Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
January 01, 1970
The men's sprint event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place on 23–26 July 1980 in Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome.[1][2] There were 15 competitors from 15 nations, with three additional non-starters. The event was won by Lutz Heßlich of East Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint. Yavé Cahard took silver, extending France's medal streak to five Games despite the retirement of Daniel Morelon (who had medaled in the past four). Sergei Kopylov of the host Soviet Union earned bronze.
This was the 17th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. The only returning quarterfinalist from 1976 was champion Anton Tkáč of Czechoslovakia. France's Daniel Morelon, who had taken a medal in the last four Games, had retired in 1977. Lutz Heßlich of East Germany was the 1979 world champion and the favorite in Moscow.[3]
Libya and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its 17th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.
Competition formatedit
This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1980 competition, despite an even smaller starting field than in 1976 (15 cyclists, down from 18), actually increased the number of rounds back to 10 (from eight in 1976). This format used six main rounds (first round, second round, 1/8 finals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) and three repechages, including a two-round first repechage. Only one cyclist was eliminated after the first three rounds (round 1 and the two-round first repechage).[3][4]
Round 1: The 18 entrants were divided into 9 heats of 2 cyclists each; because of three withdrawals, three of the heats were walkovers. The winner of each heat advanced directly to round 2 (9 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage semifinals (6 cyclists).
First repechage semifinals: The 6 cyclists were divided into 3 heats, each with 2 cyclists. The winner of each heat advanced to round 2 (3 cyclists), while the loser went to the first repechage final (3 cyclists).
First repechage final: The 3 cyclists all competed together in the first repechage final; the top two advanced to round 2 while the last-placed cyclist was the first man eliminated from the competition.
Round 2: The 14 cyclists were divided into 7 heats of 2 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (7 cyclists) while losers went to the second repechage (because of one withdrawal, there were only 6 cyclists that went to the repechage).
Second repechage: The 6 cyclists competed in 3 heats of 2 cyclists. Winners advanced to the 1/8 finals, losers were eliminated.
1/8 finals: The 10 cyclists who advanced through the first rounds (including repechage) competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 5 heats in this round, with 2 cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (5 cyclists), while the loser in each heat went to the third repechage (5 cyclists).
Third repechage: This repechage featured two heats, one of two cyclists and one of three cyclists. Only the last-placed man in each heat was eliminated; the winners advanced to the quarterfinals along with the second-place cyclist in the three-rider heat.
Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser going to the fifth-eighth classification race.
Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held, as well as a classification final for fifth through eighth places for quarterfinal losers.
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.
Sergei Kopylov recorded 10.55 seconds in the fourth heat of round 2, 10.56 seconds, in the first race of the bronze medal match, and 10.47 seconds in the second race of the bronze medal match.
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The men s sprint event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place on 23 26 July 1980 in Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome 1 2 There were 15 competitors from 15 nations with three additional non starters The event was won by Lutz Hesslich of East Germany the nation s first victory in the men s sprint Yave Cahard took silver extending France s medal streak to five Games despite the retirement of Daniel Morelon who had medaled in the past four Sergei Kopylov of the host Soviet Union earned bronze Men s sprintat the Games of the XXII OlympiadSoviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympic cyclingVenueKrylatskoye Sports Complex VelodromeDates23 26 JulyCompetitors15 from 15 nationsMedalistsLutz Hesslich East GermanyYave Cahard FranceSergei Kopylov Soviet Union 19761984 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 2 First repechage semifinals 5 2 1 First repechage semifinal 1 5 2 2 First repechage semifinal 2 5 2 3 First repechage semifinal 3 5 3 First repechage final 5 4 Round 2 5 4 1 Round 2 heat 1 5 4 2 Round 2 heat 2 5 4 3 Round 2 heat 3 5 4 4 Round 2 heat 4 5 4 5 Round 2 heat 5 5 4 6 Round 2 heat 6 5 4 7 Round 2 heat 7 5 5 Second repechage 5 5 1 Second repechage heat 1 5 5 2 Second repechage heat 2 5 5 3 Second