| Cycling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Paris and surrounding area Vélodrome de Vincennes |
| Date | 23 –27 July 1924 |
| Competitors | 139 from 24 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. [1] The 50 km track event was held for the last time at these Games, having only been introduced in 1920.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual time trial |  Armand Blanchonnet (FRA) |  Henri Hoevenaers (BEL) | René Hamel (FRA) |
| Team time trial | France (FRA) Armand Blanchonnet René Hamel André Leducq Georges Wambst | Belgium (BEL) Henri Hoevenaers Auguste Parfondry Jean Van Den Bosch Fernand Saivé |  Sweden (SWE)Gunnar Sköld Erik Bohlin Ragnar Malm Erik Bjurberg |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km |  Ko Willems (NED) |  Cyril Alden (GBR) | Harry Wyld (GBR) |
| Sprint | Lucien Michard (FRA) | Jacob Meijer (NED) | Jean Cugnot (FRA) |
| Tandem | Lucien Choury and Jean Cugnot (FRA) |  Edmund Hansen and Willy Hansen (DEN) | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein and Maurice Peeters (NED) |
| Team pursuit |  Italy (ITA)Francesco Zucchetti Angelo De Martini Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi |  Poland (POL)Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk Józef Lange Jan Lazarski | Belgium (BEL) Jean Van Den Bosch Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saive |
A total of 139 cyclists from 24 nations competed at the Paris Games: [1]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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