The field consisted of 37 cyclists from 16 countries.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2] Each cyclist had to complete 100 laps. Cyril Alden finished second for the second straight Olympics.
The Dutch team was represented by two cyclists, Ko Willems and Jan Maas (who was a late replacement for Jonkheer Bosch van Drakenstein). Their tactic was that Maas would attack, so that the other cyclists would be tired, after which Willems, the better sprinter, could win the race.[3]
As planned, Maas attacked from the tenth kilometer. The other cyclists spent energy, getting him back, while Willems could cycle along and save his energy. Five loops before the finish, every looped cyclist had to exit the race, and only 15 cyclists remained, including Maas and Willems. In the last loop, the sprint started, with Wyld, Alden and De Martino. Willems went around them, and 100 m from the finish, all four men were next to each other. Willems was faster than the others, so he won the race.
cycling, 1924, summer, olympics, kilometres, kilometres, event, part, track, cycling, programme, 1924, summer, olympics, kilometresat, games, viii, olympiadfinish, kilometresvenuevélodrome, vincennesdatejuly, 27competitors37, from, nationsmedalistsko, willems,. The men s 50 kilometres event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics Men s 50 kilometresat the Games of the VIII Olympiadfinish of the men s 50 kilometresVenueVelodrome de VincennesDateJuly 27Competitors37 from 16 nationsMedalistsKo Willems NetherlandsCyril Alden Great BritainHarry Wyld Great Britain 1920VideoThe field consisted of 37 cyclists from 16 countries 1 The Velodrome de Vincennes track was a 500 metre 1 640 ft loop 2 Each cyclist had to complete 100 laps Cyril Alden finished second for the second straight Olympics The Dutch team was represented by two cyclists Ko Willems and Jan Maas who was a late replacement for Jonkheer Bosch van Drakenstein Their tactic was that Maas would attack so that the other cyclists would be tired after which Willems the better sprinter could win the race 3 As planned Maas attacked from the tenth kilometer The other cyclists spent energy getting him back while Willems could cycle along and save his energy Five loops before the finish every looped cyclist had to exit the race and only 15 cyclists remained including Maas and Willems In the last loop the sprint started with Wyld Alden and De Martino Willems went around them and 100 m from the finish all four men were next to each other Willems was faster than the others so he won the race Results EditSource 1 4 Placings are known for only the top seven finishers Only Willems s time is known Place Cyclist Time nbsp nbsp Ko Willems NED 1 18 24 0 nbsp nbsp Cyril Alden GBR nbsp nbsp Harry Wyld GBR 4 nbsp Angelo de Martino ITA 5 nbsp Jozef Lange POL 6 nbsp Alfredo Dinale ITA 7 nbsp Johannes Maas NED 8 36 nbsp Mohamed Ali Mahmoud EGY nbsp Ricardo Bermejo CHI nbsp Josef Boons BEL nbsp Robert Broadbent AUS nbsp Jaroslav Broz TCH nbsp Charles Cadron BEL nbsp Lucien Choury FRA nbsp Walter Coppins AUS nbsp Leonard Daghelinckx BEL nbsp Luis de Meyer ARG nbsp Francesco Del Grosso ITA nbsp George Dempsey AUS nbsp William Fenn USA nbsp Prodan Georgiev BUL nbsp Eugenio Gret ARG nbsp Ignatius Gronkowski USA nbsp Edmund Hansen DEN nbsp Ahmed Salem Hassan EGY nbsp Francisco Juillet CHI nbsp Henry Kaltenbrunn RSA nbsp Joe Laporte CAN nbsp Jan Lazarski POL nbsp Mohamed Madkour EGY nbsp Edouard Meunier FRA nbsp Julio Polet ARG nbsp Cosme Saavedra ARG nbsp Borislav Stoyanov BUL nbsp Jean Verheyen BEL nbsp Alejandro Vidal CHI nbsp Willy Hansen DEN Did not finishReferences Edit a b Wudarski Pawel 1999 Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich in Polish Archived from the original on 2009 02 16 Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games Article about his Olympic race Archived 2008 12 27 at the Wayback Machine in Dutch Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games Men s 50 Kilometres Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics Men 27s 50 kilometres amp oldid 1043336797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
