Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
October 21, 2023
The men's sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The field consisted of 31 cyclists from 17 countries.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2] The event was won by Lucien Michard of France, the nation's third victory in the men's sprint. His teammate Jean Cugnot earned bronze. Jacob Meijer of the Netherlands took silver, putting the Dutch team on the podium for the second consecutive Games.
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. The only returning semifinalist from 1920 was gold medal winner Maurice Peeters of the Netherlands. Peeters had also won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1920. He was one of the favorites along with William Fenn of the United States and 1923 World Champion Jean Cugnot of France.[3]
Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, and Switzerland each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.
Competition formatEdit
There were 12 first-round heats, with up to three cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (12 cyclists), while all other finishers went to the first repechage (18 cyclists, with one man eliminated because he did not finish his heat). In the first repechage, there were six heats of three cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists, joining the 12 already qualified) and everyone else eliminated. The 18 quarterfinalists were divided into six heats of three cyclists each. The winner advanced directly to the semifinals (6 cyclists), while the other cyclists went to a second repechage (12 cyclists). The second repechage featured three heats of four cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the semifinals (3 cyclists, joining the 6 already qualified) and all others eliminated. The semifinals were three heats of three cyclists each, with winners advancing to the three-man final and others eliminated.[3]
RecordsEdit
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.
The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other cyclists went to the first repechage for a second chance at quarterfinal qualifying.
The 18 winners of the first round and first repechage competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced (this time to the semifinals) while the other cyclists competed in another repechage.
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The men s sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics The field consisted of 31 cyclists from 17 countries 1 The Velodrome de Vincennes track was a 500 metre 1 640 ft loop 2 The event was won by Lucien Michard of France the nation s third victory in the men s sprint His teammate Jean Cugnot earned bronze Jacob Meijer of the Netherlands took silver putting the Dutch team on the podium for the second consecutive Games Men s sprintat the Games of the VIII OlympiadLucien Michard 1930 VenueVelodrome de VincennesDatesJuly 26 27Competitors31 from 17 nationsMedalistsLucien Michard FranceJacob Meijer NetherlandsJean Cugnot France 19201928 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Round 1 5 1 1 Heat 1 5 1 2 Heat 2 5 1 3 Heat 3 5 1 4 Heat 4 5 1 5 Heat 5 5 1 6 Heat 6 5 1 7 Heat 7 5 1 8 Heat 8 5 1 9 Heat 9 5 1 10 Heat 10 5 1 11 Heat 11 5 1 12 Heat 12 5 2 First repechage 5 2 1 First repechage heat 1 5 2 2 First repechage heat 2 5 2 3 First repechage heat 3 5 2 4 First repechage heat 4 5 2 5 First repechage heat 5 5 2 6 First repechage heat 6 5 3 Quarterfinals 5 3 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 3 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 3 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 3 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 3 5 Quarterfinal 5 5 3 6 Quarterfinal 6 5 4 Second repechage 5 4 1 Second repechage heat 1 5 4 2 Second repechage heat 2 5 4 3 Second repechage heat 3 5 5 Semifinals 5 5 1 Semifinal 1 5 5 2 Semifinal 2 5 5 3 Semifinal 3 5 6 Final 6 ReferencesBackground EditThis was the fifth appearance of the event which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912 The only returning semifinalist from 1920 was gold medal winner Maurice Peeters of the Netherlands Peeters had also won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1920 He was one of the favorites along with William Fenn of the United States and 1923 World Champion Jean Cugnot of France 3 Argentina Bulgaria Chile Czechoslovakia Hungary Latvia Poland and Switzerland each made their debut in the men s sprint France made its fifth appearance the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event Competition format EditThere were 12 first round heats with up to three cyclists in each The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals 12 cyclists while all other finishers went to the first repechage 18 cyclists with one man eliminated because he did not finish his heat In the first repechage there were six heats of three cyclists each with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals 6 cyclists joining the 12 already qualified and everyone else eliminated The 18 quarterfinalists were divided into six heats of three cyclists each The winner advanced directly to the semifinals 6 cyclists while the other cyclists went to a second repechage 12 cyclists The second repechage featured three heats of four cyclists each with the winners advancing to the semifinals 3 cyclists joining the 6 already qualified and all others eliminated The semifinals were three heats of three cyclists each with winners advancing to the three man final and others eliminated 3 Records EditThe 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 UnknownOlympic record nbsp 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 EditDate Time RoundSaturday 26 July 1924 Round 1First repechageSunday 27 July 1924 QuarterfinalsSecond repechageSemifinalsFinalResults EditSource 1 4 3 Round 1 Edit