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{{Short description|Six cycling events were contested at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Cycling
| games       = 1896 Summer
| image       = Podhlatodromio karaiskakh 1896.jpg
| caption     = New Phaleron Stadium in 1896
| venues      = [[Athens]] and surrounding area<br>[[Neo Phaliron Velodrome]]
| date        = 8, 11–13 April 1896
| competitors = 19
| nations     = 5
| prev        = 
| next        = [[cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
}}
{{CyclingAt1896SummerOlympics}}

At the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], six [[cycle sport|cycling]] events were contested at the [[Neo Phaliron Velodrome]].  They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling.  Events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896.  Nineteen cyclists, all men, from five nations competed.'''<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/CYC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/CYC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Cycling: 1896 Olympic Results |access-date=2013-05-01 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>'''

==Medal summary==
These medals were retroactively assigned by the [[International Olympic Committee]]; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.  Every nation won at least a silver medal, with three winning golds.

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-valign="top"
| Road race<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Aristidis Konstantinidis]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[August von Gödrich]]|GER|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Edward Battell]]|GBR|1896 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| Track time trial<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Masson (cyclist)|Paul Masson]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Stamatios Nikolopoulos]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Adolf Schmal]]|AUT|1896 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| Sprint<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Masson (cyclist)|Paul Masson]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Stamatios Nikolopoulos]]|GRE|1896 Summer|}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Léon Flameng]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| 10 kilometres<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Masson (cyclist)|Paul Masson]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Léon Flameng]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Adolf Schmal]]|AUT|1896 Summer}}
|-valign="top"
| 100 kilometres<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Léon Flameng]]|FRA|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Georgios Kolettis]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| ''none awarded''
|-valign="top"
| 12-hour race<br />{{DetailsLink|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Adolf Schmal]]|AUT|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Frederick Keeping]]|GBR|1896 Summer}}
| ''none awarded''
|}

==Participating nations==
[[Image:Masson flameng.jpg|thumb|right|[[Léon Flameng]] and [[Paul Masson (cyclist)|Paul Masson]], the French cyclists who combined for six medals, four of them gold]]
A total of 19 cyclists from five nations competed at the Athens Games:

* {{flagIOC|AUT|1896 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1896 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|1896 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1896 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer|9}}''(*)''

<small>''(*) NOTE: Including one cyclist (Nikos Loverdos) from Smyrna who competed for Greece.''</small>

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1896 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 3 | bronze_GRE = 0
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 2
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 1
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
}}

==Sub-Committee for Cycling==
* [[Nicolas Vlangalis]], president
* Const. Bellinis, secretary
* S. Mavros
* Nic. Kontojiannis
* [[Mar Philipp]]
* Jac. Theophilas

==See also==
*[[List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)]]
*[[List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C. | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 &ndash; AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
* {{cite book | author1=Mallon, Bill | author2=Widlund, Ture | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }} (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])
* {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}}

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