The men's 1000 metre sprint 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....

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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. Its distance was the second shortest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Heat 1

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'....		1:33.8
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein		Unknown
3	Guglielmo Malatesta		Unknown

Heat 2

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Floris Venter		1:33.2
2	André Poulain		Unknown
3	John Matthews		Unknown

Heat 3

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	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...		1:38.4
2	Andrew Hansson		Unknown

Heat 4

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Daniel Flynn		1:30.2
2	Pierre Seginaud		Unknown
3	Paul Schulze		Unknown
4	Frederick McCarthy		Unknown

Heat 5

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,...		1:32.0
2	Dorus Nijland		Unknown

Heat 6

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
—	W. F. Magee		Time limit exceeded
	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...
	Johannes van Spengen

Heat 7

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Karl Neumer Karl Neumer Karl Neumer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		1:33.2
2	R. Villepontoux		Unknown
3	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:...		Unknown

Heat 8

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	George Cameron		1:29.4
2	Philipus Frylink		Unknown
3	Herbert Crowther		Unknown
4	G. Dreyfus		Unknown

Heat 9

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Émile Demangel		1:35.2
2	William Morton		Unknown

Heat 10

Auffray was the only starter in the heat.

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:...		1:23.6

Heat 11

Morisetti was the only starter in the heat.

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Guglielmo Morisetti		1:21.4

Heat 12

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....		1:35.0
2	Émile Marechal		Unknown
3	Bruno Götze		Unknown

Heat 13

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Pierre Texier		1:31.0
2	George Summers		Unknown
3	Louis Weintz		Unknown

Heat 14

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	J. L. Lavery		1:41.0
2	Antonie Gerrits		Unknown

Heat 15

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....		1:27.4
2	Gaston Delaplane		Unknown

Heat 16

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
—	Georges Perrin		Time limit exceeded
	F. Shore

Semifinal 1

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Victor Johnson		1:27.4
2	Karl Neumer		Unknown
3	Floris Venter		Unknown
4	Pierre Texier		Unknown

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Maurice Schilles		1:38.8
2-4	George Cameron		Unknown
	Daniel Flynn		Unknown
	Ernest Payne		Unknown

Semifinal 3

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Benjamin Jones		1:40.8
2	Émile Demangel		Unknown
3	J. L. Lavery		Unknown

Semifinal 4

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
1	Clarence Kingsbury		1:35.6
2	Guglielmo Morisetti		Unknown
3	André Auffray		Unknown

Final

The time limit in the final was exceeded, resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded. Two of the three British riders, Kingsbury and Johnson, did not finish, leaving the race to Jones and the Frenchman, Schilles. According to the Official Report, "the Frenchman apparently won by inches, but the Judge did not officially place the riders."

Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time
Time limit exceeded	Victor Johnson		NMR
	Benjamin Jones
	Clarence Kingsbury
	Maurice Schilles

Key=NMR No Marks Recorded

Sources

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