Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:

The time trial course between Amsterdam and the beach resort of Scheveningen was entirely flat and easy, although the riders at times faced strong winds. The race started at eight in the morning and the Danish bicycle mechanic Henry Hansen was among the early starters. He quickly overtook the riders that had started before him, and was the first to finish, in what would turn out to be the fastest time of the day. His half-way time was matched only by Allegro Grandi . However, the Italian lost a quarter of an hour on the downwind part of the course, having chosen the incorrect gear. All the other riders also lost time to the Dane in the second half, with second-place finisher Englishman Frank Southall going from 1½ to 8 minutes behind. Swiss author Julius Wagner notes that third-place finisher Gösta Carlsson was disqualified for not being at the start at the right time, and that the bronze medal was taken by Grandi. However, this story is not confirmed in other sources. Days later, Grandi did win the World Amateur Championships in Hungary. Winner Hansen would later also win that title, in front of his home crowd in 1931.