Cycling Track — Sprint, Men

Times held 30
Total participants 660
Total countries 80

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Sprint, Men Olympic 4 3
1900 Sprint, Men Olympic 69 6
1906 Sprint, Men Intercalated 28 10
1908 Sprint (660 yards), Men Olympic 46 9
1908 Sprint (1,000 metres), Men Olympic 40 9
1920 Sprint, Men Olympic 37 11
1924 Sprint, Men Olympic 31 17
1928 Sprint, Men Olympic 18 18
1932 Sprint, Men Olympic 9 9
1936 Sprint, Men Olympic 20 20
1948 Sprint, Men Olympic 23 23
1952 Sprint, Men Olympic 27 27
1956 Sprint, Men Olympic 18 18
1960 Sprint, Men Olympic 30 18
1964 Sprint, Men Olympic 39 22
1968 Sprint, Men Olympic 47 28
1972 Sprint, Men Olympic 46 27
1976 Sprint, Men Olympic 25 25
1980 Sprint, Men Olympic 15 15
1984 Sprint, Men Olympic 33 24
1988 Sprint, Men Olympic 25 25
1992 Sprint, Men Olympic 23 23
1996 Sprint, Men Olympic 24 16
2000 Sprint, Men Olympic 19 14
2004 Sprint, Men Olympic 19 13
2008 Sprint, Men Olympic 21 15
2012 Sprint, Men Olympic 17 17
2016 Sprint, Men Olympic 27 16
2020 Sprint, Men Olympic 30 18
2024 Sprint, Men Olympic 30 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Paul MassonFRA Stamatios NikolopoulosGRE Léon FlamengFRA
1900 Albert TaillandierFRA Fernand SanzFRA John LakeUSA
1906 Francesco VerriITA Bert BoufflerGBR Eugène DebongnieBEL
1908 Victor JohnsonGBR Émile DemangelFRA Karl NeumerGER
1920 Maurice PeetersNED Thomas JohnsonGBR Harry RyanGBR
1924 Lucien MichardFRA Jaap MeijerNED Jean CugnotFRA
1928 Roger BeaufrandFRA Antoine MazairacNED Willy Falck HansenDEN
1932 Jacques van EgmondNED Louis ChaillotFRA Bruno PellizzariITA
1936 Toni MerkensGER Arie van VlietNED Louis ChaillotFRA
1948 Mario GhellaITA Reg HarrisGBR Axel SchandorffDEN
1952 Enzo SacchiITA Lionel CoxAUS Werner PotzernheimGER
1956 Michel RousseauFRA Guglielmo PesentiITA Dick PloogAUS
1960 Sante GaiardoniITA Leo SterckxBEL Valentino GasparellaITA
1964 Giovanni PettenellaITA Sergio BianchettoITA Daniel MorelonFRA
1968 Daniel MorelonFRA Giordano TurriniITA Pierre TrentinFRA
1972 Daniel MorelonFRA John NicholsonAUS Omar Pkhak'adzeURS
1976 Anton TkáčTCH Daniel MorelonFRA Hans-Jürgen GeschkeGDR
1980 Lutz HeßlichGDR Yavé CahardFRA Sergey KopylovURS
1984 Mark GorskiUSA Nelson VailsUSA Tsutomu SakamotoJPN
1988 Lutz HeßlichGDR Nikolay KovshURS Gary NeiwandAUS
1992 Jens FiedlerGER Gary NeiwandAUS Curt HarnettCAN
1996 Jens FiedlerGER Marty NothsteinUSA Curt HarnettCAN
2000 Marty NothsteinUSA Florian RousseauFRA Jens FiedlerGER
2004 Ryan BayleyAUS Theo BosNED René WolffGER
2008 Chris HoyGBR Jason KennyGBR Mickaël BourgainFRA
2012 Jason KennyGBR Grégory BaugéFRA Shane PerkinsAUS
2016 Jason KennyGBR Callum SkinnerGBR Denis DmitriyevRUS
2020 Harrie LavreysenNED Jeffrey HooglandNED Jack CarlinGBR
2024 Harrie LavreysenNED Matthew RichardsonAUS Jack CarlinGBR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
France FRA 7 7 6 20
Italy ITA 5 3 2 10
Great Britain GBR 4 5 3 12
Netherlands NED 4 5 0 9
Germany GER 3 0 4 7
United States USA 2 2 1 5
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Australia AUS 1 4 3 8
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 1 2 3
Belgium BEL 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 2 2
Denmark DEN 0 0 2 2
Japan JPN 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Daniel Morelon FRA 2 1 1 4
Jason Kenny GBR 2 1 0 3
Jens Fiedler GER 2 0 1 3
Lutz Heßlich GDR 2 0 0 2
Harrie Lavreysen NED 2 0 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1984 Summer Olympics Brian Lyn 2 h1 r3/11 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Leon Richardson 2 h3 r3/11
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Antonio Malvassi =5 See all
Australia AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Ryan Bayley 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Ferry Dusika 2 h5 r3/6 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Erich Welt 2 h4 r3/6
