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

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Men's time trial
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueRoads near Mälaren
DatesJuly 7
Competitors123 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rudolph Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Frederick Grubb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Carl Schutte US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
1920  

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.

123 cyclists from 16 nations competed.

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

Results

Gold medalist Rudolph Lewis 1912 Rudolph Lewis.JPG
Gold medalist Rudolph Lewis
PlaceCyclistTime
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rudolph Lewis  (RSA)10:42:39.0
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Frederick Grubb  (GBR)10:51:24.2
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Carl Schutte  (USA)10:52:38.8
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Leonard Meredith  (GBR)11:00:02.6
5Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Frank Brown  (CAN)11:01:00.0
6Flag of Russia.svg  Antti Raita  (FIN)11:02:20.3
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Erik Friborg  (SWE)11:04:17.0
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Ragnar Malm  (SWE)11:08:14.5
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Axel Persson  (SWE)11:10:59.6
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Algot Lönn  (SWE)11:12:02.5
11US flag 48 stars.svg  Alvin Loftes  (USA)11:13:51.3
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Alex Ekström  (SWE)11:14:50.7
13US flag 48 stars.svg  Albert Krushel  (USA)11:17:30.2
14Flag of Norway.svg  Birger Andreassen  (NOR)11:20:14.6
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Henrik Morén  (SWE)11:21:31.9
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Wilson  (GBR)11:21:43.0
17US flag 48 stars.svg  Walden Martin  (USA)11:23:55.2
18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charles Moss  (GBR)11:23:55.8
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Werner Karlsson  (SWE)11:24:18.0
20US flag 48 stars.svg  Joseph Kopsky  (USA)11:27:06.0
21Flag of Russia.svg  Vilho Tilkanen  (FIN)11:28:38.5
22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Hammond  (GBR)11:29:16.8
23Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Robert Rammer  (AUT)11:30:40.8
24Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Thompson  (GBR)11:31:16.0
25Flag of Denmark.svg  Olaf Meyland-Smith  (DEN)11:32:24.2
26Flag of the German Empire.svg  Franz Lemnitz  (GER)11:34:32.2
27Flag of the German Empire.svg  Rudolf Baier  (GER)11:35:01.5
28US flag 48 stars.svg  John Becht  (USA)11:35:04.8
29Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stanley Jones  (GBR)11:37:40.6
30Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Herbert Gayler  (GBR)11:39:01.8
31Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Adolf Kofler  (AUT)11:39:32.6
32Flag of Denmark.svg  Charles Hansen  (DEN)11:40:04.0
33Flag of the German Empire.svg  Oswald Rathmann  (GER)11:40:18.4
34Flag of Russia.svg  Johan Kankkonen  (FIN)11:41:35.5
35Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Miller  (GBR)11:44:01.6
36Flag of the German Empire.svg  Georg Warsow  (GER)11:45:24.0
37Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Francis Higgins  (GBR)11:45:44.5
38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Gibbon  (GBR)11:46:00.2
39Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charles Davey  (GBR)11:47:26.3
40Flag of France.svg  Joseph Racine  (FRA)11:50:32.7
41Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Stevenson  (GBR)11:52:55.0
42Flag of Chile.svg  Alberto Downey  (CHI)11:53:02.5
43Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Rudolf Kramer  (AUT)11:53:12.8
44Flag of the German Empire.svg  Otto Männel  (GER)11:53:27.4
45Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Josef Hellensteiner  (AUT)11:54:00.2
46Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Josef Zilker  (AUT)11:54:38.7
47Flag of Norway.svg  Paul Henrichsen  (NOR)11:55:23.2
48Flag of Denmark.svg  Johannes Reinwaldt  (DEN)11:57:20.0
49Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charles Hill  (GBR)11:57:56.5
50Flag of France.svg  André Capelle  (FRA)11:59:48.4
51Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunnar Björk  (SWE)12:00:49.4
52Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Alois Wacha  (AUT)12:01:12.4
53Flag of Denmark.svg  Godtfred Olsen  (DEN)12:06:18.8
54US flag 48 stars.svg  Jesse Pike  (USA)12:06:21.6
55Flag of the German Empire.svg  Wilhelm Rabe  (GER)12:06:55.8
56US flag 48 stars.svg  Jerome Steinert  (USA)12:08:32.3
