In 1907, he won the one and five mile events at the British Empire cycling championships at Newcastle. Soon after, his professional cyclist license was revoked after an altercation with another cyclist. His attendance at the 1908 Olympics was thus in question until he was finally reinstated just before the event.
In 1908 he won the gold medal in the 5000 metres competition as well as in the team pursuit as member of the British team. He also won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres event. He competed in the 660 yards competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals. In the sprint event he participated in the final and came second, but the pre-arranged time limit was exceeded, resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded.[2]
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^"Benjamin Jones". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
benjamin, jones, cyclist, benjamin, jones, january, 1882, august, 1963, british, track, cycling, racer, competed, 1908, summer, olympics, benjamin, jonesjones, 1908personal, informationborn2, january, 1882, 1882, leigh, greater, manchester, great, britaindied2. Benjamin Jones 2 January 1882 20 August 1963 was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics 1 Benjamin JonesJones in 1908Personal informationBorn2 January 1882 1882 01 02 Leigh Greater Manchester Great BritainDied20 August 1963 1963 08 21 aged 81 Johannesburg Gauteng South AfricaMedal record Men s track cyclingRepresenting Great BritainOlympic Games1908 London 5000 metres1908 London Team pursuit1908 London 20 kilometresIn 1907 he won the one and five mile events at the British Empire cycling championships at Newcastle Soon after his professional cyclist license was revoked after an altercation with another cyclist His attendance at the 1908 Olympics was thus in question until he was finally reinstated just before the event In 1908 he won the gold medal in the 5000 metres competition as well as in the team pursuit as member of the British team He also won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres event He competed in the 660 yards competition but was eliminated in the semi finals In the sprint event he participated in the final and came second but the pre arranged time limit was exceeded resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded 2 References edit Benjamin Jones Olympedia Retrieved 20 March 2021 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Ben Jones Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2 February 2013 Retrieved 2 May 2013 External links editBen Jones at databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine archived 9 October 2012 Salford Harriers amp Athletics Club History at the Wayback Machine archived 26 October 2012 Benjamin Jones at the International Olympic Committee Ben Jones at Cycling Archives nbsp nbsp This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to English cycling is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benjamin Jones cyclist amp oldid 1156578361, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
