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Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Roger Beaufrand (1931)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4–6 August
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roger Beaufrand
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antoine Mazairac
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willy Hansen
 Denmark
← 1924
1932 →

The men's sprint at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[1] There were 18 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation (for the first time) limited to one cyclist.[2][3] The event was won by Roger Beaufrand of France, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's sprint. Antoine Mazairac of the Netherlands, the only other nation to have won a gold medal in the event, put the Dutch team on the podium for the third consecutive Games with his silver. Willy Hansen earned Denmark's first medal in the event, with his bronze.

Background

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This was the sixth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the semifinalists from 1924 returned. The favorites included Roger Beaufrand of France and the host nation cyclist Antoine Mazairac, who had finished second at the 1923 and 1925 World Championships.[2]

Austria, Ireland, Spain, and Turkey each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its sixth appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

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This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. Each race involved the riders starting simultaneously and next to each other, from a standing start. Because the early part of races tend to be slow-paced and highly tactical, only the time for the last 200 metres of the one-kilometre race is recorded.

The competition began with a preliminary round consisting of six races, with the winner of each advancing to the quarterfinals. The losers of the preliminary round competed in a two-round repechage, with two cyclists qualifying for the finals out of the repechage. Beginning with the quarterfinals, the competition was a single elimination tournament, with a bronze medal match.[2][4]

Records

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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 record Unknown Unknown* Unknown Unknown
Olympic record  Thomas Johnson (GBR) 11.8 Antwerp, Belgium 9 August 1920

* World records were not tracked by the UCI until 1954.

No new Olympic record was set during the competition.

Schedule

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The first round was interrupted by rain and had to be continued on the second day.

Date Time Round
Saturday, 4 August 1928 19:00 Round 1
Repechage semifinals
Repechage final
Sunday, 5 August 1928 19:30 Quarterfinals
Monday, 6 August 1928 14:00 Semifinals
Medal matches

Results

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Source:[5][6]

Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Willy Hansen  Denmark Q
2 Antonio Malvassi  Argentina R

Heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Roger Beaufrand  France Q
2 Bertie Donnelly  Ireland R
3 August Schaffer  Austria R

Heat 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Yves Van Massenhove  Belgium Q
2 Jerzy Koszutski  Poland R
3 Walter Knabenhans  Switzerland R

Heat 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Hans Bernhardt  Germany Q
2 James Davies  Canada R
3 Cavit Cav  Turkey R

Heat 5

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands Q
2 Sydney Cozens  Great Britain R
3 Francisco Juillet  Chile R

Heat 6

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Jack Standen  Australia Q
2 Edoardo Severgnini  Italy R
3 Roberts Plūme  Latvia R
4 José María Yermo  Spain R

Repechage semifinals

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Repechage semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Walter Knabenhans  Switzerland Q
2 Francisco Juillet  Chile

Repechage semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Antonio Malvassi  Argentina Q
2 Edoardo Severgnini  Italy
3 James Davies  Canada

Repechage semifinal 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Jerzy Koszutski  Poland Q
2 Bertie Donnelly  Ireland
3 Roberts Plūme  Latvia

Repechage semifinal 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Sydney Cozens  Great Britain Q
2 José María de Yermo  Spain
3 August Schaffer  Austria

Repechage final

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Rank Cyclist Nation Notes
1 Jerzy Koszutski  Poland Q
2 Antonio Malvassi  Argentina Q
3 Sydney Cozens  Great Britain
4 Walter Knabenhans  Switzerland

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Hans Bernhardt  Germany 13.2 Q
2 Yves Van Massenhove  Belgium

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands 13.2 Q
2 Jack Standen  Australia

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Roger Beaufrand  France 13.4 Q
2 Antonio Malvassi  Argentina

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Willy Hansen  Denmark 13.2 Q
2 Jerzy Koszutski  Poland

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands 12.2 Q
2 Willy Hansen  Denmark B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Notes
1 Roger Beaufrand  France 13.2 Q
2 Hans Bernhardt  Germany B

Medal matches

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Bronze medal match

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willy Hansen  Denmark 12.2
4 Hans Bernhardt  Germany

Final

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roger Beaufrand  France 13.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 505.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 511.
  5. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Cycling - Track 1928". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2012.