Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 660 yards


The men's 660 yards was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the shortest of the events. The 1908 Games was the only time when the 660 yards event was part of the Olympic cycling program. Each nation could enter a maximum of 12 cyclists.

Competition format

The 660 yards race was a sprint-style race that consisted of a single lap around the track. The time limit for the race was 1 minute, 10 seconds. The competition was conducted in three rounds. The first round featured 16 heats, with up to 4 cyclists each. The winning cyclist advanced to the semifinals, provided that the time limit was not exceeded. The semifinal round comprised 4 semifinals, each with 4 cyclists except that 1 was reduced to 3 cyclists because one of the heats had resulted in no winner under the time limit. Again, the winning cyclist in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Results

First round

One cyclist from each of the 16 heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Benjamin Jones59.0
2Dorus NijlandUnknown

Heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1William Bailey50.8
2Frederick McCarthyUnknown
3Pierre SeginaudUnknown

Heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Clarence Kingsbury57.4
2Rudolf KatzerUnknown
3Georgius DamenUnknown

Heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Victor Johnson56.2
2Jean PatouUnknown
3Richard VillepontouxUnknown

Heat 5

The fifth heat was voided due to the two cyclists both exceeding the time limit of 70 seconds.
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
—Maurice SchillesNo time
—Frank ShoreNo time

Heat 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Émile Demangel59.8
2George SummersUnknown
3Andrew HanssonUnknown

Heat 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Johannes van Spengen58.2
2Hermann MartensUnknown
3Joe LaveryUnknown

Heat 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Walter Andrews55.8
2Joseph WerbrouckUnknown
3Gaston DelaplaneUnknown

Heat 9

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Paul Texier1:01.6
2Thomas PassmoreUnknown

Heat 10

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Floris Venter1:03.2
2Georges PerrinUnknown
3Bruno GötzeUnknown

Heat 11

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Karl Neumer54.2
2W. F. MageeUnknown
3Émile MaréchalUnknown
4Antonie GerritsUnknown

Heat 12

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ernest Payne57.2
2André PoulainUnknown
3Jean Van BenthemUnknown

Heat 13

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Flynn55.0
2Gerard Bosch van DrakensteinUnknown
3Paul SchulzeUnknown

Heat 14

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lucien Renard55.2
2Gaston DreyfusUnknown
3William MortonUnknown
4George AndersonUnknown

Heat 15

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1George Cameron1:05.2
2Léon CoeckelbergUnknown

Heat 16

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1André Auffray58.4
2Albert DennyUnknown
3Philipus FreylinckUnknown

Semifinals

The fastest cyclist in each of the 4 semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Victor Johnson59.2
2Johannes van SpengenUnknown
3Paul TexierUnknown
4Walter AndrewsUnknown

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Émile Demangel51.6
2Clarence KingsburyUnknown
3William BaileyUnknown
4Floris VenterUnknown

Semifinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Flynn54.8
2André AuffrayUnknown
3George CameronUnknown
4Ernest PayneUnknown

Semifinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Karl Neumer1:05.6
2Lucien RenardUnknown
3Benjamin JonesUnknown

Final

RankCyclistNationTime
Victor Johnson51.2
Émile DemangelUnknown
Karl NeumerUnknown
4Daniel FlynnUnknown