Sprint, Men
| Date | 23 April 1906 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Intercalated | |
| Location | Podilatodromio Neou Falirou, Peiraias | |
| Participants | 28 from 10 countries | |
| Format | 1,000 metres. | |
The first round of the match sprint started at halftime of the first match of the football (soccer) tournament, between Denmark and Smyrna. The football matches were held in the infield of the velodrome.
This event was won by Francesco Verri, who narrowly defeated Britain’s Bert Bouffler and Eugène Debongnie of Belgium in the finals. The greatest sprint cyclist in this era was probably Britain’s Jimmy Benyon. Benyon won only one National Cycling Union (NCU) championship, the ¼-mile in 1904, but, in the match sprint at the World championships, he was the runner-up in 1903 at Copenhagen, 3rd in 1904 at London, and the champion in 1905 in Antwerp. Another top sprinter in this era was Britain’s Arthur Reed, who was World match sprint champion in 1903, runner-up in 1904 to America’s Marcus Hurley (multiple gold medalist at the 1904 Olympics), and had won NCU championships in 1902 (1 mile), 1903 (5 miles), and 1904 (1 mile). Neither Reed nor Benyon went to Athens as a member of the British team. Debongnie had been 3rd in the 1905 World championships in Antwerp in the match sprint, losing out to Benyon.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | Repêchage Heats | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Verri |  ITA | 1:27 2/5 (1 h6) | – | – (1 h1) | 1:42 1/5 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Bert Bouffler |  GBR | 1:28 2/5 (1 h2) | – | – (1 h3) | – (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Eugène Debongnie |  BEL | 1:26 2/5 (1 h4) | – | – (1 h2) | – (3) | Bronze | ||
| 2 h1 r3/4 | Émile Demangel |  FRA | 1:23 2/5 (1 h3) | – | – (2 h1) | – | |||
| 2 h2 r3/4 | Fernand Vast | FRA | 1:31 (1 h7) | – | – (2 h2) | – | |||
| 2 h3 r3/4 | Andrew Hansson |  SWE | 1:28 (2 h6) | 1:28 2/5 (1 h2) | – (2 h3) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r3/4 | Otto Küpferling |  GER | 1:32 4/5 (1 h5) | – | – (3 h1) | – | |||
| 3 h2 r3/4 | Federico Della Ferrera | ITA | – (AC h2) | 1:27 (1 h1) | – (3 h2) | – | |||
| 3 h3 r3/4 | Georgios Apostolopoulos |  GRE | 1:45 (1 h1) | – | – (3 h3) | – | |||
| AC h1 r2/4 | Karl Arnold | GER | – (AC h7) | – (AC h1) | – | – | |||
| AC h1 r2/4 | Herbert Crowther | GBR | – (3 h1) | – (AC h1) | – | – | |||
| AC h1 r2/4 | Otto Meixner |  AUT | 1:47 2/5 (2 h1) | – (AC h1) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Eugène Colombani |  EGY | – (AC h2) | – (AC h2) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Bruno Goetze | GER | – (3 h3) | – (AC h2) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Hans Studer |  SUI | – (4 h3) | – (AC h2) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Hans Holly | AUT | – (4 h4) | – (AC h2) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/4 | Ernst Meyer | SUI | – (3 h5) | – (AC h2) | – | – | |||
| 2 h2 r1/4 | Gaston Delaplane | FRA | 1:28 3/5 (2 h2) | – | – | – | |||
| 2 h3 r1/4 | Johnnie Matthews | GBR | 1:23 2/5 (2 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 2 h4 r1/4 | Max Goetze | GER | 1:26 4/5 (2 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| 2 h5 r1/4 | Arthur Rushen | GBR | – (2 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 3 h4 r1/4 | Charles Delaporte | FRA | – (3 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/4 | Alexandros Verdesopoulos | GRE | – (AC h2) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h6 r1/4 | Henri Menjou | FRA | – (AC h6) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h6 r1/4 | Konrad Puhrer | AUT | – (AC h6) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h7 r1/4 | Edmond Luguet | FRA | – (AC h7) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h7 r1/4 | Alois Wutte | AUT | – (AC h7) | – | – | – | |||
| AC h7 r1/4 | Ioannis Petritsis | GRE | – (AC h7) | – | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 23 April 1906 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winners of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All other competitors advanced to the repêchage heats. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Apostolopoulos | GRE | 1:45 | ||
| 2 | Otto Meixner | AUT | 1:47 2/5 | ||
| 3 | Herbert Crowther | GBR | – |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Bouffler | GBR | 1:28 2/5 | ||
| 2 | Gaston Delaplane | FRA | 1:28 3/5 | ||
| Alexandros Verdesopoulos | GRE | – | |||
| Eugène Colombani | EGY | – | |||
| Federico Della Ferrera | ITA | – |
Heat #3
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Émile Demangel | FRA | 1:23 2/5 | ||
| 2 | Johnnie Matthews | GBR | 1:23 2/5 | ||
| 3 | Bruno Goetze | GER | – | ||
| 4 | Hans Studer | SUI | – |
Heat #4
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugène Debongnie | BEL | 1:26 2/5 | ||
| 2 | Max Goetze | GER | 1:26 4/5 | ||
| 3 | Charles Delaporte | FRA | – | ||
| 4 | Hans Holly | AUT | – |
Heat #5
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otto Küpferling | GER | 1:32 4/5 | ||
| 2 | Arthur Rushen | GBR | – | ||
| 3 | Ernst Meyer | SUI | – |
Heat #6
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Verri | ITA | 1:27 2/5 | ||
| 2 | Andrew Hansson | SWE | 1:28 | ||
| Henri Menjou | FRA | – | |||
| Konrad Puhrer | AUT | – |
Heat #7
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernand Vast | FRA | 1:31 | ||
| Karl Arnold | GER | – | |||
| Edmond Luguet | FRA | – | |||
| Alois Wutte | AUT | – | |||
| Ioannis Petritsis | GRE | – |
Repêchage Heats
| Date | 23 April 1906 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federico Della Ferrera | ITA | 1:27 | ||
| Karl Arnold | GER | – | |||
| Herbert Crowther | GBR | – | |||
| Otto Meixner | AUT | – |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Hansson | SWE | 1:28 2/5 | ||
| Eugène Colombani | EGY | – | |||
| Bruno Goetze | GER | – | |||
| Hans Studer | SUI | – | |||
| Hans Holly | AUT | – | |||
| Ernst Meyer | SUI | – |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 23 April 1906 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Verri | ITA | – | ||
| 2 | Émile Demangel | FRA | – | ||
| 3 | Otto Küpferling | GER | – |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugène Debongnie | BEL | – | ||
| 2 | Fernand Vast | FRA | – | ||
| 3 | Federico Della Ferrera | ITA | – |
Heat #3
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Bouffler | GBR | – | ||
| 2 | Andrew Hansson | SWE | – | ||
| 3 | Georgios Apostolopoulos | GRE | – |
Final Round
| Date | 23 April 1906 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Verri | ITA | 1:42 1/5 | ||
| 2 | Bert Bouffler | GBR | – | ||
| 3 | Eugène Debongnie | BEL | – |