The track time trial is a defunct track cycling event formerly held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.
Medalists
Men
1896 Athens1928 Amsterdam1932 Los Angeles1936 Berlin1948 London1952 Helsinki1956 Melbourne1960 Rome1964 Tokyo1968 Mexico City1972 Munich1976 Montreal1980 Moscow1984 Los Angeles1988 Seoul1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens
Multiple medalists
Rank Cyclist Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 Niels Fredborg 1968–1976 1 1 1 3 2 Dunc Gray 1928–1932 1 0 1 2 Pierre Trentin 1964–1968 1 0 1 2 4 Erin Hartwell 1992–1996 0 1 1 2 Shane Kelly 1992–2000 0 1 1 2
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 4 2 3 9 2 2 3 2 7 3 2 2 0 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 3 7 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 9 1 1 1 3 10 1 0 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 12 0 1 2 3 13 0 1 1 2 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 18 0 0 2 2 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Women
2000 Sydney2004 Athens
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 1
Olympic record progression
Men
TimeCyclistNationGamesDate 1:16.0 Octave Dayen 1928 1928-08-05 1:15.2 Gerard Bosch van Drakestein 1928 1928-08-05 1:14.4 Willy Hansen 1928 1928-08-05 1:13.0 Dunc Gray 1932 1932-08-01 1:12.0 Arie van Vliet 1936 1936-08-08 1:11.1 Russell Mockridge 1952 1952-07-31 1:09.8 Leandro Faggin 1956 1956-12-06 1:09.20 Piet van der Touw 1960 1960-08-26 1:08.75 Dieter Gieseler 1960 1960-08-26 1:07.27 Sante Gaiardoni 1960 1960-08-26 1:04.65 Gianni Sartori 1968 1968-10-17 1:04.61 Niels Fredborg 1968 1968-10-17 1:03.91 Pierre Trentin 1968 1968-10-17 1:02.955 Lothar Thoms 1980 1980-07-22 1:02.940 Erin Hartwell 1996 1996-07-24 1:02.712 Florian Rousseau 1996 1996-07-24 1:01.609 Jason Queally 2000 2000-09-16 1:00.896 Arnaud Tournant 2004 2004-08-20 1:00.711 Chris Hoy 2004 2004-08-20
Women
TimeCyclistNationGamesDate 35.728 Daniela Larreal 2000 2000-09-16 35.230 Chris Witty 2000 2000-09-16 35.013 Wang Yan 2000 2000-09-16 34.696 Michelle Ferris 2000 2000-09-16 34.140 Felicia Ballanger 2000 2000-09-16 34.112 Jiang Yonghua 2004 2004-08-20 33.952 Anna Meares 2004 2004-08-20
Intercalated Games
The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Herbert Crowther of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.
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