Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres
Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1 Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain 34:13.6
2 Benjamin Jones Great Britain Unknown
3 Joseph Werbrouck Belgium Unknown
4 Louis Weintz United States Unknown
5-9 François Bonnet France Unknown
5-9 Arthur Denny Great Britain Unknown
5-9 Andrew Hansson Sweden Unknown
5-9 Octave Lapize France Unknown
5-9 Leon Meredith Great Britain Unknown
Results -- Final
Meredith and Denny suffered punctures early on . Hansson fell near the end . Bonnet led most of the first half of the race . Kingsbury started his sprint shortly after the bell , `` hotly challenged '' by Jones , Werbrouck , and Weintz for `` one of the most exciting finished of the Games , which Kingsbury just won by three inches . `` [ 5 ]
The men's 20 kilometres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the second longest of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 40 minutes.