Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 17–18 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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Benjamin Jones |
 Great Britain
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Maurice Schilles |
 France
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André Auffray |
France
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The men's 5000 metres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the median of the individual event distances. The time limit for the race was 9 minutes, 25 seconds.
The best cyclist in each of the 7 semifinals advanced to the final.
Demangel had finished first by inches, but was disqualified for fouling.
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