The men's 660 yards was one of seven track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

 events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion. The track was 660 yards long ; some events used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.-Medal summary:-Medal...

 programme. It was the shortest of the events, comprising a single lap of the track. The time limit for the race was 1 minute, 10 seconds.

Heat 1

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Benjamin Jones Benjamin Jones (cyclist) Benjamin "Ben" Jones was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		59 seconds
2	Dorus Nijland		Unknown

Heat 2

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	William Bailey William Bailey William Bailey was an American actor. He appeared in 222 films between 1911 and 1959. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Bailey died in Hollywood, California in 1962 at the age of 76.-Selected filmography:...		50.8 seconds
2	Frederick McCarthy		Unknown
3	Pierre Seginaud		Unknown

Heat 3

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Clarence Kingsbury Clarence Kingsbury Clarence Brickwood Kingsbury was a British track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He belonged to the Paddington and North End cycling clubs....		57.4 seconds
2	Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.With his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze and Hermann Martens he won the silver medal in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 660 yards sprint, in the 5000 metres race, and in the 20 kilometres race, but...		Unknown
3	Georgius Damen		Unknown

Heat 4

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Victor Johnson Victor Johnson (cyclist) Victor Louis Johnson, Vic Johnson, was a British track cycling racer who, in 1908, won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics; became 'World Amateur Sprint Champion' and the 'British National Quarter-mile Champion'....		56.2 seconds
2	Jean Patou		Unknown
3	R. Villepontoux		Unknown

Heat 5

The fifth heat was voided due to the two cyclists both exceeding the time limit of 70 seconds.

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
—	Maurice Schilles Maurice Schilles Maurice Schilles was a French track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner André Auffray. In the 5000 metres event he won the silver medal.He also competed in the sprint event...		No time
	F. Shore		No time

Heat 6

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Émile Demangel		59.8 seconds
2	George Summers		Unknown
3	Andrew Hansen		Unknown

Heat 7

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Johannes van Spengen		58.2 seconds
2	Hermann Martens Hermann Martens Hermann Martens was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit...		Unknown
3	J. L. Lavery		Unknown

Heat 8

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Walter Andrews		55.8 seconds
2	Joseph Werbrouck Joseph Werbrouck Joseph Werbrouck was a Belgian track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometres competition. He also competed in the 660 yards event but was eliminated in the first round.-External links:*...		Unknown
3	Gaston Delaplane		Unknown

Heat 9

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Pierre Texier		1:01.6
2	T. H. E. Passmore		Unknown

Heat 10

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Floris Venter		1:03.2
2	Georges Perrin		Unknown
3	Bruno Götze		Unknown

Heat 11

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Karl Neumer Karl Neumer Karl Neumer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		54.2 seconds
2	W. F. Magee		Unknown
3	Émile Marechal		Unknown
4	Antonie Gerrits		Unknown

Heat 12

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Ernest Payne Ernest Payne Ernest "Ernie" Payne was a British track cycling racer. Born in Worcester, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and went on to play football, including two games as an amateur for Manchester United.-Background:Payne was born in a cottage at 221 London Road,...		57.2 seconds
2	André Poulain		Unknown
3	Jean van Benthem		Unknown

Heat 13

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Daniel Flynn		55.0 seconds
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein		Unknown
3	Paul Schulze		Unknown

Heat 14

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Lucien Renard		55.2 seconds
2	G. Dreyfus		Unknown
3	William Morton		Unknown
4	G. C. Anderson		Unknown

Heat 15

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	George Cameron		1:05.2
2	Léon Couckelberg		Unknown

Heat 16

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	André Auffray André Auffray André Auffray was a racing cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the tandem sprint event where he finished in first place and in the 5000 metres event where he finished in third place.-References:...		58.4 seconds
2	Arthur J. Denny		Unknown
3	Philipus Frylink		Unknown

Semifinal 1

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Victor Johnson		59.2 seconds
2	Johannes van Spengen		Unknown
3	Pierre Texier		Unknown
4	Walter Andrews		Unknown

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Émile Demangel		51.6 seconds
2	Clarence Kingsbury		Unknown
3	William Bailey		Unknown
4	Floris Venter		Unknown

Semifinal 3

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Daniel Flynn		54.8 seconds
2	André Auffray		Unknown
3	George Cameron		Unknown
4	Ernest Payne		Unknown

Semifinal 4

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Karl Neumer		1:05.6
2	Lucien Renard		Unknown
3	Benjamin Jones		Unknown

Final

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Victor Johnson		51.2 seconds
2	Émile Demangel		Unknown
3	Karl Neumer		Unknown
4	Daniel Flynn		Unknown

Sources

• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .