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Sprint, Men

Date26 – 27 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationVélodrome Municipal de Vincennes, Paris
Participants31 from 17 countries
Format1,000 metres.

Thirty-one riders started with most of the races were conducted with three cyclists at a time. Twelve first round races and six repêchages advanced 18 riders to six quarter-finals. The winners of the six quarters and three repêchages produced nine cyclists who rode in three semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final, where three riders race for the medals. All the rounds were conducted as a single race. The 1923 World Champion was France’s Jean Cugnot.He was favored along with Maurice Peeters (NED), who had won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1920 and was the defending champion, and American William Fenn. However, neither rider made the semis, both losing in the quarter-final repêchages. The third favorite was France’s Lucien Michard, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris in 1922 and 1924. The three semis were won by Frenchmen Michard and Jean Cugnot, and Jaap Meijer (NED), who contested the final. In the final, Cugnot led out the race, with Michard on his wheel. In the final sprint, both Michard and Meijer passed Cugnot, who finished third, with Michard edging out Meijer for the gold medal. Michard would become the best amateur sprinter of the 1920s, winning the World Championships from 1927-30, and placing second in 1931-33.

PosCompetitorNOCR1R1 RepQFQuarter-Finals RepêchageSFFinal
1Lucien MichardFRA13.6 (1 h5)13.0 (1 h2)12.2 (1 h1)12.8 (1 h1)Gold
2Jaap MeijerNED13.2 (1 h9)13.2 (1 h1)12.8 (1 h2)– (2 h1)Silver
3Jean CugnotFRA12.8 (1 h10)13.2 (1 h4)12.2 (1 h3)– (3 h1)Bronze
2 h1 r5/6Herbert FullerGBR13.8 (1 h6)13.0 (1 h6)– (2 h1)
2 h2 r5/6Oscar GuldagerDEN– (2 h6)– (1 h3)– (2 h2)– (1 h3)– (2 h2)
2 h3 r5/6George DempseyAUS13.8 (1 h2)13.2 (1 h3)– (2 h3)
3 h1 r5/6Guglielmo BossiITA13.6 (1 h8)– (2 h6)– (1 h1)– (3 h1)
3 h2 r5/6Francesco Del GrossoITA12.8 (1 h11)13.6 (1 h5)– (3 h2)
3 h3 r5/6Louis MermillodSUI– (2 h9)– (1 h4)– (2 h5)– (1 h2)– (3 h3)
AC h1 r4/6Miloš KnoblochTCH– (3 h2)– (1 h2)– (3 h1)– (AC h1)
AC h1 r4/6Maurice PeetersNED17.0 (1 h7)– (2 h3)– (AC h1)
AC h1 r4/6Willy Falck HansenDEN– (2 h3)– (1 h1)– (2 h1)– (AC h1)
AC h2 r4/6George OwenGBR– (2 h10)– (1 h6)– (3 h2)– (AC h2)
AC h2 r4/6János GrimmHUN– (2 h8)– (1 h5)– (3 h3)– (AC h2)
AC h2 r4/6Prudent De BruyneBEL13.8 (1 h1)– (3 h4)– (AC h2)
AC h3 r4/6Franciszek SzymczykPOL13.6 (1 h12)– (3 h5)– (AC h3)
AC h3 r4/6Wally CoppinsAUS13.6 (1 h3)– (3 h6)– (AC h3)
AC h3 r4/6William FennUSA13.6 (1 h4)– (2 h4)– (AC h3)
2 h1 r2/6Julio PoletARG– (2 h2)– (2 h1)
AC h3 r2/6Artūrs ZeiberliņšLAT– (3 h10)– (AC h3)
AC h3 r2/6Eugenio GretARG– (2 h1)– (AC h3)
AC h4 r2/6Ferenc UhereczkyHUN– (3 h9)– (AC h4)
AC h4 r2/6Oldřich ČervinkaTCH– (3 h8)– (AC h4)
AC h5 r2/6Ricardo BermejoCHI– (2 h4)– (AC h5)
AC h5 r2/6Joseph VerheyenBEL– (2 h12)– (AC h5)
AC h6 r2/6Jan ŁazarskiPOL– (2 h11)– (AC h6)
AC h6 r2/6Roberts PlūmeLAT– (3 h11)– (AC h6)
2 h5 r1/6Alejandro VidalCHI– (2 h5)
3 h3 r1/6Boris DimchevBUL– (3 h3)
3 h12 r1/6Francisco JuilletCHI– (3 h12)
AC h4 r1/6Maurice GillenLUX– (DNF h4)DNF

Round One

Date26 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals. Second- and third-place finishers advanced to the repêchage heats.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Prudent De BruyneBEL13.8Q
2Eugenio GretARGq

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1George DempseyAUS13.8Q
2Julio PoletARGq
3Miloš KnoblochTCHq

Heat #3

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Wally CoppinsAUS13.6Q
2Willy Falck HansenDENq
3Boris DimchevBULq

Heat #4

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1William FennUSA13.6Q
2Ricardo BermejoCHIq
DNFMaurice GillenLUX

Heat #5

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Lucien MichardFRA13.6Q
2Alejandro VidalCHIq

Heat #6

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Herbert FullerGBR13.8Q
2Oscar GuldagerDENq

Heat #7

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Maurice PeetersNED17.0Qwalkover

Heat #8

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Guglielmo BossiITA13.6Q
2János GrimmHUNq
3Oldřich ČervinkaTCHq

Heat #9

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Jaap MeijerNED13.2Q
2Louis MermillodSUIq
3Ferenc UhereczkyHUNq

Heat #10

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Jean CugnotFRA12.8Q
2George OwenGBRq
3Artūrs ZeiberliņšLATq

Heat #11

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Francesco Del GrossoITA12.8Q
2Jan ŁazarskiPOLq
3Roberts PlūmeLATq

Heat #12

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Franciszek SzymczykPOL13.6Q
2Joseph VerheyenBELq
3Francisco JuilletCHIq

Round One Repêchage

Date26 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals. Losers were eliminated.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Willy Falck HansenDENQ
2Julio PoletARG

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Miloš KnoblochTCHQwalkover

Heat #3

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Oscar GuldagerDENQ
ACArtūrs ZeiberliņšLAT
ACEugenio GretARG

Heat #4

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Louis MermillodSUIQ
ACFerenc UhereczkyHUN
ACOldřich ČervinkaTCH

Heat #5

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1János GrimmHUNQ
ACRicardo BermejoCHI
ACJoseph VerheyenBEL

Heat #6

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1George OwenGBRQ
ACJan ŁazarskiPOL
ACRoberts PlūmeLAT

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. Second- and third-place finishers advanced to the repêchage heats.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Jaap MeijerNED13.2Q
2Willy Falck HansenDENq
3Miloš KnoblochTCHq

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Lucien MichardFRA13.0Q
2Oscar GuldagerDENq
3George OwenGBRq

Heat #3

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1George DempseyAUS13.2Q
2Maurice PeetersNEDq
3János GrimmHUNq

Heat #4

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Jean CugnotFRA13.2Q
2William FennUSAq
3Prudent De BruyneBELq

Heat #5

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Francesco Del GrossoITA13.6Q
2Louis MermillodSUIq
3Franciszek SzymczykPOLq

Heat #6

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Herbert FullerGBR13.0Q
2Guglielmo BossiITAq
3Wally CoppinsAUSq

Quarter-Finals Repêchage

Date27 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. Losers were eliminated.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Guglielmo BossiITAQ
ACMiloš KnoblochTCH
ACMaurice PeetersNED
ACWilly Falck HansenDEN

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Louis MermillodSUIQ
ACGeorge OwenGBR
ACJános GrimmHUN
ACPrudent De BruyneBEL

Heat #3

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Oscar GuldagerDENQ
ACFranciszek SzymczykPOL
ACWally CoppinsAUS
ACWilliam FennUSA

Semi-Finals

Date27 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Lucien MichardFRA12.2Q
2Herbert FullerGBR
3Guglielmo BossiITA

Heat #2

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Jaap MeijerNED12.8Q
2Oscar GuldagerDEN
3Francesco Del GrossoITA

Heat #3

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Jean CugnotFRA12.2Q
2George DempseyAUS
3Louis MermillodSUI

Final Round

Date27 July 1924

Heat 1/2

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1Lucien MichardFRA12.8
2Jaap MeijerNED
3Jean CugnotFRA