Barbados BAR 2004 Summer Olympics Barry Forde 6 See all
Belgium BEL 1960 Summer Olympics Leo Sterckx 2 Silver See all
Belize BIZ 1988 Summer Olympics Paul Réneau 3 h3 r2/7 See all
Bohemia BOH 1900 Summer Olympics František Hirsch AC h1 r1/4 See all
Bolivia BOL 1988 Summer Olympics Bailón Becerra 3 h2 r2/7 See all
Brazil BRA 1960 Summer Olympics Anésio Argenton =5 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Dimo Angelov Tonchev 3 h1 r4/8 See all
Cambodia CAM 1964 Summer Olympics Tan Thol 2 h2 r3/9 See all
Canada CAN 1992 Summer Olympics Curt Harnett 3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Curt Harnett 3 Bronze
Cayman Islands CAY 1988 Summer Olympics Michele Smith 4 h3 r2/7 See all
Chile CHI 1948 Summer Olympics Mario Massanés =5 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Lee Fu-Hsiang 2 h2 r8/11 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Lee Fu-Hsiang 2 h3 r2/7
Colombia COL 1964 Summer Olympics Mario Vanegas =5 See all
Cuba CUB 1948 Summer Olympics Reinaldo Paseiro 2 h5 r3/6 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Pavel Buráň 2 h1 r6/9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Pavel Buráň 9
Czechoslovakia TCH 1976 Summer Olympics Anton Tkáč 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1928 Summer Olympics Willy Falck Hansen 3 Bronze See all
1948 Summer Olympics Axel Schandorff 3 Bronze
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Lutz Heßlich 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Lutz Heßlich 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 1988 Summer Olympics Nelson Mario Pons 2 h2 r2/7 See all
Egypt EGY 1906 Intercalated Games Eugène Colombani AC h2 r2/4 See all
Estonia EST 2008 Summer Olympics Daniel Novikov 21 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Paul Nyman 3 h5 r1/5 See all
France FRA 1896 Summer Olympics Paul Masson 1 Gold See all
1900 Summer Olympics Albert Taillandier 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Lucien Michard 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Roger Beaufrand 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Michel Rousseau 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Morelon 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Daniel Morelon 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Émile Demangel 2 h3 r2/3
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Toni Merkens 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Jens Fiedler 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Jens Fiedler 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Karl Neumer 2 h1 r2/3
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Victor Johnson 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Chris Hoy 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Jason Kenny 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Jason Kenny 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1896 Summer Olympics Stamatios Nikolopoulos 2 Silver See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Gustavo Martínez 4 h6 r1/7 See all
Guyana GUY 1980 Summer Olympics James Joseph 3 h2 r6/9 See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Béla Szekeres 6 See all
India IND 1948 Summer Olympics Rusi Mulla Feroze 2 h2 r2/6 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Kalimanto Tulus Widodo 2 h4 r2/8 See all
Ireland IRL 1928 Summer Olympics Bertie Donnelly 2 h3 r2/6 See all
Israel ISR 2024 Summer Olympics Mikhail Yakovlev 9 See all
Italy ITA 1906 Intercalated Games Francesco Verri 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Mario Ghella 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Enzo Sacchi 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Sante Gaiardoni 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Giovanni Pettenella 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Guglielmo Morisetti 2 h4 r2/3
