His countryman Léon Flameng finished second, while Austrian Adolf Schmal was third.

From 1896 to 1924 (excluding 1912, when no track events were held), the track cycling programme included events at a variety of distances that changed from Games to Games and ranged from the 1⁄4-mile to the 100 kilometres (and, even longer, the unique 12 hours race in 1896 that saw finishers exceed 300 kilometres).

As with many of the 1896 cycling races, the French team was clearly favored as the strongest cyclists present.

The track was one-third of a kilometre in length, so the cyclists had to complete 30 laps.

Kolettis returned to the race for a while before quitting at the 7 km mark due to his injuries from the crash; it is not clear if Konstantinidis finished.