRE)	Retired at 16 km
	Joseph Rosemeyer (GER)	DNF
	Adolf Schmal (AUT)	DNF
	Joseph Welzenbacher (GER)	DNF
	Georgios Aspiotis (GRE)	DNF

Ten cyclists started the race, but only two finished it. During the race Georgios Kolettis's bike broke down Léon Flameng stopped and waited for Georgio's bike to be repaired before continuing to race. The winner, Léon Flameng, had fallen midway through the race but continued on to win the gold medal. Georgios Kolettis of Greece had completed 289 laps at that point, and finished fairly soon after Flameng. While competing Léon Flameng raced with the French flag wrapped about his leg.

References

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