Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
November 27, 2023
The men's sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3. The format was a sprint of 1000 metres.[1] There were nine competitors from nine nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist.[2][3] The event was won by Jacobus van Egmond of the Netherlands, the nation's second victory in the men's sprint. It was the fourth consecutive Games that the Netherlands reached the podium in the event. France made the podium for the third consecutive Games, with Louis Chaillot taking silver. Bruno Pellizzari gave Italy its first men's sprint medal with his bronze.
This was the seventh appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the semifinalists from 1928 returned. The small field included only one rider who had medaled at a World Championship: Bruno Pellizzari of Italy, who finished third in 1930.[2]
Mexico made its debut in the men's sprint. France made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.
Competition formatedit
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 involved four main rounds and a repechage. In the first round, there were three heats of three cyclists each. The top two in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The third-placed rider in each heat went to a repechage. The repechage was a single heat of three cyclists; the top two advanced to the quarterfinals while the third-place rider was eliminated. Starting in the quarterfinals, each race was one-on-one: the eight quarterfinalists competed in four quarterfinals, with the winner advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated. Similarly, the four semifinalists competed in two semifinals. The winners advanced to the final while the losers competed against each other in a bronze medal match.
The 1932 competition introduced the best-of-three format for the final (and only the final). The two finalists competed up to three times, with the first cyclist to win two races being the winner.[2][4]
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.
Pellizzari pushed Chambers out to the edge of the track, resulting in a protest by the British side. The protest was denied and Pellizzari advanced.[2]
Chaillot won the first race in a very close finish, with some observers believing van Egmond had won. However, the Dutch team did not protest. Van Egmond won by a bike length in the second race to set up a decisive third race. Van Egmond led the entire third race and was able to hold off Chaillot's attack to win by a wheel.[2]
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The men s sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3 The format was a sprint of 1000 metres 1 There were nine competitors from nine nations with each nation limited to one cyclist 2 3 The event was won by Jacobus van Egmond of the Netherlands the nation s second victory in the men s sprint It was the fourth consecutive Games that the Netherlands reached the podium in the event France made the podium for the third consecutive Games with Louis Chaillot taking silver Bruno Pellizzari gave Italy its first men s sprint medal with his bronze Men s sprintat the Games of the X OlympiadJacobus van EgmondVenueRose Bowl PasadenaDatesAugust 1 and 3Competitors9 from 9 nationsMedalistsJacobus van Egmond NetherlandsLouis Chaillot FranceBruno Pellizzari Italy 19281936 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 2 Repechage 5 3 Quarterfinals 5 3 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 3 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 3 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 3 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 4 Semifinal 5 4 1 Semifinal 1 5 4 2 Semifinal 2 5 5 Finals 5 5 1 Bronze medal match 5 5 2 Final 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the seventh appearance of the event which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912 None of the semifinalists from 1928 returned The small field included only one rider who had medaled at a World Championship Bruno Pellizzari of Italy who finished third in 1930 2 Mexico made its debut in the men s sprint France made its seventh appearance the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event Competition format editThis 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 involved four main rounds and a repechage In the first round there were three heats of three cyclists each The top two in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals The third placed rider in each heat went to a repechage The repechage was a single heat of three cyclists the top two advanced to the quarterfinals while the third place rider was eliminated Starting in the quarterfinals each race was one on one the eight quarterfinalists competed in four quarterfinals with the winner advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated Similarly the four semifinalists competed in two semifinals The winners advanced to the final while the losers competed against each other in a bronze medal match The 1932 competition introduced the best of three format for the final and only the final The two finalists competed up to three times with the first cyclist to win two races being the winner 2 4 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 RoundMonday 1 August 1932 19 30 Round 1Tuesday 2 August 1932 19 30 RepechageQuarterfinalsWednesday 3 August 1932 19 30 SemifinalsFinalsResults editRiders competed in three heats and one repechage top two riders advanced to quarterfinal Round 1 edit Heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 13 0 Q2 Willy Gervin nbsp Denmark Q3 Enrique Heredia nbsp Mexico RHeat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacobus van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 13 0 Q2 Ernest Chambers nbsp Great Britain Q3 Leo Marchiori nbsp Canada RHeat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia 13 2 Q2 Bruno Pellizzari nbsp Italy Q3 Bobby Thomas nbsp United States RRepechage edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Bobby Thomas nbsp United States 13 1 Q2 Leo Marchiori nbsp Canada Q3 Enrique Heredia nbsp MexicoQuarterfinals edit Winner of each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 9 Q2 Leo Marchiori nbsp CanadaQuarterfinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacobus van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 12 2 Q2 Bobby Thomas nbsp United StatesQuarterfinal 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia 12 9 Q2 Willy Gervin nbsp DenmarkQuarterfinal 4 edit Pellizzari pushed Chambers out to the edge of the track resulting in a protest by the British side The protest was denied and Pellizzari advanced 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Bruno Pellizzari nbsp Italy 12 5 Q2 Ernest Chambers nbsp Great BritainSemifinal edit Winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round Semifinal 1 edit Chaillot beat Gray by inches 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 8 Q2 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia BSemifinal 2 edit Pellizzari had inside position for the last lap and a half but van Egmond was able to beat him easily 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes1 Jacobus van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 12 5 Q2 Bruno Pellizzari nbsp Italy BFinals edit Bronze medal match edit Gray declined to compete in the bronze medal race deciding to saving himself for the time trial later in the day which he won 2 5 Rank Cyclist Nation Time nbsp Bruno Pellizzari nbsp Italy 12 7 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia DNSFinal edit Chaillot won the first race in a very close finish with some observers believing van Egmond had won However the Dutch team did not protest Van Egmond won by a bike length in the second race to set up a decisive third race Van Egmond led the entire third race and was able to hold off Chaillot s attack to win by a wheel 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 nbsp Jacobus van Egmond nbsp Netherlands 12 6 12 6 nbsp Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 5References edit Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games Men s 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