| Men's 50 kilometres at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
Road cycling | |
| Individual time trial | men |
| Team time trial | men |
Track cycling | |
| Sprint | men |
| Tandem | men |
| 50 km | men |
| Team pursuit | men |
The men's 50 kilometres event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1]
| Place | Cyclist | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Henry George (BEL) | 1:16:43.2 |
| 2 |  Cyril Alden (GBR) | |
| 3 |  Piet Ikelaar (NED) | |
| 4 |  Ruggero Ferrario (ITA) | |
| 5 |  Herbert McDonald (CAN) | |
| 6 | Franco Giorgetti (ITA) | |
| 7 |  William Smith (RSA) | |
| 8 | Charles Cadron (BEL) | |
 Gaston Alancourt (FRA) | ||
| Gustave De Schryver (BEL) | ||
| William Stewart (GBR) | ||
| Primo Magnani (ITA) | ||
| Thomas Harvey (GBR) | ||
| — |  Jack King (AUS) | DNF |
| Félix Dockx (BEL) | DNF | |
| Harold Bounsall (CAN) | DNF | |
| William Taylor (CAN) | DNF | |
| Norman Webster (CAN) | DNF | |
| Courder (FRA) | DNF | |
| Georges Enguerrand (FRA) | DNF | |
| Horace Johnson (GBR) | DNF | |
| Luigi Gilardi (ITA) | DNF | |
 Jean Majérus (LUX) | DNF | |
| Arie van der Stel (NED) | DNF | |
| Anton Krijgsman (NED) | DNF | |
| Willem Ooms (NED) | DNF | |
| James Walker (RSA) | DNF | |
 Fred Taylor (USA) | DNF | |
| William Beck (USA) | DNF | |
| Frank Small (USA) | DNF | |
| Anthony Young (USA) | DNF |
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