In the sprint event he participated in the final and came second, but the pre-arranged time limit was exceeded, resulting in the race being declared void and no medals being awarded.
(meta data) TITLE: Ben Jones Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com S-R: MLB | NBA · CBB | NFL · CFB | NHL | Oly | You Are Here > SR/Olympics > Athletes > Ben Jones News: Sports-Reference.com Widgets - Our Stats, Your Site »post # Ben Jones Full name: Benjamin "Ben" Jones Gender: Male Born: 1882 Affiliations: Wigan Bicycle Club Country: Great Britain Sport: Cycling Medals: 2 Gold, 1 Silver (3 Total) ## Biography Competing in five separate events, involving a total of 11 races, the 1908 Olympic Games was a busy meeting for the Wigan collier, Ben Jones. However, with two gold medals and one silver, Jones provided to be Britain's most successful rider of the Games. After taking second place in the 20km event, when he lost by the narrowest of margins to Clarence Kingsbury, Jones joined Kingsbury, Leon Meredith and Ernest Payne to take the gold medals in the team pursuit. He then won his third medal, and his second gold, in the 5 km. and after finishing second to Maurice Schilles of France in the 1,000 metres he was deprived of a fourth medal when the judges declared the race void after the pre-arranged time limited had been exceeded. Two weeks before the Games, Ben Jones won the NCU 5-mile title and his post Olympic successes including a silver medal behind Victor Johnson in the 1908 world amateur sprint championship at Leipzig, a second victory in the NCU 5-mile championship in 1910 and four wins at the South African championships between 1911 and 1914. Ben Jones began his cycling career with his local club in Wigan but he later based himself in the south and rode for Southwark CC and later Putney CC. ## Results 1908 Summer Men's Sprint Great Britain 3 h4 r2/3 1908 Summer Men's Sprint Great Britain AC r2/2 1908 Summer Men's Team Pursuit, 1,980 yards Great Britain 1908 Summer Men's 5,000 metres Great Britain 1908 Summer Men's 20 kilometres Great Britain ## Men's Sprint Event History 1908 Summer Great Britain Semi-Finals Heat Four 1908 Summer Great Britain Round One Heat One 1908 Summer Great Britain Final Round Match 1/2 1908 Summer Great Britain Semi-Finals Heat Three 1908 Summer Great Britain Round One Heat Twelve ## Men's Team Pursuit, 1,980 yards Event History 1908 Summer Great Britain Final Round Match 1/2 1908 Summer Great Britain Semi-Finals Heat One 1908 Summer Great Britain Round One Heat One QU/walkover ## Men's 5,000 metres Event History 1908 Summer Great Britain Final Round Match 1/2 1908 Summer Great Britain Round One Heat Five ## Men's 20 kilometres Event History 1908 Summer Great Britain Final Round Match 1/2 1908 Summer Great Britain Round One Heat Four
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Benjamin Jones (cyclist)
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 Benjamin "Ben" Jones (2 January 1882 – 20 August 1963) was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. 
 In 1907, he won the one and five mile events at the British Empire cycling championships at Newcastle.  Soon after, his professional cyclist license was revoked after an altercation with another cyclist.  His attendance at the 1908 Olympics was thus in question until he was finally reinstated just before the event. 
 In 1908 he won the gold medal in the 5000 metres competition as well as in the team pursuit as member of the British team. He also won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres event. He competed in the 660 yards competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals.