- Results First round Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Heat 8 Heat 9 Heat 10 Heat 11 Heat 12 Heat 13 Heat 14 Heat 15 Heat 16 Semifinals Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Semifinal 3 Semifinal 4 Final
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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's 660 yards |games = 1908 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = White City Stadium |dates = July 14–15 |competitors = 48 |nations = 9 |longnames = |gold = Victor Johnson |goldNOC = GBR |silver = Émile Demangel |silverNOC = FRA |bronze = Karl Neumer |bronzeNOC = GER |prev = |next = }}{{CyclingAt1908SummerOlympics}}The men's 660 yards was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics 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. The 1908 Games was the only time when the 660 yards event was part of the Olympic cycling program.[1] ResultsFirst roundOne cyclist from each of the 16 heats advanced to the semifinal round. Heat 1 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Benjamin Jones | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 59 seconds | 2 | Dorus Nijland | NED|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 2 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | William Bailey | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 50.8 seconds | 2 | Frederick McCarthy | CAN|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Pierre Seginaud | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 3 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Clarence Kingsbury | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 57.4 seconds | 2 | Rudolf Katzer | GER|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Georgius Damen | NED|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 4 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Victor Johnson | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 56.2 seconds | 2 | Jean Patou | BEL|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Richard Villepontoux | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 5The fifth heat was voided due to the two cyclists both exceeding the time limit of 70 seconds. Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | — | Maurice Schilles | FRA|1908 Summer}} | No time | Frank Shore | RSA|1908 Summer}} | No time |
Heat 6 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Émile Demangel | FRA|1908 Summer}} | 59.8 seconds | 2 | George Summers | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Andrew Hansson | SWE|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 7 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Johannes van Spengen | NED|1908 Summer}} | 58.2 seconds | 2 | Hermann Martens | GER|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Joe Lavery | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 8 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Walter Andrews | CAN|1908 Summer}} | 55.8 seconds | 2 | Joseph Werbrouck | BEL|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Gaston Delaplane | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 9 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Paul Texier | FRA|1908 Summer}} | 1:01.6 | 2 | Thomas Passmore | RSA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 10 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Floris Venter | RSA|1908 Summer}} | 1:03.2 | 2 | Georges Perrin | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Bruno Götze | GER|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 11 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Karl Neumer | GER|1908 Summer}} | 54.2 seconds | 2 | W. F. Magee | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Émile Maréchal | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Antonie Gerrits | NED|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 12 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Ernest Payne | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 57.2 seconds | 2 | André Poulain | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Jean Van Benthem | BEL|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 13 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Daniel Flynn | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 55.0 seconds | 2 | Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein | NED|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Paul Schulze | GER|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 14 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Lucien Renard | BEL|1908 Summer}} | 55.2 seconds | 2 | Gaston Dreyfus | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | William Morton | CAN|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Gerald Anderson | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 15 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | George Cameron | USA|1908 Summer}} | 1:05.2 | 2 | Léon Coeckelberg | BEL|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Heat 16 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | André Auffray | FRA|1908 Summer}} | 58.4 seconds | 2 | Arthur J. Denny | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Philipus Freylinck | RSA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
SemifinalsThe fastest cyclist in each of the 4 semifinals advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Victor Johnson | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 59.2 seconds | 2 | Johannes van Spengen | NED|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Paul Texier | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Walter Andrews | CAN|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Semifinal 2 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Émile Demangel | FRA|1908 Summer}} | 51.6 seconds | 2 | Clarence Kingsbury | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | William Bailey | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Floris Venter | RSA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Semifinal 3 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Daniel Flynn | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 54.8 seconds | 2 | André Auffray | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | George Cameron | USA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Ernest Payne | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Semifinal 4 Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Karl Neumer | GER|1908 Summer}} | 1:05.6 | 2 | Lucien Renard | BEL|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Benjamin Jones | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
Final Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | 1 | Victor Johnson | GBR|1908 Summer}} | 51.2 seconds | 2 | Émile Demangel | FRA|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 3 | Karl Neumer | GER|1908 Summer}} | Unknown | 4 | Daniel Flynn | GBR|1908 Summer}} | Unknown |
References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Wallechinsky |first1=David |title=The Complete Book of the Olympics |date=1984 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=England |isbn=0140066322 |pages=210 }}
Sources- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .
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