[1] Battell competed in the 333 metres, 100 kilometres, and road races.

He came third in the road race,[2] 87 km from Athens to Marathon and back.

The historian Mike Price said: "Gentlemen were not paid so were true amateurs.

[5] After a two-day break he was back in the saddle this time competing in the time trial, this was one lap around the 333 metre track, Battell did his lap in 26.2 seconds which was just 0.2 seconds behind the 3rd place rider, another Frenchman, Paul Masson won the race in a time of 24 seconds.

[6] The next day was the individual road race which was from Athens to Marathon and back again, totalling 87 km, Battell at one point was leading the race but was so exhausted he was eventually overtaken by the Greek, Aristidis Konstantinidis and German, August von Gödrich and finished in third place.