repechage heat 3 5 6 1 8 finals 5 6 1 1 8 final 1 5 6 2 1 8 final 2 5 6 3 1 8 final 3 5 6 4 1 8 final 4 5 6 5 1 8 final 5 5 7 Third repechage 5 7 1 Third repechage heat 1 5 7 2 Third repechage heat 2 5 8 Quarterfinals 5 8 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 8 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 8 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 8 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 9 Semifinals 5 9 1 Semifinal 1 5 9 2 Semifinal 2 5 10 Finals 5 10 1 Classification 5 8 5 10 2 Bronze medal match 5 10 3 Final 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 17th appearance of the event which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912 The only returning quarterfinalist from 1976 was champion Anton Tkac of Czechoslovakia France s Daniel Morelon who had taken a medal in the last four Games had retired in 1977 Lutz Hesslich of East Germany was the 1979 world champion and the favorite in Moscow 3 Libya and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the men s sprint France made its 17th appearance the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event Competition format editThis sprint competition involved a series of head to head matches The 1980 competition despite an even smaller starting field than in 1976 15 cyclists down from 18 actually increased the number of rounds back to 10 from eight in 1976 This format used six main rounds first round second round 1 8 finals quarterfinals semifinals and finals and three repechages including a two round first repechage Only one cyclist was eliminated after the first three rounds round 1 and the two round first repechage 3 4 Round 1 The 18 entrants were divided into 9 heats of 2 cyclists each because of three withdrawals three of the heats were walkovers The winner of each heat advanced directly to round 2 9 cyclists while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage semifinals 6 cyclists First repechage semifinals The 6 cyclists were divided into 3 heats each with 2 cyclists The winner of each heat advanced to round 2 3 cyclists while the loser went to the first repechage final 3 cyclists First repechage final The 3 cyclists all competed together in the first repechage final the top two advanced to round 2 while the last placed cyclist was the first man eliminated from the competition Round 2 The 14 cyclists were divided into 7 heats of 2 cyclists each The winner of each heat advanced to the 1 8 finals 7 cyclists while losers went to the second repechage because of one withdrawal there were only 6 cyclists that went to the repechage Second repechage The 6 cyclists competed in 3 heats of 2 cyclists Winners advanced to the 1 8 finals losers were eliminated 1 8 finals The 10 cyclists who advanced through the first rounds including repechage competed in a 1 8 finals round There were 5 heats in this round with 2 cyclists in each The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals 5 cyclists while the loser in each heat went to the third repechage 5 cyclists Third repechage This repechage featured two heats one of two cyclists and one of three cyclists Only the last placed man in each heat was eliminated the winners advanced to the quarterfinals along with the second place cyclist in the three rider heat Quarterfinals Beginning with the quarterfinals all matches were one on one competitions and were held in best of three format There were 4 quarterfinals with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser going to the fifth eighth classification race Semifinals The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers Finals Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held as well as a classification final for fifth through eighth places for quarterfinal losers 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 nbsp Omar Pkhakadze URS 10 61 Mexico City Mexico 22 October 1967 Olympic record nbsp Leijn Loevesijn NED 10 66 Mexico City Mexico 18 October 1968 Sergei Kopylov recorded 10 55 seconds in the fourth heat of round 2 10 56 seconds in the first race of the bronze medal match and 10 47 seconds in the second race of the bronze medal match Schedule editAll times are Moscow Time UTC 3 Date Time Round Wednesday 23 July 1980 18 00 Round 1First repechage semifinalsFirst repechage finalRound 2Second repechage Thursday 24 July 1980 18 00 1 8 finalsThird repechageQuarterfinals Friday 25 July 1980 19 00 Semifinals Saturday 26 July 1980 16 00 FinalsResults editRound 1 edit Round 1 heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany 11 42 Q 2 John Musa nbsp Zimbabwe R Round 1 heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia 10 86 Q 2 Fawzi Abdussalam nbsp Libya R Round 1 heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Yave Cahard nbsp France 10 70 Q 2 Terrence Tinsley nbsp Great Britain R Round 1 heat 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union wo Q Paul Ahokas nbsp Finland DNS Round 1 heat 5 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Ottavio Dazzan nbsp Italy wo Q Juan Palacios nbsp Ecuador DNS Round 1 heat 6 