| | Event type
50 kilometres, Men
| Date | 10 August 1920 — 16:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Garden City Velodroom, Wilrijk, Antwerpen |
| Participants | 31 from 10 countries |
The final track race, the 50 kilometre race, was the last event held on the second day of cycling, 10 August. Thirty-one riders started with 14 finishing. Thomas Harvey of Great Britain led out the sprint at 200 metres but fell on the final straight, when he had a ½-length lead. Apparently, his rear wheel and Henry George’s (BEL) front wheel collided, causing the fall. George stayed up and went on to win. Cyril Alden hit Harvey’s fallen bike, and also fell, but was thrown over the line, and finished second, only a few centimetres behind George. Piet Ikelaar (NED) protested that he, and not Alden, had finished second but the protest was not allowed.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Time | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry George |  BEL | 1-16:43.2 | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Albert Alden |  GBR | – | 15 cm. behind | Silver | ||
| 3 | Piet Ikelaar |  NED | – | ¼ wheel behind | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ruggero Ferrario |  ITA | – | ½ length behind | |||
| 5 | Herb MacDonald |  CAN | – | ½ length behind | |||
| 6 | Franco Giorgetti | ITA | – | ½ length behind | |||
| 7 | Bill Smith |  RSA | – | ¾ length behind | |||
| Charles Cadron | BEL | – | – | ||||
| Gaston Alancourt |  FRA | – | – | ||||
| Gustave Deschryver | BEL | – | – | ||||
| Jock Stewart | GBR | – | – | ||||
| Primo Magnani | ITA | – | – | ||||
| Tommy Harvey | GBR | – | fell at finish | ||||
| Jean Michel Majerus |  LUX | – | – | 1 | |||
| Willie Beck |  USA | – | – | 2 | |||
| Thomas Johnson | GBR | – | – | 3 | |||
| Jack King |  AUS | – | – | 4 | |||
| Félix Dockx | BEL | – | – | 5 | |||
| Arie van der Stel | NED | – | – | 6 | |||
| Anthony Young | USA | – | – | 7 | |||
| William Taylor | CAN | – | – | 8 | |||
| Norman Webster | CAN | – | – | 9 | |||
| Harold Bounsall | CAN | – | – | ||||
| Jean Couder | FRA | – | – | ||||
| Roger Enguerrand | FRA | – | – | ||||
| Anton Krijgsman | NED | – | – | ||||
| Willem Ooms | NED | – | – | ||||
| Luigi Gilardi | ITA | – | – | ||||
| James Walker | RSA | – | – | ||||
| Fred Taylor | USA | – | – | ||||
| Frank Small | USA | – | – |