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Host City: Antwerpen, Belgium
Venue(s): Garden City Velodrome, Wilrijk, Antwerpen
Date Started: August 12, 1920
Date Finished: August 12, 1920
Format: 175 kilometre time trial, the riders left at four minute intervals from Merxem and rode into Antwerp. The riders rode from Merksem to Turnhout, and then Molt (96 km.), Heyst-op-den-Berg (135 km.), Lierre, and finished back at Antwerp, three kilometres from the velodrome. The teams finish was determined by the total time of the four finishers.
Gold: | France |
Silver: | Sweden |
Bronze: | Belgium |
The team event was decided by adding up the times of a nationâs four riders in the individual road race. The team event was won by France, with Sweden second and Belgium third. Great Britain might have contended for a bronze medal, but one of their riders, [Edward Newell], broke his frame at 134¾ km. and had to abandon. The best American was [Ernest Kockler] of Chicago, who finished in 4-55:12.2. But [August Nogara] of the United States was also riding well when he collided with a chicken in the road at 150 km., crashing and costing him a lot of time.
Rank | Team | NOC | Medal | TT | |
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1 | France | FRA | Gold | 19-16:43.4 | |
2 | Sweden | SWE | Silver | 19-23:10.0 | |
3 | Belgium | BEL | Bronze | 19-28:44.4 | |
4 | Denmark | DEN | 19-53:32.2 | ||
5 | Italy | ITA | 20-26:54.0 | ||
6 | Netherlands | NED | 20-28:39.2 | ||
7 | United States | USA | 21-32:36.6 | ||
8 | Norway | NOR | 21-35:11.8 | ||
9 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 22-10:01.8 | ||
AC | Great Britain | GBR | DNF | ||
AC | Canada | CAN | DNF |