Editing 1912 Summer Olympics (section)

===Cycling===
{{Main|Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics}}
The cycling events at the 1912 Games were limited to a road race around Lake [[Mälaren]], which had already been a successful route for a yearly cycling race.<ref name="off428">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 428.</ref> Although not originally in the schedule, several countries requested that track cycling be added;<ref name="off428"/> however, the organizing committee stuck by their plans not to build a new track cycling stadium as the only one in Stockholm had been destroyed in order for the Olympic Stadium to be built.<ref name="off427">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 427.</ref> In addition, Germany had specifically requested Cycle-Polo and Figure-Cycling to be added to the programme, both of which requests were turned down by the committee.<ref name="off429">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 429.</ref>

It was decided to hold the road race as a time trial, and to outlaw any non-competitive cyclists acting as [[Pacemaker (running)|pacemakers]].<ref name="off429"/> Nineteen nations entered 151 athletes into the competition, which was a greater number than expected by the committee.<ref name="off431">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 431.</ref> The largest group was from Great Britain, who had entered twelve competitors from England, another twelve from Scotland, and a further nine from Ireland.<ref name="off432">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 432.</ref> The race began on 7 July, with the athletes leaving in groups. The first group left at 2am, with the remaining groups leaving at intervals of two minutes.<ref name="off438">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 438.</ref> The distance raced was {{convert|318|km|mi}}, with South African [[Rudolph Lewis (cyclist)|Rudolph Lewis]] winning the gold medal in the individual race. [[Frederick Grubb]] of Great Britain won the silver medal, and [[Carl Schutte]] of the United States won the bronze.<ref name="off443">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 443.</ref> However, the average positions of the Swedish team were better than their competitors', and so the Swedish team won the gold medal for the team competition. The silver and bronze medals followed the individual victories, going to Great Britain and the United States respectively – giving Grubb and Schutte a second medal each of the same varieties.<ref name="off450">[[#official|Official Report (1913)]]: p. 450.</ref>