Jamaica JAM 1976 Summer Olympics Xavier Mirander 3 h3 r4/8 See all
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Tsutomu Sakamoto 3 Bronze See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2020 Summer Olympics Sergey Ponomaryov 29 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Ainārs Ķiksis 2 h1 r5/8 See all
Lebanon LBN 1968 Summer Olympics Tarek Abou Al Dahab 3 h4 r1/10 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Fawzi Abdussalam 2 h2 r2/9 See all
Lithuania LTU 2024 Summer Olympics Vasilijus Lendel 15 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Jean Michel Majerus 3 h5 r1/6 See all
Malaysia MAS 2008 Summer Olympics Azizul Awang 8 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Azizul Awang 8
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Enrique Heredia 9 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Adolfo Romero 2 h1 r2/6
Netherlands NED 1920 Summer Olympics Maurice Peeters 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Jacques van Egmond 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Harrie Lavreysen 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Harrie Lavreysen 1 Gold
New Zealand NZL 1956 Summer Olympics Warren Johnston 4 See all
Norway NOR 1936 Summer Olympics Haakon Sandtorp 2 h2 r3/6 See all
Pakistan PAK 1948 Summer Olympics Muhammad Naqi Mallick 2 h3 r2/6 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Muhammad Shah-Rukh 2 h1 r2/5
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Xu Chao 6 See all
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics José Mazzini 3 h1 r2/6 See all
Philippines PHI 1984 Summer Olympics Deogracias Asuncion 2 h2 r3/11 See all
Poland POL 1928 Summer Olympics Jerzy Koszutski =5 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Zbysław Zając =5
2024 Summer Olympics Mateusz Rudyk 5
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Edwin Torres 2 h8 r2/10 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Denis Dmitriyev 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2004 Summer Olympics Kim Chi-Beom 2 h2 r2/7 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Yang Hui-Cheon 2 h3 r2/7
Romania ROU 1952 Summer Olympics Ion Ioniță 5 h4 r2/7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Denis Dmitriyev 3 Bronze See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Martin Hrbáček 2 h3 r4/9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ján Lepka 2 h1 r2/7
South Africa RSA 1920 Summer Olympics George Thursfield 2 h1 r5/6 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1956 Summer Olympics Lê Văn Phươc 3 h1 r2/5 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Nikolay Kovsh 2 Silver See all
Spain ESP 2000 Summer Olympics José Antonio Villanueva 6 See all
Suriname SUR 2020 Summer Olympics Jaïr Tjon En Fa 13 See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games Andrew Hansson 2 h3 r3/4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Werner Wägelin =5 See all
Thailand THA 1976 Summer Olympics Taworn Tarwan 2 h1 r2/8 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1972 Summer Olympics Jefrey Burnside 2 h11 r2/10 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2012 Summer Olympics Njisane Phillip 4 See all
Türkiye TUR 1928 Summer Olympics Cavit Cav 3 h4 r2/6 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Nikolay Kovsh 7 See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Mark Gorski 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Marty Nothstein 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Leonel Rocca =5 See all
Venezuela VEN 1948 Summer Olympics Julio César León 2 h1 r3/6 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Dieter Berkmann 4 See all
West Indies Federation WIF 1960 Summer Olympics Clyde Rimple 2 h2 r5/9 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Vlado Fumić 2 h6 r2/8 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics John Musa 2 h1 r2/9 See all