Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race

Men's 12 hour race at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	April 13
Competitors	7 from 4 nations
Medalists
01 ! Adolf Schmal  Austria 02 ! Frederick Keeping  Great Britain

01 !		Adolf Schmal  Austria
02 !		Frederick Keeping  Great Britain

The men's 12 hour race was one of five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the final event of the 1896 Summer Olympics, ending at 5 p.m. on 13 April.

The final cycling race began at 5 a.m. on 13 April. Seven athletes began the race, though four of them dropped out before noon and a fifth gave up in the afternoon. Schmal had lapped the rest of the cyclists early in the race and rode along with Keeping for the rest of the contest, winning by that one lap.