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Cycling At The 1896 Summer Olympics - Mens 100 Kilometres




The men's 100 kilometres was one of five Track Cycling events on the Cycling At The 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first race held, on 8 April . It required cyclists to complete 300 circuits of the track.


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Nine cyclists started the race, but only two finished it. The winner, Léon Flameng , had fallen midway through the race but continued on to win the Gold Medal . Georgios Kolettis of Greece had completed 289 laps at that point, and finished fairly soon after Flameng.


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