57Flag of the German Empire.svg  Josef Rieder  (GER)12:12:32.4
58Flag of Chile.svg  Cárlos Koller  (CHI)12:13:49.2
59Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ernest Merlin  (GBR)12:16:08.6
60Flag of Russia.svg  Andrejs Apsītis  (RU1)12:18:20.6
61Flag of the German Empire.svg  Martin Koch  (GER)12:18:22.5
62Flag of the German Empire.svg  Robert Birker  (GER)12:19:27.6
63Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  Bohumil Rameš  (BOH)12:20:12.2
64Flag of France.svg  René Gagnet  (FRA)12:20:32.6
65Flag of Norway.svg  Anton Hansen  (NOR)12:21:23.7
66Flag of Russia.svg  Hjalmar Väre  (FIN)12:21:29.2
67Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Michael Walker  (GBR)12:27:49.9
68Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Stevenson  (GBR)12:27:50.8
69Flag of Chile.svg  Arturo Friedemann  (CHI)12:28:20.8
70US flag 48 stars.svg  Frank Meissner  (USA)12:29:09.0
71Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Francis Guy  (GBR)12:32:19.4
72Flag of Denmark.svg  Valdemar Nielsen  (DEN)12:33:09.2
73Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  István Müller  (HUN)12:39:28.0
74Flag of Chile.svg  José Torres  (CHI)12:39:39.5
75Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  János Henzsel  (HUN)12:42:16.3
76Flag of the German Empire.svg  Hermann Smiel  (GER)12:49:01.6
77Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Gyula Mazur  (HUN)12:50:55.8
78Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  George Watson  (CAN)12:52:22.2
79Flag of the German Empire.svg  Carl Lüthje  (GER)13:00:31.8
80Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ralph Mecredy  (GBR)13:03:39.0
81Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Walker  (GBR)13:15:50.2
82Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Walsh  (GBR)13:31:17.0
83Flag of France.svg  Georges Valentin  (FRA)13:33:59.5
84Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Ignác Teiszenberger  (HUN)13:38:35.8
85Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bernard Doyle  (GBR)13:42:11.8
86Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George Corsar  (GBR)13:51:22.8
87Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  Václav Tintěra  (BOH)14:10:34.6
88Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  Bohumil Kubrycht  (BOH)14:11:21.0
89Flag of France.svg  Étienne Chéret  (FRA)14:15:18.1
90Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Griffiths  (GBR)14:15:24.0
91Flag of France.svg  Gaston Alancourt  (FRA)14:23:59.3
92Flag of France.svg  Pierre Peinaud  (FRA)14:49:59.4
93Flag of France.svg  André Lepère  (FRA)15:03:18.1
94Flag of France.svg  Alexis Michiels  (FRA)15:15:59.2
Flag of France.svg  Louis Bès  (FRA)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Fyodor Borisov  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Fridrihs Bošs  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Jēkabs Bukse  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Norway.svg  Karl Gulbrandsen  (NOR)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Juho Jaakonaho  (FIN)Did not finish
Flag of Denmark.svg  Otto Jensen  (DEN)Did not finish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Kirk  (GBR)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Augusts Kepke  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Kārlis Kepke  (RU1)Did not finish
Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  František Kundert  (BOH)Did not finish
Flag of Sweden.svg  Karl Landsberg  (SWE)Did not finish
Flag of Sweden.svg  Hjalmar Levin  (SWE)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Jānis Līvens  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Lundquist  (SWE)Did not finish
Flag of France.svg  Jacques Marcault  (FRA)Did not finish
Flag of Denmark.svg  Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen  (DEN)Did not finish
Flag of Norway.svg  Carl Olsen  (NOR)Did not finish
Flag of Denmark.svg  Hans Olsen  (DEN)Did not finish
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jean Patou  (BEL)Did not finish
Flag of Sweden.svg  Arvid Pettersson  (SWE)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Pesteryev  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Jānis Prātnieks  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Edgars Rihters  (RU1)Did not finish
Flag of France.svg  René Rillon  (FRA)Did not finish
Flag of Norway.svg  Martin Sæterhaug  (NOR)Did not finish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Stokes  (GBR)Did not finish
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Károly Teppert  (HUN)Did not finish
Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  Jan Vokoun  (BOH)Did not finish

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