Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
May 02, 2024
The men's sprint cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.[1] There were 20 competitors from 20 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist.[2][3] The event was won, in a disputed final, by Toni Merkens of Germany, the nation's first medal in the men's sprint. Arie van Vliet took the silver medal, the fifth consecutive Games that a Dutch cyclist had finished in the top two. Louis Chaillot of France became the first man to win multiple medals in the event, adding a bronze to his 1932 silver; it was the fourth consecutive podium appearance for France.
When van Vliet began to overtake Merkens in the first race of the final, Merkens swerved to the right and blatantly interfered with Van Vliet. No penalty was called, and a disconcerted van Vliet lost the second race. The Dutch team protested, but instead of being disqualified, Merkens was fined 100 marks instead.[4]
This was the eighth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Two of the semifinalists from 1932 returned: Louis Chaillot of France, who had won the silver medal, and Dunc Gray of Australia, who had not started the bronze medal race but had won the track time trial event. The favorites in 1936, however, were Toni Merkens of Germany and Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands, the winner and runner-up in the 1935 World Championship.[2]
The Republic of China, New Zealand, Norway, and Peru each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its eighth 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 five main rounds and a repechage. In the first round, there were ten heats of two cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the second round, while the loser competed in a repechage. The repechage featured four heats, two of three cyclists and two of two cyclists. The last-placed finisher in each repechage was eliminated, while the winner advanced along with the second-place rider in the three-man heats. Round 2 and the quarterfinals were each head-to-head, single-elimination races: eight heats in round 2 and four heats in the quarterfinals. The semifinals were also head-to-head competitions, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers going to a bronze medal match.
The 1932 competition had introduced the best-of-three format for the final (and only the final); the 1936 version expanded that best-of-three format to the bronze medal match as well. The two cyclists in each match competed up to three times, with the first cyclist to win two races being the winner.[2][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 last place finisher in each repechage was eliminated. The winner of each heat advanced to the second round, along with the second place finisher in heats where there were three cyclists.
Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best-of-three competitions. In each case, the same cyclist won both of the first two races, making a third race unnecessary. Merkens was fined for "deviating from the racing lane" in the first race of the final, though was allowed to finish the competition.[5]
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The men s sprint cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics 1 There were 20 competitors from 20 nations with each nation limited to one cyclist 2 3 The event was won in a disputed final by Toni Merkens of Germany the nation s first medal in the men s sprint Arie van Vliet took the silver medal the fifth consecutive Games that a Dutch cyclist had finished in the top two Louis Chaillot of France became the first man to win multiple medals in the event adding a bronze to his 1932 silver it was the fourth consecutive podium appearance for France Men s sprintat the Games of the XI OlympiadStone commemorating Toni MerkensVenueOlympic Cycling Stadium BerlinDates6 7 August 1936Competitors20 from 20 nationsMedalistsToni Merkens GermanyArie van Vliet NetherlandsLouis Chaillot France 19321948 When van Vliet began to overtake Merkens in the first race of the final Merkens swerved to the right and blatantly interfered with Van Vliet No penalty was called and a disconcerted van Vliet lost the second race The Dutch team protested but instead of being disqualified Merkens was fined 100 marks instead 4 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Round 1 5 1 1 Round 1 heat 1 5 1 2 Round 1 heat 2 5 1 3 Round 1 heat 3 5 1 4 Round 1 heat 4 5 1 5 Round 1 heat 5 5 1 6 Round 1 heat 6 5 1 7 Round 1 heat 7 5 1 8 Round 1 heat 8 5 1 9 Round 1 heat 9 5 1 10 Round 1 heat 10 5 1 11 Repechage 5 1 12 Repechage heat 1 5 1 13 Repechage heat 2 5 1 14 Repechage heat 3 5 1 15 Repechage heat 4 5 2 Round 2 5 2 1 Round 2 heat 1 5 2 2 Round 2 heat 2 5 2 3 Round 2 heat 3 5 2 4 Round 2 heat 4 5 2 5 Round 2 heat 5 5 2 6 Round 2 heat 6 5 2 7 Round 2 heat 7 5 2 8 Round 2 heat 8 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 Semifinals 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 eighth appearance of the event which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912 Two of the semifinalists from 1932 returned Louis Chaillot of France who had won the silver medal and Dunc Gray of Australia who had not started the bronze medal race but had won the track time trial event The favorites in 1936 however were Toni Merkens of Germany and Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands the winner and runner up in the 1935 World Championship 2 The Republic of China New Zealand Norway and Peru each made their debut in the men s sprint France made its eighth 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 five main rounds and a repechage In the first round there were ten heats of two cyclists each The winner of each heat advanced directly to the second round while the loser competed in a repechage The repechage featured four heats two of three cyclists and two of two cyclists The last placed finisher in each repechage was eliminated while the winner advanced along with the second place rider in the three man heats Round 2 and the quarterfinals were each head