Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Lucien Michard.jpg
Lucien Michard (1930)
VenueVélodrome de Vincennes
DatesJuly 26–27
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Michard
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jacob Meijer
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean Cugnot
 France
← 1920
1928 →

The men's sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The field consisted of 31 cyclists from 17 countries.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2] The event was won by Lucien Michard of France, the nation's third victory in the men's sprint. His teammate Jean Cugnot earned bronze. Jacob Meijer of the Netherlands took silver, putting the Dutch team on the podium for the second consecutive Games.

Background[]

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. The only returning semifinalist from 1920 was gold medal winner Maurice Peeters of the Netherlands. Peeters had also won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1920. He was one of the favorites along with William Fenn of the United States and 1923 World Champion Jean Cugnot of France.[3]

Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, and Switzerland each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format[]

There were 12 first-round heats, with up to three cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (12 cyclists), while all other finishers went to the first repechage (18 cyclists, with one man eliminated because he did not finish his heat). In the first repechage, there were six heats of three cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists, joining the 12 already qualified) and everyone else eliminated. The 18 quarterfinalists were divided into six heats of three cyclists each. The winner advanced directly to the semifinals (6 cyclists), while the other cyclists went to a second repechage (12 cyclists). The second repechage featured three heats of four cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the semifinals (3 cyclists, joining the 6 already qualified) and all others eliminated. The semifinals were three heats of three cyclists each, with winners advancing to the three-man final and others eliminated.[3]

Records[]

The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record Unknown Unknown* Unknown Unknown
Olympic record  Thomas Johnson (GBR) 11.8 Antwerp, Belgium 9 August 1920

* World records were not tracked by the UCI until 1954.

No new Olympic record was set during the competition.

Schedule[]

Date Time Round
Saturday, 26 July 1924 Round 1
First repechage
Sunday, 27 July 1924 Quarterfinals
Second repechage
Semifinals
Final

Results[]

Source:[1][4][3]

Round 1[]

The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other cyclists went to the first repechage for a second chance at quarterfinal qualifying.

Heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Pierre De Bruyne  Belgium 13.8 Q
2 Eugenio Gret  Argentina R

Heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 George Dempsey  Australia 13.8 Q
2 Julio Polet  Argentina R
3 Miloš Knobloch  Czechoslovakia R

Heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Coppins  Australia 13.6 Q
2 Willy Hansen  Denmark R
3 Boris Dimchev  Bulgaria R

Heat 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 William Fenn  United States 13.6 Q
2 Ricardo Bermejo  Chile R
Maurice Gillen  Luxembourg DNF

Heat 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Lucien Michard  France 13.6 Q
2 Alejandro Vidal  Chile R

Heat 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Herbert Fuller  Great Britain 13.8 Q
2 Holger Guldager  Denmark R

Heat 7[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Maurice Peeters  Netherlands 17.0 Q

Heat 8[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Guglielmo Bossi  Italy 13.6 Q
2 János Grimm  Hungary R
3 Oldřich Červinka  Czechoslovakia R

Heat 9[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jacob Meijer  Netherlands 13.2 Q
2 Louis Mermillod  Switzerland R
3 Ferenc Uhereczky  Hungary R

Heat 10[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jean Cugnot  France 12.8 Q
2 George Owen  Great Britain R
3 Artūrs Zeiberliņš  Latvia R

Heat 11[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Francesco Del Grosso  Italy 12.8 Q
2 Jan Łazarski  Poland R
3 Roberts Plūme  Latvia R

Heat 12[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Franciszek Szymczyk  Poland 13.6 Q
2 Jean Verheyen  Belgium R
3 Francisco Juillet  Chile R

First repechage[]

First repechage heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Willy Hansen  Denmark Q
2 Julio Polet  Argentina
Francisco Juillet  Chile DNS

First repechage heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Miloš Knobloch  Czechoslovakia Q
Boris Dimchev  Bulgaria DNS
Alejandro Vidal  Chile DNS

First repechage heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Holger Guldager  Denmark Q
2 Artūrs Zeiberliņš  Latvia
3 Eugenio Gret  Argentina

First repechage heat 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Louis Mermillod  Switzerland Q
2 Ferenc Uhereczky  Hungary
3 Oldřich Červinka  Czechoslovakia

First repechage heat 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 János Grimm  Hungary Q
2 Ricardo Bermejo  Chile
3 Jean Verheyen  Belgium

First repechage heat 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 George Owen  Great Britain Q
2 Jan Łazarski  Poland
3 Roberts Plūme  Latvia

Quarterfinals[]

The 18 winners of the first round and first repechage competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced (this time to the semifinals) while the other cyclists competed in another repechage.

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jacob Meijer  Netherlands 13.2 Q
2 Willy Hansen  Denmark R
3 Miloš Knobloch  Czechoslovakia R

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Lucien Michard  France 13.0 Q
2 Holger Guldager  Denmark R
3 George Owen  Great Britain R

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 George Dempsey  Australia 13.2 Q
2 Maurice Peeters  Netherlands R
3 János Grimm  Hungary R

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jean Cugnot  France 13.2 Q
2 William Fenn  United States R
3 Pierre De Bruyne  Belgium R

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Francesco Del Grosso  Italy 13.6 Q
2 Louis Mermillod  Switzerland R
3 Franciszek Szymczyk  Poland R

Quarterfinal 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Herbert Fuller  Great Britain 13.0 Q
2 Guglielmo Bossi  Italy R
3 Walter Coppins  Australia R

Second repechage[]

Second repechage heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Guglielmo Bossi  Italy Q
2 Maurice Peeters  Netherlands
3 Willy Hansen  Denmark
4 Miloš Knobloch  Czechoslovakia

Second repechage heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Louis Mermillod  Switzerland Q
2 Pierre De Bruyne  Belgium
3 János Grimm  Hungary
4 George Owen  Great Britain

Second repechage heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Holger Guldager  Denmark Q
2 William Fenn  United States
3 Walter Coppins  Australia
Franciszek Szymczyk  Poland DNS

Semifinals[]

The nine remaining cyclists competed in three semifinals, with the winners advancing to the finals and the losers eliminated.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Lucien Michard  France 12.2 Q
2 Herbert Fuller  Great Britain
3 Guglielmo Bossi  Italy

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jacob Meijer  Netherlands 12.8 Q
2 Holger Guldager  Denmark
3 Francesco Del Grosso  Italy

Semifinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jean Cugnot  France 12.2 Q
2 George Dempsey  Australia
3 Louis Mermillod  Switzerland

Final[]

The final three cyclists competed for the three medals.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Michard  France 12.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jacob Meijer  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean Cugnot  France

References[]

  1. ^ a b Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
  2. ^ Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games
  3. ^ a b c "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Sprint, 1,000 Metres
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