The track time trial is a defunct

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

event formerly held at the

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. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was not held again until 1928, when it became a consistent part of the programme and was held every year from then until 2004, after which the event was eliminated. A women's version was added in 2000, being held only twice before being eliminated along with the men's event after 2004. The distance of the time trial was one kilometre for men (except 1896, when it was one-third of a kilometre) and half a kilometre for women.

Medalists

Men

Multiple medalists

Medalists by country

Women

Medalists by country

Olympic record progression

Men

Women

Intercalated Games

The

1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...

were held in

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and at the time were officially recognised as part of the

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series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the

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(IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.1906 Athina Summer Games
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Francesco Verri Francesco Verri (11 June 1885 – 6 June 1945) was an Italian track cycling racer who won three gold medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens. He later won the Six Days of Buffalo The Six Days of Buffalo was a six-day racing, six-day ...

of Italy won the 1906 title, with

Herbert Crowther Herbert Crowther (28 October 1882 – 13 October 1916) was a British cyclist. He won two silver medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games and competed in one event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of ...

of Great Britain in second and Henri Menjou of France third.

References

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Track time trial The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start. Time trial bikes Track time trial bikes differ from normal track bik ...