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Sprint, Men

Date	21 – 24 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Vélodrome olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	25 from 25 countries
Format	1,000 metres.

Daniel Morelon (FRA) had been the best sprinter since the mid-60s, winning the 1968 and 1972 gold medals, and seven World Championships. He made it to the finals unbeaten, where he faced the 1974 World Champion, Czechoslovakia’s Anton Tkáč. Tkáč won the first race easily with the fastest sprint time of the competition, 10.78, but Morelon came back to win the second race. In the decider, Tkáč jumped early and opened a five-length lead that Morelon could not overcome. The bronze medal race was won by the GDR’s Hans-Jürgen Geschke, who began a long line of great East German sprinters. He would win the 1977 World Championship while Tkáč would come back in 1978 to win a second world title. Morelon effectively retired after 1976, although he raced briefly in 1977 and won the Grand Prix de Paris. He ended his Olympic career with five medals – four in the sprint and gold in the 1968 tandem. One new feature in 1976 was that the losing quarter-finalists competed in a four-up race to determine the fifth thru eighth placements.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH		Gold
2	Daniel Morelon	FRA		Silver
3	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR		Bronze
4	Dieter Berkmann	FRG
5	Sergey Kravtsov	URS
6	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN
7	Niels Fredborg	DEN
8	Giorgio Rossi	ITA
2 h1 r5/8	Richard Tormen	CHI
2 h2 r5/8	Michel Vaarten	BEL
2 h1 r4/8	Julio Echeverry	COL
2 h2 r4/8	Benedykt Kocot	POL
2 h3 r4/8	Trevor Gadd	GBR
2 h4 r4/8	Sjaak Pieters	NED
3 h1 r4/8	Dimo Angelov Tonchev	BUL
3 h2 r4/8	Stanley Smith	BAR
3 h3 r4/8	Xavier Mirander	JAM
3 h4 r4/8	Gordon Singleton	CAN
2 h1 r2/8	Taworn Tarwan	THA
2 h2 r2/8	Michail Kountras	GRE
2 h4 r2/8	Ron Boyle	AUS
2 h6 r2/8	Vlado Fumić	YUG
3 h6 r2/8	Patrick Spencer	ANT
AC h3 r2/8	Leslie Rawlins	TTO	DQ
AC h5 r2/8	Leigh Barczewski	USA	DQ

Round One (21 July 1976 — 16:00)

Winner of each heat advanced to the eighth-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	11.46	Q
2	Taworn Tarwan	THA	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Giorgio Rossi	ITA	11.36	Q
2	Michail Kountras	GRE	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.55	Q
2	Vlado Fumić	YUG	–

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Benedykt Kocot	POL	11.79	Q
2	Leslie Rawlins	TTO	–

Heat Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH	11.19	Q
2	Stanley Smith	BAR	–

Heat Six

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.16	Q
2	Julio Echeverry	COL	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Gordon Singleton	CAN	11.44	Q
2	Dimo Angelov Tonchev	BUL	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	11.21	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	DEN	–

Heat Nine

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	11.38	Q
2	Ron Boyle	AUS	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Richard Tormen	CHI	11.63	Q
2	Sjaak Pieters	NED	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Xavier Mirander	JAM	11.45	Q
2	Trevor Gadd	GBR	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Michel Vaarten	BEL	11.26	Q
2	Leigh Barczewski	USA	–
3	Patrick Spencer	ANT	–

Round One Repêchage (21 July 1976 — 16:40)

Winner of each heat advanced to the eighth-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Stanley Smith	BAR	12.34	Q
2	Taworn Tarwan	THA	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Dimo Angelov Tonchev	BUL	11.50	Q
2	Michail Kountras	GRE	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Julio Echeverry	COL	no time	Q
DQ	Leslie Rawlins	TTO	–

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	11.96	Q
2	Ron Boyle	AUS	–

Heat Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Trevor Gadd	GBR	no time	Q
DQ	Leigh Barczewski	USA	–

Heat Six

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Sjaak Pieters	NED	11.71	Q
2	Vlado Fumić	YUG	–
3	Patrick Spencer	ANT	–

Eighth-Finals (22 July 1976 — 15:20)

Winner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	11.29	Q
2	Michel Vaarten	BEL	–
3	Stanley Smith	BAR	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Giorgio Rossi	ITA	11.39	Q
2	Richard Tormen	CHI	–
3	Dimo Angelov Tonchev	BUL	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	11.52	Q
2	Xavier Mirander	JAM	–
3	Julio Echeverry	COL	–

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Niels Fredborg	DEN	11.59	Q
2	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	–
3	Benedykt Kocot	POL	–

Heat Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH	11.69	Q
2	Gordon Singleton	CAN	–
3	Trevor Gadd	GBR	–

Heat Six

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	11.28	Q
2	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	–
3	Sjaak Pieters	NED	–

1/8-Final Repêchage (22 July 1976 — 16:15)

Winner of each heat advanced to the eighth-finals repêchage finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Michel Vaarten	BEL	12.61	Q
2	Julio Echeverry	COL	–
3	Dimo Angelov Tonchev	BUL	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Richard Tormen	CHI	11.75	Q
2	Benedykt Kocot	POL	–
3	Stanley Smith	BAR	–

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.31	Q
2	Trevor Gadd	GBR	–
3	Xavier Mirander	JAM	–

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	11.43	Q
2	Sjaak Pieters	NED	–
3	Gordon Singleton	CAN	–

1/8-Final Repêchage Final (22 July 1976 — 16:45)

Winner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	11.67	Q
2	Richard Tormen	CHI	–

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	11.39	Q
2	Michel Vaarten	BEL	–

Quarter-Finals (22 July 1976 — 17:00)

Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	2	Q
2	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	0

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	2	Q
2	Giorgio Rossi	ITA	1

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	2	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	0

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH	2	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	DEN	0

Semi-Finals (23 July 1976 — 16:30)

Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Daniel Morelon	FRA	2	Q
2	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	0

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH	2	Q
2	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	1

Final Round (23 – 24 July 1976 — 15:15)

Best two of three races.

Match 1/2 (24 July 1976 — 15:15)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Anton Tkáč	TCH	2
2	Daniel Morelon	FRA	1

Match 3/4 (24 July 1976 — 16:45)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Races Won
1	Hans-Jürgen Geschke	GDR	2
2	Dieter Berkmann	FRG	1

Match 5-8

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time
1	Sergey Kravtsov	URS	–
2	Yoshikazu Cho	JPN	–
3	Niels Fredborg	DEN	–
4	Giorgio Rossi	ITA	–