to head single elimination races eight heats in round 2 and four heats in the quarterfinals The semifinals were also head to head competitions with the winners advancing to the final and the losers going to a bronze medal match The 1932 competition had introduced the best of three format for the final and only the final the 1936 version expanded that best of three format to the bronze medal match as well The two cyclists in each match competed up to three times with the first cyclist to win two races being the winner 2 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 Unknown Olympic 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 Round Thursday 6 August 1936 18 00 Round 1Repechage Friday 7 August 1936 18 00 Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsResults editRound 1 edit The winner in each heat qualified for the second round The loser was relegated to the repechage for another chance at qualifying Round 1 heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Henri Collard nbsp Belgium 13 2 Q 2 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia R Round 1 heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 8 Q 2 Nedyu Rachev nbsp Bulgaria R Round 1 heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Ray Hicks nbsp Great Britain 13 6 Q 2 Manuel Riquelme nbsp Chile R Round 1 heat 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Arie van Vliet nbsp Netherlands 12 6 Q 2 Doug Peace nbsp Canada R Round 1 heat 5 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Benedetto Pola nbsp Italy 14 0 Q 2 Howard Wing nbsp Republic of China R Round 1 heat 6 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Werner Wagelin nbsp Switzerland 12 4 Q 2 Haakon Sandtorp nbsp Norway R Round 1 heat 7 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 George Giles nbsp New Zealand 12 6 Q 2 Imre Gyorffy nbsp Hungary R Round 1 heat 8 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Toni Merkens nbsp Germany 12 8 Q 2 Al Sellinger nbsp United States R Round 1 heat 9 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Franz Dusika nbsp Austria 15 0 Q 2 Ted Clayton nbsp South Africa R Round 1 heat 10 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Karl Magnussen nbsp Denmark 13 2 Q 2 Jose Mazzini nbsp Peru R Repechage edit The last place finisher in each repechage was eliminated The winner of each heat advanced to the second round along with the second place finisher in heats where there were three cyclists Repechage heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia 13 0 Q 2 Ted Clayton nbsp South Africa Q 3 Jose Mazzini nbsp Peru Repechage heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Al Sellinger nbsp United States 13 4 Q 2 Imre Gyorffy nbsp Hungary Q 3 Nedyu Rachev nbsp Bulgaria Repechage heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Haakon Sandtorp nbsp Norway 13 0 Q 2 Manuel Riquelme nbsp Chile Repechage heat 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Doug Peace nbsp Canada 15 2 Q 2 Howard Wing nbsp Republic of China Round 2 edit The winner of each heat advanced the loser was eliminated Round 2 heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Karl Magnussen nbsp Denmark 13 4 Q 2 Imre Gyorffy nbsp Hungary Round 2 heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Toni Merkens nbsp Germany 13 0 Q 2 Haakon Sandtorp nbsp Norway Round 2 heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Werner Wagelin nbsp Switzerland 13 4 Q 2 Ted Clayton nbsp South Africa Round 2 heat 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Benedetto Pola nbsp Italy 12 6 Q 2 George Giles nbsp New Zealand Round 2 heat 5 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Arie van Vliet nbsp Netherlands 12 0 Q 2 Franz Dusika nbsp Austria Round 2 heat 6 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia 12 2 Q 2 Ray Hicks nbsp Great Britain Round 2 heat 7 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 0 Q 2 Doug Peace nbsp Canada Round 2 heat 8 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Henri Collard nbsp Belgium 13 2 Q 2 Al Sellinger nbsp United States Quarterfinals edit The winners qualified for the semifinals the losers were eliminated Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 6 Q 2 Karl Magnussen nbsp Denmark Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Arie van Vliet nbsp Netherlands 13 0 Q 2 Dunc Gray nbsp Australia Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Benedetto Pola nbsp Italy 12 6 Q 2 Werner Wagelin nbsp Switzerland Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Toni Merkens nbsp Germany 13 0 Q 2 Henri Collard nbsp Belgium Semifinals edit The semifinal winners advanced to the gold medal final while the losers competed in the bronze medal final Semifinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Toni Merkens nbsp Germany 12 4 Q 2 Benedetto Pola nbsp Italy B Semifinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Arie van Vliet nbsp Netherlands 12 0 Q 2 Louis Chaillot nbsp France B Finals edit Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best of three competitions In each case the same cyclist won both of the first two races making a third race unnecessary Merkens was fined for deviating from the racing lane in the first race of the final though was allowed to finish the competition 5 Bronze medal match edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 nbsp Louis Chaillot nbsp France 12 2 12 0 4 Benedetto Pola nbsp Italy Final edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 nbsp Toni Merkens nbsp Germany 11 8 11 8 nbsp Arie van Vliet nbsp Netherlands References edit Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games Men s Sprint sports reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 13 July 2014 a b c Sprint Men Olympedia Retrieved 13 November 2020 a b Official Report vol 2 p 926 Wallechinsky David 1984 The Complete Book of the Olympics England Penguin Books p 200 ISBN 0140066322 Official Report p 927 1936 Official Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men 27s sprint amp oldid 1164256805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