The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals All other cyclists went to the first repechage for a second chance at quarterfinal qualifying Heat 1 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Pierre De Bruyne nbsp Belgium 13 8 Q2 Eugenio Gret nbsp Argentina RHeat 2 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 George Dempsey nbsp Australia 13 8 Q2 Julio Polet nbsp Argentina R3 Milos Knobloch nbsp Czechoslovakia RHeat 3 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Walter Coppins nbsp Australia 13 6 Q2 Willy Hansen nbsp Denmark R3 Boris Dimchev nbsp Bulgaria RHeat 4 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 William Fenn nbsp United States 13 6 Q2 Ricardo Bermejo nbsp Chile R Maurice Gillen nbsp Luxembourg DNFHeat 5 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Lucien Michard nbsp France 13 6 Q2 Alejandro Vidal nbsp Chile RHeat 6 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Herbert Fuller nbsp Great Britain 13 8 Q2 Holger Guldager nbsp Denmark RHeat 7 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Maurice Peeters nbsp Netherlands 17 0 QHeat 8 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Guglielmo Bossi nbsp Italy 13 6 Q2 Janos Grimm nbsp Hungary R3 Oldrich Cervinka nbsp Czechoslovakia RHeat 9 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacob Meijer nbsp Netherlands 13 2 Q2 Louis Mermillod nbsp Switzerland R3 Ferenc Uhereczky nbsp Hungary RHeat 10 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jean Cugnot nbsp France 12 8 Q2 George Owen nbsp Great Britain R3 Arturs Zeiberlins nbsp Latvia RHeat 11 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Francesco Del Grosso nbsp Italy 12 8 Q2 Jan Lazarski nbsp Poland R3 Roberts Plume nbsp Latvia RHeat 12 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Franciszek Szymczyk nbsp Poland 13 6 Q2 Jean Verheyen nbsp Belgium R3 Francisco Juillet nbsp Chile RFirst repechage Edit First repechage heat 1 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Willy Hansen nbsp Denmark Q2 Julio Polet nbsp Argentina Francisco Juillet nbsp Chile DNSFirst repechage heat 2 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Milos Knobloch nbsp Czechoslovakia Q Boris Dimchev nbsp Bulgaria DNSAlejandro Vidal nbsp Chile DNSFirst repechage heat 3 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Holger Guldager nbsp Denmark Q2 Arturs Zeiberlins nbsp Latvia3 Eugenio Gret nbsp ArgentinaFirst repechage heat 4 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Louis Mermillod nbsp Switzerland Q2 Ferenc Uhereczky nbsp Hungary3 Oldrich Cervinka nbsp CzechoslovakiaFirst repechage heat 5 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Janos Grimm nbsp Hungary Q2 Ricardo Bermejo nbsp Chile3 Jean Verheyen nbsp BelgiumFirst repechage heat 6 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 George Owen nbsp Great Britain Q2 Jan Lazarski nbsp Poland3 Roberts Plume nbsp LatviaQuarterfinals Edit The 18 winners of the first round and first repechage competed in the quarterfinals Again the winner of each heat advanced this time to the semifinals while the other cyclists competed in another repechage Quarterfinal 1 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacob Meijer nbsp Netherlands 13 2 Q2 Willy Hansen nbsp Denmark R3 Milos Knobloch nbsp Czechoslovakia RQuarterfinal 2 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Lucien Michard nbsp France 13 0 Q2 Holger Guldager nbsp Denmark R3 George Owen nbsp Great Britain RQuarterfinal 3 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 George Dempsey nbsp Australia 13 2 Q2 Maurice Peeters nbsp Netherlands R3 Janos Grimm nbsp Hungary RQuarterfinal 4 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jean Cugnot nbsp France 13 2 Q2 William Fenn nbsp United States R3 Pierre De Bruyne nbsp Belgium RQuarterfinal 5 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Francesco Del Grosso nbsp Italy 13 6 Q2 Louis Mermillod nbsp Switzerland R3 Franciszek Szymczyk nbsp Poland RQuarterfinal 6 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Herbert Fuller nbsp Great Britain 13 0 Q2 Guglielmo Bossi nbsp Italy R3 Walter Coppins nbsp Australia RSecond repechage Edit Second repechage heat 1 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Guglielmo Bossi nbsp Italy Q2 Maurice Peeters nbsp Netherlands3 Willy Hansen nbsp Denmark4 Milos Knobloch nbsp CzechoslovakiaSecond repechage heat 2 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Louis Mermillod nbsp Switzerland Q2 Pierre De Bruyne nbsp Belgium3 Janos Grimm nbsp Hungary4 George Owen nbsp Great BritainSecond repechage heat 3 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Holger Guldager nbsp Denmark Q2 William Fenn nbsp United States3 Walter Coppins nbsp Australia Franciszek Szymczyk nbsp Poland DNSSemifinals Edit The nine remaining cyclists competed in three semifinals with the winners advancing to the finals and the losers eliminated Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Lucien Michard nbsp France 12 2 Q2 Herbert Fuller nbsp Great Britain3 Guglielmo Bossi nbsp ItalySemifinal 2 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacob Meijer nbsp Netherlands 12 8 Q2 Holger Guldager nbsp Denmark3 Francesco Del Grosso nbsp ItalySemifinal 3 Edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jean Cugnot nbsp France 12 2 Q2 George Dempsey nbsp Australia3 Louis Mermillod nbsp SwitzerlandFinal Edit The final three cyclists competed for the three medals Rank Cyclist Nation Time nbsp Lucien Michard nbsp France 12 8 nbsp Jacob Meijer nbsp Netherlands nbsp Jean Cugnot nbsp FranceReferences Edit a b Wudarski Pawel 1999 Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich in Polish Archived from the original on 2009 02 16 Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games a b c Sprint Men Olympedia Retrieved 13 November 2020 Cycling at the 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