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Cycling At The 1936 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. Medal summary Road cycling Track cycling Participating nations 175 cyclists from 30 nations competed. Medal table References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling At The 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics events 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ... 1936 in road cycling 1936 in track cycling 1936 in cycle racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVUS
The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS, is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern part of the Bundesautobahn 115. Circuit The highway is located in the southwestern districts of Berlin, linking the Stadtring at the Funkturm junction in Charlottenburg with Nikolassee. It runs through the Grunewald forest along the historic ''Königsweg'' road from Charlottenburg to Potsdam and the parallel Berlin-Blankenheim railway line. While normal for a road, it is unusually shaped for a race track as it is essentially two long straights in the form of a dual carriageway, with a hairpin corner at each end. The north curve featured a steep banking from 1937 to 1967. While the original layout was long, the southern turn was moved several times, to shorten the track to , then without the banking, and finally . History In 1907 the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy (3 December 1916 – 28 January 1999) was a French cyclist who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1939 he turned professional and rode the 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade .... He retired in 1952. References 1916 births 1999 deaths Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Olympic gold medalists for France French male cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Paris Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics French track cyclists {{France-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Ihbe
Ernst Ihbe (20 December 1913 – 30 August 1992) was a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's tandem at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References 1913 births 1992 deaths German male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Germany Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Germany Olympic medalists in cycling People from Altötting (district) Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Cyclists from Bavaria Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics German track cyclists 20th-century German people {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Chaillot
Louis Chaillot (2 March 1914 – 28 January 1998) was a cyclist from France. He was born in Chaumont, France. He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where he finished in second place. He also competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... in the individual sprint event but was only able to finish in third place. References 1914 births 1998 deaths French male cyclists Olympic cyclists for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1936 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arie Van Vliet
Arie Gerrit van Vliet (18 March 1916 – 9 July 2001) was a Dutch sprint cyclist. Between 1934 and 1957, he won 13 medals at world championships, including four gold medals, and set several world records in sprint events, despite the interruption by World War II. He also won a gold medal in Track time trial, 1000 m time trial and a silver medal in the Sprint (cycling), individual sprint at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. His Olympic sprint race was obstructed by the winner, German cyclist Toni Merkens, who was however not disqualified, but merely fined for 100 German marks. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists References 1916 births 2001 deaths Dutch male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands People from Woerden Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Merkens
Nikolaus Anton "Toni" Merkens (21 June 1912 – 20 June 1944) was a racing cyclist from Germany and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meter match sprint event. Racing career Merkens trained as a bicycle mechanic with Fritz Köthke. In 1933 he won his first German championship in sprint. In 1934, he was able to repeat this success and also won the British Open Championships and the Grand Prix de Paris. At the World Championships he finished fourth. In 1935 he again won the championships in Germany and the UK and the Paris Grand Prix. At the World Championships in Brussels, he also won the title in the final against Dutch cyclist Arie van Vliet 2-1. During the first race of the 1936 Olympic final, Merkens clearly interfered with Arie van Vliet, but no foul was called by the officials. Van Vliet also lost the second race of the final and received the silver medal. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles King (cyclist)
Charles Thomas King (6 December 1911 – 19 July 2001) was an English cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 4000m team pursuit with Ernest Mills Ernest Victor Mills (10 April 1913 – 10 October 1972), commonly known as Ernie Mills, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his teammate Bill Paul, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with ..., Ernest Johnson and Harry Heaton Hill. He emigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s, where he remained active in the cycling scene as a custom frame builder under the marquee PRENDERO. He was also an active member of the Auckland Cycle Touring Association where he was president in the 1990s and a lifetime member. ReferencesCharles King's profile at Sports Reference.com 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Johnson (cyclist)
Ernest Alfred Johnson (18 November 1912 – 29 November 1997) was a British track cyclist who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Putney, London and died in Kingsbridge, Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is .... He won two bronze medals with the British pursuit team in 1932 and 1936. References External links * * 1912 births 1997 deaths English male cyclists English track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in cycling People from Putney Sportspeople from the London Borough of Wandsworth Cyclists from Greater London Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hill (cyclist)
Harry Heaton Hill (8 May 1916 – 31 January 2009) was a British cyclist who competed in the Olympic Games in 1936. He won the bronze medal in the 4000m team pursuit in Berlin with Ernest Mills, Ernest Johnson, and Charles King. Born in Padiham, Hill never met his father, who died during World War I in Africa, and he was raised by his mother in Sheffield. Too poor to get to London any other way, Hill cycled the 200 miles using the bike he planned to ride during the Olympic Games. Upon returning to Britain after the Olympics, Hill bicycled 170 miles towards his hometown. Having bought an Olympic souvenir jacket, he had no money for food and, weak from hunger, hitched a ride for the last 30 miles. After winning the bronze medal, Hill became the first person to cycle 25 miles in an hour on an outdoor track, in Milan in 1937. He was to compete at 1939 world track championships but they were cancelled due to World War II. During the conflict, he built submarines in Barrow and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Mills (cyclist)
Ernest Victor Mills (10 April 1913 – 10 October 1972), commonly known as Ernie Mills, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his teammate Bill Paul, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with a 'world's best performance'. In 1937, in Italy, they set the world one-hour tandem record which stood for 63 years until September 2000. The Addiscombe Cycle Club teammates set 20 world and British records at both short and long distances. Mills represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin and won a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit. At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney Australia, he won a bronze medal in the 1,000 metre Time-Trial In 1937 ''Cycling Weekly'' jointly awarded him and Bill Paul their own page in the Golden Book of Cycling. Personal life Mills lived in the Addiscombe area near Croydon, London. Career In 1934 Mills was paired with his teammate, William George (Bill) Paul, (' stoker') (1910 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Latini
Armando Latini (20 May 1913 - 1976) was an Italian track cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ... who won a silver medal in the 4 km team pursuit at the 1936 Olympics. References External links * * * * * 1913 births 1976 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Rome {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Gentili (cyclist, Born 1913)
Mario Gentili (31 January 1913 – 19 January 1999) was an Italian cyclist. He won the silver medal in Men's team pursuit at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References 1913 births 1999 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic silver medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Prato Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Tuscany {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
