Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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.

Men's sprint
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Lucien Michard (1930)
VenueVélodrome de Vincennes
DatesJuly 26–27
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Medalists
Lucien Michard
 France
Jacob Meijer
 Netherlands
Jean Cugnot
 France
Cycling at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual time trialmen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Sprintmen
Tandemmen
50 kmmen
Team pursuitmen

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 recordUnknownUnknown*UnknownUnknown
Olympic record Thomas Johnson (GBR)11.8Antwerp, Belgium9 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 1924Round 1
First repechage
Sunday, 27 July 1924Quarterfinals
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
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Pierre De Bruyne Belgium13.8Q
2Eugenio Gret ArgentinaR

Heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1George Dempsey Australia13.8Q
2Julio Polet ArgentinaR
3Miloš Knobloch CzechoslovakiaR

Heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Walter Coppins Australia13.6Q
2Willy Hansen DenmarkR
3Boris Dimchev BulgariaR

Heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1William Fenn United States13.6Q
2Ricardo Bermejo ChileR
—Maurice Gillen LuxembourgDNF

Heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lucien Michard France13.6Q
2Alejandro Vidal ChileR

Heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herbert Fuller Great Britain13.8Q
2Holger Guldager DenmarkR

Heat 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Maurice Peeters Netherlands17.0Q

Heat 8
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Guglielmo Bossi Italy13.6Q
2János Grimm HungaryR
3Oldřich Červinka CzechoslovakiaR

Heat 9
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jacob Meijer Netherlands13.2Q
2Louis Mermillod SwitzerlandR
3Ferenc Uhereczky HungaryR

Heat 10
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jean Cugnot France12.8Q
2George Owen Great BritainR
3Artūrs Zeiberliņš LatviaR

Heat 11
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Francesco Del Grosso Italy12.8Q
2Jan Łazarski PolandR
3Roberts Plūme LatviaR

Heat 12
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Franciszek Szymczyk Poland13.6Q
2Jean Verheyen BelgiumR
3F. R. Juillet ChileR

First repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Willy Hansen DenmarkQ
2Julio Polet Argentina
—F. R. Juillet ChileDNS

First repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Miloš Knobloch CzechoslovakiaQ
—Boris Dimchev BulgariaDNS
Alejandro Vidal ChileDNS

First repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Holger Guldager DenmarkQ
2Artūrs Zeiberliņš Latvia
3Eugenio Gret Argentina

First repechage heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Louis Mermillod SwitzerlandQ
2Ferenc Uhereczky Hungary
3Oldřich Červinka Czechoslovakia

First repechage heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1János Grimm HungaryQ
2Ricardo Bermejo Chile
3Jean Verheyen Belgium

First repechage heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1George Owen Great BritainQ
2Jan Łazarski Poland
3Roberts 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
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jacob Meijer Netherlands13.2Q
2Willy Hansen DenmarkR
3Miloš Knobloch CzechoslovakiaR

Quarterfinal 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lucien Michard France13.0Q
2Holger Guldager DenmarkR
3George Owen Great BritainR

Quarterfinal 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1George Dempsey Australia13.2Q
2Maurice Peeters NetherlandsR
3János Grimm HungaryR

Quarterfinal 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jean Cugnot France13.2Q
2William Fenn United StatesR
3Pierre De Bruyne BelgiumR

Quarterfinal 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Francesco Del Grosso Italy13.6Q
2Louis Mermillod SwitzerlandR
3Franciszek Szymczyk PolandR

Quarterfinal 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herbert Fuller Great Britain13.0Q
2Guglielmo Bossi ItalyR
3Walter Coppins AustraliaR

Second repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Guglielmo Bossi ItalyQ
2Maurice Peeters Netherlands
3Willy Hansen Denmark
4Miloš Knobloch Czechoslovakia

Second repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Louis Mermillod SwitzerlandQ
2Pierre De Bruyne Belgium
3János Grimm Hungary
4George Owen Great Britain

Second repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Holger Guldager DenmarkQ
2William Fenn United States
3Walter Coppins Australia
—Franciszek Szymczyk PolandDNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lucien Michard France12.2Q
2Herbert Fuller Great Britain
3Guglielmo Bossi Italy

Semifinal 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jacob Meijer Netherlands12.8Q
2Holger Guldager Denmark
3Francesco Del Grosso Italy

Semifinal 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jean Cugnot France12.2Q
2George Dempsey Australia
3Louis Mermillod Switzerland

Final

The final three cyclists competed for the three medals.

RankCyclistNationTime
Lucien Michard France12.8
Jacob Meijer Netherlands
Jean Cugnot France

References
  1. 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. "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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