Venue White City Stadium Competitors 44 from 10 nations | Date July 14 | |
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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.
Semifinals
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."
References
Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA