Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial
| Men's cycling track time trial at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:14.2 | ||||||||||||
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Willy Hansen |
 Denmark
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G. Bosch van Drakestein |
 Netherlands
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Dunc Gray |
 Australia
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The men's track time trial, a part of the cycling events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The race was won by the Danish rider Willy Hansen in 1 minutes, 14.2 seconds. Each nation was limited to one competitor. The distance was 1 kilometre.
Source: Official results
De Wael lists 16 competitors, with Francisco Rodríguez of Argentina placing 8th and Angelo Cattaneo of Italy tying with Aerts for 9th (with other finishers moving down correspondingly). Their names were not on the 1928 Official Report, but were discovered via research on Dutch newspapers from the time.
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