Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
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VenueHachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo
Dates17–18 October 1964
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanni Pettenella
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergio Bianchetto
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Morelon
 France
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The men's sprint was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 17 and 18 October 1964 at the Hachioji Velodrome. 39 cyclists from 22 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Giovanni Pettenella of Italy, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's sprint (trailing only France's five gold medals all-time). Sergio Bianchetto took silver, making it the second consecutive Games in which Italy had two men on the podium in the event. It was also the fifth straight Games with Italy taking at least silver. Daniel Morelon of France took bronze, the first of his record four medals in the event.

Background[]

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the quarterfinalists from 1960 returned. Italy and France, which had combined for 8 of the 12 previous gold medals, had strong teams. France was favored, with Pierre Trentin and Daniel Morelon the top two at the 1964 World Championship. Third place had gone to Italian Sergio Bianchetto, who had also won Olympic gold in the tandem in 1960. The other Italian, Giovanni Pettenella, was less well-known but had taken silver in the track time trial earlier in the Games. Belgium also had a strong contender, with 1963 World Champion Patrick Sercu.[2]

Cambodia made its debut in the men's sprint. France made its 13th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format[]

Sprint cycling involves a series of head-to-head matches. The 1964 competition involved nine rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, 1/8 finals, another two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.[2][3]

  • Heats: The 39 competitors were divided into 13 heats of 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the 1/8 finals (13 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage (26 cyclists).
  • Repechage 1: This was a two-round repechage. The first round consisted of 10 heats of 2 or 3 cyclists each. The winners advanced to the second round of the repechage, while the losers were eliminated. The second round had 5 heats of 2 cyclists each; the winner of each heat joined the main competition again at the 1/8 finals (5 cyclists) while the loser was eliminated.
  • 1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the heats or the first repechage competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 3 cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the other 2 in each heat went to the second repechage (12 cyclists).
  • Repechage 2: This was another two-round repechage. This repechage began with 4 heats of 3 cyclists each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other 2 cyclists in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured 2 heats of 2 cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers eliminated.
  • Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated.
  • Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
  • Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

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  Sante Gaiardoni (ITA) 11.0 Rome, Italy 30 July 1960
Olympic record  Valentino Gasparella (ITA) 11.1 Rome, Italy 29 August 1960

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 17 October 1964 10:00
 
 
14:00
 
 		 Round 1
First repechage semifinals
First repechage finals
1/8 finals
Second repechage semifinals
Second repechage finals
Sunday, 18 October 1964 10:00
14:00
 		 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

Results[]

Round 1[]

In the first round of heats, the 39 cyclists were divided into 13 heats of 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals, while the 26 remaining cyclists were relegated to the first round of repechages.

Heat 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Pierre Trentin  France 12.77 Q
2 Nguyễn Văn Châu  Vietnam R
3 Jose Tellez  Mexico R

Heat 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 12.84 Q
2 Eduardo Bustos  Colombia R
3 Tan Thol  Cambodia R

Heat 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Sergio Bianchetto  Italy 11.58 Q
2 Muhammad Hafeez  Pakistan R
3 Suchha Singh  India R

Heat 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Patrick Sercu  Belgium 11.67 Q
2 Oscar García  Argentina R
3 Amar Singh Billing  India R

Heat 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia 11.60 Q
2 Roger Gibbon  Trinidad and Tobago R
3 Alan Grieco  United States R

Heat 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Karl Barton  Great Britain 12.68 Q
2 Richárd Bicskey  Hungary R
— Carlos Alberto Vázquez  Argentina DNF

Heat 7[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy 11.40 Q
2 Fitzroy Hoyte  Trinidad and Tobago R
3 Tim Phivana  Cambodia R

Heat 8[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Omar Pkhak'adze  Soviet Union 12.26 Q
2 Willi Fuggerer  United Team of Germany R
3 Peder Pedersen  Denmark R

Heat 9[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Valery Khitrov  Soviet Union 11.54 Q
2 Christopher Church  Great Britain R
3 Arie de Graaf  Netherlands R

Heat 10[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Katsuhiko Sato  Japan 11.92 Q
2 José Mercado  Mexico R
3 Jackie Simes  United States R

Heat 11[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Thomas Harrison  Australia 11.60 Q
2 Pieter van der Touw  Netherlands R
3 Ferenc Habony  Hungary R

Heat 12[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Mario Vanegas  Colombia 12.09 Q
2 Gordon Johnson  Australia R
3 Zbysław Zając  Poland R

Heat 13[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Ulrich Schillinger  United Team of Germany 12.60 Q
2 Niels Fredborg  Denmark R
3 Tsuyoshi Kawachi  Japan R

First repechage semifinals[]

All of the competitors who had not qualified for the 1/8 finals in the heats competed in the first round repechage. Ten heats, each with 2 or 3 cyclists, were held. The winner of each heat moved on to the first round repechage finals, all others (16 in all) were eliminated.

