Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the median of the individual event distances. Each nation could enter up to 12 cyclists.
Competition format
The 5000 metres was a sprint-style race, though considerably longer than modern sprints. The time limit for the race was 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The competition was conducted in two rounds. The semifinal round comprised 7 semifinals, each with up to 9 cyclists. The winning cyclist in each semifinal advanced to the final, so long as the time limit was not exceeded.Results
Semifinals
The best cyclist in each of the 7 semifinals advanced to the final.Semifinal 1
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johannes van Spengen | 8:39.8 | ||
| 2 | Daniel Flynn | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Guglielmo Malatesta | Unknown | ||
| 4 | Pierre Seginaud | Unknown | ||
| William Bailey |
Semifinal 2
Demangel had finished first by inches, but was disqualified for fouling.| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Émile Marechal | 9:01.4 | ||
| 2 | Frederick McCarthy | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Antonie Gerrits | Unknown | ||
| Ernest Payne | ||||
| Émile Demangel |
Semifinal 3
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | André Auffray | 8:56.8 | ||
| 2 | Hermann Martens | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Philipus Frylink | Unknown | ||
| 4 | Bruno Götze | Unknown | ||
| 5 | William Morton | Unknown |
Semifinal 4
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein | 8:42.8 | ||
| 2 | W. F. Magee | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Pierre Texier | Unknown | ||
| 4 | T. H. E. Passmore | Unknown | ||
| André Poulain |
Semifinal 5
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benjamin Jones | 9:08.8 | ||
| 2 | Karl Neumer | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Cesare Zanzottera | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | Georgius Damen | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | Gaston Delaplane | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | Max Götze | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | J. L. Lavery | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | Frank Shore | Unknown | ||
| 4-9 | Richard Villepontoux | Unknown |
Semifinal 6
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Clarence Kingsbury | 8:53.0 | ||
| 2 | Guglielmo Morisetti | Unknown | ||
| 3 | Dorus Nijland | Unknown | ||
| 4 | G. Dreyfus | Unknown | ||
| 5-6 | Walter Andrews | Unknown | ||
| 5-6 | Albert Calvert | Unknown |
Semifinal 7
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maurice Schilles | 7:55.4 | ||
| 2 | C. V. Clark | Unknown | ||
| 3 | William Anderson | Unknown | ||
| 4-7 | Guillaume Coeckelberg | Unknown | ||
| 4-7 | Rudolf Katzer | Unknown | ||
| 4-7 | Georges Perrin | Unknown | ||
| 4-7 | Floris Venter | Unknown |
Final
| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
| Benjamin Jones | 8:36.2 | ||
| Maurice Schilles | Unknown | ||
| André Auffray | Unknown | ||
| 4 | Émile Marechal | Unknown | |
| 5 | Clarence Kingsbury | Unknown | |
| 6 | Johannes van Spengen | Unknown | |
| 7 | Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein | Unknown |