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100 km, track cycling
Record
2 h 19 min 01 s
- Holder
- Ole Ritter
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| current | 2 h 19 min 01 s | Ole Ritter |
| 2 h 20 min 36 s | Fusar Imperatore | |
| 2 h 20 min 54 s | Fiorenzo Magni | |
| 2 h 22 min 41 s | Andrea Piubello | |
| 2 h 30 min 39 s | Alcide Rousseau | |
| 2 h 45 min 46 s | Hervy | |
| 2 h 49 min 58 s | Capelle |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 2 h 20 min 54 sFiorenzo Magni
- 2 h 19 min 01 sOle Ritter
- 2 h 30 min 39 sAlcide Rousseau
- 2 h 49 min 58 sCapelle
What to remember
At the Rome velodrome on 19 September 1965, Denmark's Ole Ritter covered 100 km on the track in 2 h 19 min 01 s. Three years later, in 1968, he took the hour record with 48.653 km.
The time came down slowly: 2 h 49 min 58 s for Capelle in 1898, 2 h 30 min 39 s for Alcide Rousseau in 1922, 2 h 20 min 54 s for Fiorenzo Magni in 1942. Between the 1898 time and Ritter's, the change comes to 18.2%.
Born in Slagelse, Ritter raced through the 1960s and 1970s. His Rome time, measured to the hundredth, reads 2 h 19 min 01 s 60.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Record du monde des 100 kilomètres cycliste” (revision used 235718526). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Photo licensed under Public domain (Wikimedia Commons). Remove this photo.
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