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Benedykt Kocot nbsp Poland wo Q Hans Fischer nbsp Brazil DNS Round 1 heat 7 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark 11 24 Q 2 James Joseph nbsp Guyana R Round 1 heat 8 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland 10 98 Q 2 Laszlo Morcz nbsp Hungary R Round 1 heat 9 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia 11 35 Q 2 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands R First repechage semifinals edit First repechage semifinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Terrence Tinsley nbsp Great Britain 11 62 Q 2 John Musa nbsp Zimbabwe R First repechage semifinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 James Joseph nbsp Guyana 11 08 Q 2 Fawzi Abdussalam nbsp Libya R First repechage semifinal 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands 11 38 Q 2 Fawzi Abdussalam nbsp Libya R First repechage final edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Laszlo Morcz nbsp Hungary 11 49 Q 2 Fawzi Abdussalam nbsp Libya Q 3 John Musa nbsp Zimbabwe Round 2 edit Round 2 heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany wo Q Fawzi Abdussalam nbsp Libya DNS Round 2 heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia 11 23 Q 2 Laszlo Morcz nbsp Hungary R Round 2 heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Yeve Cahard nbsp France 10 87 Q 2 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands R Round 2 heat 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 55 Q WR 2 James Joseph nbsp Guyana R Round 2 heat 5 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Ottavio Dazzan nbsp Italy 11 07 Q 2 Terrence Tinsley nbsp Great Britain R Round 2 heat 6 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland 11 47 Q 2 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark R Round 2 heat 7 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia 10 93 Q 2 Benedykt Kocot nbsp Poland R Second repechage edit Second repechage heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark 10 94 Q 2 Laszlo Morcz nbsp Hungary Second repechage heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands 11 04 Q 2 Benedykt Kocot nbsp Poland Second repechage heat 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 James Joseph nbsp Guyana No time Q Terrence Tinsley nbsp Great Britain DNF 1 8 finals edit 1 8 final 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany 10 75 Q 2 James Joseph nbsp Guyana R 1 8 final 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia 11 19 Q 2 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands R 1 8 final 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Yave Cahard nbsp France 10 94 Q 2 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark R 1 8 final 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 95 Q 2 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia R 1 8 final 5 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Ottavio Dazzan nbsp Italy 10 95 Q 2 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland R Third repechage edit Third repechage heat 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland 10 95 Q 2 Lau Veldt nbsp Netherlands Third repechage heat 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia 11 49 Q 2 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark Q 3 James Joseph nbsp Guyana Quarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany 10 95 10 96 Q 2 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark C Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia 10 94 10 70 Q 2 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia C Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Yave Cahard nbsp France 11 05 11 04 Q 2 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland C Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 76 11 00 Q 2 Ottavio Dazzan nbsp Italy C Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany 11 60 11 24 Q 2 Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union B Semifinal 2 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes 1 Yave Cahard nbsp France 11 28 10 66 Q 2 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia 11 25 B Finals edit Classification 5 8 edit Rank Cyclist Nation Time200 m 5 Henrik Salee nbsp Denmark 11 36 6 Heinz Isler nbsp Switzerland 7 Kenrick Tucker nbsp Australia 8 Ottavio Dazzan nbsp Italy Bronze medal match edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 nbsp Sergei Kopylov nbsp Soviet Union 10 56 WR 10 47 WR 4 Anton Tkac nbsp Czechoslovakia Final edit Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 nbsp Lutz Hesslich nbsp East Germany 11 40 12 01 nbsp Yave Cahard nbsp France 10 86References edit Cycling at the 1980 Summer Games Men s sprint Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 15 March 2015 The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume 3 PDF p 205 Retrieved 17 March 2015 a b Sprint Men Olympedia Retrieved 17 November 2020 Official Report vol 3 p 205 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men 27s sprint amp oldid 1141911787, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
