Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial

The men's team time trial, a part of the cycling events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, took place in Amsterdam. The team event was simply an aggregation of results from the individual time trial event, with the best three times for each nation being added to give a team score.[1]

Men's cycling team time trial
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueAmsterdam
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Winning time15:09:14
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Henry Hansen, Leo Nielsen, Orla Jørgensen Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jack Lauterwasser, John Middleton, Frank Southall Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gösta Carlsson, Erik Jansson, Georg Johnsson Sweden
← 1924
1932 →

Final classification

Source: Official results[2][3]

RankTeamRidersTimeTotal
 Denmark  Henry Hansen (DEN)4:47:1815:09:14
 Leo Nielsen (DEN)5:05:37
 Orla Jørgensen (DEN)5:16:19
 Great Britain  Frank Southall (GBR)4:55:0615:14:49
 Jack Lauterwasser (GBR)5:02:57
 John Middleton (GBR)5:16:46
 Sweden  Gösta Carlsson (SWE)5:00:1715:27:49
 Erik Jansson (SWE)5:13:17
 Georg Johnsson (SWE)5:14:15
4  Italy  Allegro Grandi (ITA)5:02:0515:33:12
 Michele Orecchia (ITA)5:13:29
 Ambrogio Beretta (ITA)5:17:38
5  Belgium  Jean Aerts (BEL)5:10:3815:33:50
 Pierre Houdé (BEL)5:11:18
 Joseph Lowagie (BEL)5:11:54
6  Switzerland  Gottlieb Amstein (SUI)5:04:4815:35:21
 Jakob Caironi (SUI)5:08:46
 Gottlieb Wanzenried (SUI)5:21:47
7  France  André Aumerle (FRA)5:07:1215:38:20
 Louis Bessière (FRA)5:15:14
 Octave Dayen (FRA)5:15:54
8  Argentina  Cosme Saavedra (ARG)5:13:1915:42:55
 Francisco Bonvehi (ARG)5:14:39
 José López (ARG)5:14:57
9  Netherlands  Leendert Buis (NED)5:14:1515:54:44
 Janus Braspennincx (NED)5:17:07
 Ben Duijker (NED)5:23:22
10  Luxembourg  Jean-Pierre Muller (LUX)5:22:3016:20:55
 Norbert Sinner (LUX)5:27:54
 Jean Alfonsetti (LUX)5:30:31
11  Czechoslovakia  Antonín Honig (TCH)5:27:4516:36:45
 Antonín Perič (TCH)5:34:30
 Josef Šídlo (TCH)5:34:30
12  Yugoslavia  Josip Šolar (YUG)5:25:3716:48:53
 Stjepan Ljubić (YUG)5:37:02
 Josip Škrabl (YUG)5:46:14
13  Poland  Eugeniusz Michalak (POL)5:37:0217:16:35
 Józef Stefański (POL)5:47:15
 Stanisław Kłosowicz (POL)5:51:31
14  Canada  Joe Laporte (CAN)5:21:3017:22:01
 Alfred Tourville (CAN)5:51:05
 William Peden (CAN)6:09:26
15  United States  Chester Nelsen (USA)5:42:5717:32:52
 Henry O'Brien (USA)5:53:23
 Peter Smessaert (USA)5:56:32

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