The men's 50 kilometres event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The field consisted of 37 cyclists from 16 countries. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop. Each cyclist had to complete 100 laps. Cyril Alden finished second for the second straight Olympics. The Dutch team was represented by two cyclists, Ko Willems and Jan Maas (who was a late replacement for ). Their tactic was that Maas would attack, so that the other cyclists would be tired, after which Willems, the better sprinter, could win the race.