Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres
| Men's 20 kilometres at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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Clarence Kingsbury |
 Great Britain
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Benjamin Jones |
Great Britain
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Joseph Werbrouck |
 Belgium
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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.
There were two methods of qualifying for the final. A cyclist could either finish first in one of the six semifinals or be the leader "of the greatest number of laps in the three fastest heats."
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