First repechage semifinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Oscar Garcia  Argentina 12.16 Q
2 Fitzroy Hoyte  Trinidad and Tobago
3 Jose Tellez  Mexico

First repechage semifinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Roger Gibbon  Trinidad and Tobago 11.65 Q
2 Tsuyoshi Kawachi  Japan
3 Tim Phivana  Cambodia

First repechage semifinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Zbysław Zając  Poland 12.31 Q
2 Nguyễn Văn Châu  Vietnam
3 Amar Singh Billing  India

First repechage semifinal 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Tan Thol  Cambodia 13.00 Q
2 Richárd Bicskey  Hungary
3 Christopher Church  Great Britain

First repechage semifinal 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 12.31 Q
2 Alan Grieco  United States
3 José Mercado  Mexico

First repechage semifinal 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Willi Fuggerer  United Team of Germany 12.69 Q
2 Jackie Simes  United States

First repechage semifinal 7[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Peder Pedersen  Denmark 11.61 Q
2 Muhammad Hafeez  Pakistan

First repechage semifinal 8[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Arie de Graaf  Netherlands 12.21 Q
2 Suchha Singh  India

First repechage semifinal 9[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Pieter van der Touw  Netherlands 12.48 Q
2 Eduardo Bustos  Colombia

First repechage semifinal 10[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Gordon Johnson  Australia 12.20 Q
2 Ferenc Habony  Hungary

First repechage finals[]

The winners of the 10 heats of the elimination round of the first repechage competed against each other in 5 heats of repechage finals. The winners of the five heats advanced to the 1/8 finals, the losers were eliminated.

First repechage final 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Zbysław Zając  Poland 12.09 Q
2 Oscar Garcia  Argentina

First repechage final 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 12.25 Q
2 Tan Thol  Cambodia

First repechage final 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Peder Pedersen  Denmark 11.91 Q
2 Pieter van der Touw  Netherlands

First repechage final 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Roger Gibbon  Trinidad and Tobago 11.35 Q
2 Arie de Graaf  Netherlands

First repechage final 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Willi Fuggerer  United Team of Germany 11.52 Q
2 Gordon Johnson  Australia

1/8 finals[]

The 18 remaining cyclists competed in 6 heats of 3 cyclists in the 1/8 finals. The winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals, with the 2 defeated cyclists in each heat relegated to the second round of repechages.

1/8 final 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Mario Vanegas  Colombia 12.07 Q
2 Omar Pkhak'adze  Soviet Union R
3 Pierre Trentin  France R

1/8 final 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 11.93 Q
2 Niels Fredborg  Denmark R
3 Karl Barton  Great Britain R

1/8 final 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Sergio Bianchetto  Italy 11.83 Q
2 Ulrich Schillinger  United Team of Germany R
3 Peder Pedersen  Denmark R

1/8 final 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Patrick Sercu  Belgium 11.43 Q
2 Thomas Harrison  Australia R
3 Roger Gibbon  Trinidad and Tobago R

1/8 final 5[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Zbysław Zając  Poland 12.06 Q
2 Valery Khitrov  Soviet Union R
3 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy R

1/8 final 6[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Willi Fuggerer  United Team of Germany 12.15 Q
2 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia R
3 Katsuhiko Sato  Japan R

Second repechage semifinals[]

Four heats of three cyclists each were held, with the winner of each moving to the finals of the second repechage while the other 8 cyclists were eliminated.

Second repechage semifinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Pierre Trentin  France 12.81 Q
2 Karl Barton  Great Britain
3 Roger Gibbon  Trinidad and Tobago DNF

Second repechage semifinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy 12.06 Q
2 Ulrich Schillinger  United Team of Germany
3 Niels Fredborg  Denmark

Second repechage semifinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Omar Pkhak'adze  Soviet Union 11.70 Q
2 Thomas Harrison  Australia
3 Katsuhiko Sato  Japan

Second repechage semifinal 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Valery Khitrov  Soviet Union 11.45 Q
2 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia
3 Peder Pedersen  Denmark

Second repechage finals[]

The four winners of the eliminations of the second repechage faced off in two heats of finals for the repechage. The winner in each heat moved on to the semifinals, the loser was eliminated.

Second repechage final 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Pierre Trentin  France 11.88 Q
2 Valery Khitrov  Soviet Union

Second repechage final 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m		 Notes
1 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy 11.71 Q
2 Omar Pkhak'adze  Soviet Union

Quarterfinals[]

The quarterfinals, which began the day of 19 October, were the first round of direct elimination. The 8 remaining cyclists were paired off into four heats. The winner of each match, which was in a best-of-three format, advanced, the loser was eliminated.

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 12.07 12.18 N/A Q
2 Zbysław Zając  Poland N/A

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Sergio Bianchetto  Italy 13.00 12.31 N/A Q
2 Mario Vanegas  Colombia N/A

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy 12.03 11.57 N/A Q
2 Patrick Sercu  Belgium N/A

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Pierre Trentin  France 12.58 12.72 Q
2 Thomas Harrison  Australia 12.52

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were also raced in a best-of-three format. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal match, while the loser was sent to the bronze medal match.

Semifinal 1[]

Trentin was penalized for interference in the second race.

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Giovanni Pettenella  Italy wo 12.74 Q
2 Pierre Trentin  France 12.89 DSQ B

Semifinal 2[]

During their semifinal, Pettenella and Trentin set an Olympic record by standing still for 21 minutes and 57 seconds.[4]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Sergio Bianchetto  Italy 12.52 12.91 Q
2 Daniel Morelon  France 11.83 B

Finals[]

The two finals each pitted a pair of countrymen against each other; Italians in the gold medal match and Frenchmen in the bronze. Again the format was best-of-three.

Bronze medal match[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Morelon  France 11.58 13.85
4 Pierre Trentin  France 11.42

Final[]

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giovanni Pettenella  Italy 13.85 13.69 N/A
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergio Bianchetto  Italy N/A

Sources[]

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 270
  4. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 0140066322.
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