Cycling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Amsterdam and surrounding area Amsterdam Olympic Stadium |
Date | 4 –6 August 1928 |
Competitors | 149 from 27 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1] The individual event in road cycling was a time trial over a distance of 168 km; the team competition was decided by aggregating the times of the three fastest riders from each nation. The 50 km track event held in 1920 and 1924 was replaced by a 1 km time trial.