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Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenuesFrancis Olympic Field
DateAugust 2–5
Competitors18 from 2 nations
← 1900
Intercalated Games: 1906 →
Summer Olympics: 1908 →

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven cycling events were contested.

It was the only time distances based on the mile were used to determine the length of events.

Medal summary

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Marcus Hurley
Event Gold Silver Bronze
1/4 mile
details
Marcus Hurley
 United States
Burton Downing
 United States
Teddy Billington
 United States
1/3 mile
details
Marcus Hurley
 United States
Burton Downing
 United States
Teddy Billington
 United States
1/2 mile
details
Marcus Hurley
 United States
Teddy Billington
 United States
Burton Downing
 United States
1 mile
details
Marcus Hurley
 United States
Burton Downing
 United States
Teddy Billington
 United States
2 miles
details
Burton Downing
 United States
Oscar Goerke
 United States
Marcus Hurley
 United States
5 miles
details
Charles Schlee
 United States
George E. Wiley
 United States
Arthur F. Andrews
 United States
25 miles
details
Burton Downing
 United States
Arthur F. Andrews
 United States
George E. Wiley
 United States

Participating nations

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1 Italian and 17 American cyclists competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States77721
Totals (1 entries)77721

Non-medal events

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The cycling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics included a number of events that were not recognized as Olympic medal events. These included novice and handicap races for amateurs, as well as races for professional cyclists. Next two these 16 events, there were also two one-mile motorcycle exhibitions held. One conducted by A. N. Jordan and the other by Eugene Holloway.[2]

Games First Second Third
1 mile (novice)
details
 Aimé Fritz (USA)  Frank Bizzoni (ITA)  Harry Wittmann [de] (USA)
½ mile (handicap)
details
 Aimé Fritz (USA)  Harry Wittmann [de] (USA)  Teddy Billington (USA)
1 mile (handicap)
details
 Oscar Goerke (USA)  Harry Wittmann [de] (USA)  Fred Grinham (USA)
5 miles (handicap)
details
 Oscar Goerke (USA)  Charles Schlee (USA)  George Wiley (USA)
⅓ mile (professionals)
details
 William Fenn (USA)  Frank Kramer (USA)  Menus Bedell [fr] (USA)
⅓ mile (professionals, consolation)
details
 Oliver Dorlon (USA)  George Collett (USA)  Floyd McFarland (USA)
½ mile (professionals)
details
 Frank Kramer (USA)  William Fenn (USA)  John Bedell [fr] (USA)
⅔ mile (professionals)
details
 Frank Kramer (USA)  William Fenn (USA)  Floyd Krebs [de] (USA)
1 mile (professionals)
details
 William Fenn (USA)  James Bowler (USA)  Frank Cadwell (USA)
1 mile (professionals, consolation #1)
details
 James Bowler (USA)  George Collett (USA)  Joseph Fogler (USA)
1 mile (professionals, consolation #2)
details
 Frank Cadwell (USA)  Menus Bedell [fr] (USA)  George Collett (USA)
Australian team pursuit (professionals)
details
 United States
Oliver Dorlon
Jimmy Moran
Jacob Jacobson
Floyd Krebs [de]
 United States /  Australia
James Bowler
Floyd McFarland
George Collett
Fred Scheps
½ mile (handicap, professionals)
details
 Oliver Dorlon (USA)  John Bedell [fr] (USA)  Eddie Root (USA)
1 mile (handicap, professionals)
details
 Floyd Krebs [de] (USA)  Frank Cadwell (USA)  John Bedell [fr] (USA)
1 mile (handicap, professionals)
details
 John Bedell [fr] (USA)  Eddie Root (USA)  Oliver Dorlon (USA)
2 miles (handicap, professionals)
details
 Eddie Root (USA)  John Bedell [fr] (USA)  Menus Bedell [fr] (USA)

References

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  1. ↑ "IOC - International Olympic Committee | Olympics.com".
  2. ↑ "Cycling Track at the 1904 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved August 29, 2026.