Men's sprint
at the Games of the II Olympiad
The final: Albert Taillandier (France), Fernand Sanz (France) and John Henry Lake (USA)
VenueVélodrome de Vincennes
DatesSeptember 11 (heats and quarterfinals)
September 13 (semifinals and final)
Competitors69 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Taillandier
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fernand Sanz
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Henry Lake
 United States

The men's sprint was one of the three cycling events, all track cycling, now regarded as "Olympic" on the Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 September and 13 September. The sprint, a 2000-metre race with 1000-metre heats, was conducted in four rounds. 69 of the 72 cyclists competed in the sprint, including cyclists from all six competing nations. The event was won by Albert Taillandier of France (the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's sprint), with his countryman Fernand Sanz in second place. John Henry Lake of the United States won the nation's first cycling medal with his bronze.

Background

This was the second appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the cyclists from 1896 returned. Two of the three top sprinters in 1900 were French and competed: Ferdinand Vasserot and Albert Taillandier. (The third, Alphonse Didier-Nauts of Belgium, did not compete). An American, John Henry Lake, however, had finished second in the world championships to Didier-Nauts and was the most significant non-French competitor in the field.[1]

Belgium, Bohemia, Italy, and the United States each made their debut in the men's sprint. France and Germany made their second appearance, having previously competed in 1896.

Competition format

Unlike modern sprint events (which use a flying 200 metre time trial to cut down and seed the field, followed by one-on-one matches), the 1900 sprint used very large initial heats of up to eight cyclists each before smaller quarterfinals, semifinals, and final with three cyclists in each race. For the first round, the top three cyclists in each heat advanced; in the quarterfinals and semifinals, only the fastest man moved on. The distance for each race was 1 kilometre.[1]

Records

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 recordUnknownUnknown* UnknownUnknown
Olympic recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

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

Lloyd Hildebrand set the initial record of 15.4 seconds in the first heat. Adolphe Cayron improved on that in the second heat, to 14.2 seconds. John Henry Lake dropped the record to 14.0 seconds in heat 6. Antonio Restelli finished the first round with a 13.6 second time in the ninth heat. Lake responded with 13.2 seconds in the first quarterfinal, only to see Restelli go 13.0 seconds in the fourth. Albert Taillandier dropped below that to 12.6 seconds in the next quarterfinal, a time that held through the rest of the 1900 Games.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 11 September 19009:00
14:00		Round 1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 13 September 1900Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The first round was held on 11 September. It began at 9 a.m. The top three cyclists in each of the 9 heats advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

The finish of the final race

Stratta was a wheel behind Hildebrand, with Vasserot very close after that.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Lloyd Hildebrand Great Britain1:34.215.4Q, OR
2Giacomo Stratta Italy——Q
3Ferdinand Vasserot France——Q
4–8Émile Dubois France——
Dubourdieu France——
L. Dumont France——
František Hirsch Bohemia——
Pouget France——

Heat 2

Coindre was a wheel behind Cayron; Daumain was not close.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Adolphe Cayron France1:34.214.2Q, OR
2Georges Coindre France——Q
3Auguste Daumain France——Q
4–8Alfred Boulnois France——
Romulo Bruni Italy——
Saignier France——
Émile Vadbled France——
Vianzino Italy——

Heat 3

Sanz was a half-length behind Gottron.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Paul Gottron Germany1:32.414.4Q
2Fernand Sanz France——Q
3Paul Rosso France——Q
4–8Charles Amberger France——
L. Boyer France——
Georges Neurouth France——
A. Roger France——
Ruez France——

Heat 4

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Paul Legrain France1:30.414.4Q
2Ernesto Mario Brusoni Italy——Q
3Théophile Fras France——Q
4–8Omer Beaugendre France——
Octave Coisy France——
Franzen France——
Pichard France——
L. Saunière France——

Heat 5

Davis was a length behind Maisonnave.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Léon Maisonnave France1:35.814.4Q
2Will Davis France——Q
3Chaput France——Q
4–8Fernand Boulmant France——
Georg Drescher Germany——
Guillot France——
Lohner France——
Longchamp France——

Heat 6

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1John Henry Lake United States1:35.814.0Q
2Paul Espeit France——Q
3Gaston Bullier France——Q
4–8J. Bérard France——
Maxime Bertrand France——
Vladislav Chalupa France——
Jacques Droëtti Italy——
M. Steitz France——

Heat 7

Dohis was a wheel behind Taillandier, with Germain a close third.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Albert Taillandier France1:36.815.0Q
2Marcel Dohis France——Q
3Germain France——Q
4–7Georges Augoyat France——
G. Bessing France——
Luigi Colombo Italy——
Maurice Monniot France——

Heat 8

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Karl Duill Germany1:35.414.4Q
2Léon Ponscarme France——Q
3Thomann France——Q
4–6Édouard Maibaum France——
Pilton France——
Maurice Terrier France——
—A. Porcher FranceDSQ—

Heat 9

Wick and Hubault fell and did not finish.

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Antonio Restelli Italy1:37.613.6Q, OR
2Vincent Belgium——Q
3Joseph Mallet France——Q
4–5Caillet France——
Mossmann France——
—P. Hubault FranceDNF—
Édouard Wick FranceDNF—

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were also held on the first day of competition, 11 September. They began at 2 p.m. Only the winning cyclist of each of the 9 quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Stratta was three lengths behind Lake.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1John Henry Lake United States2:02.013.2Q, OR
2Giacomo Stratta Italy——
3Chaput France——

Quarterfinal 2

Bullier was two lengths behind Sanz.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Fernand Sanz France2:00.014.0Q
2Gaston Bullier France——
3Paul Rosso France——

Quarterfinal 3

Duill was a wheel behind Coindre.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Georges Coindre France1:50.014.4Q
2Karl Duill Germany——
3Germain France——

Quarterfinal 4

Hildebrand was a wheel behind Restelli.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Antonio Restelli Italy1:52.413.0Q, OR
2Lloyd Hildebrand Great Britain——
3Auguste Daumain France——

Quarterfinal 5

Vincent was two lengths behind Taillandier.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Albert Taillandier France2:00.612.6Q, OR
2Vincent Belgium——
3Thomann France——

Quarterfinal 6

In a very close race, Brusoni was a quarter-wheel behind Mallet.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Joseph Mallet France2:45.0UnknownQ
2Ernesto Mario Brusoni Italy——
3Théophile Fras France——

Quarterfinal 7

Ponscarme was three lengths behind Maisonnave.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Léon Maisonnave France1:49.214.2Q
2Léon Ponscarme France——
3Paul Espeit France——

Quarterfinal 8

Dohis was a half length behind Vasserot.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Ferdinand Vasserot France2:21.614.2Q
2Marcel Dohis France——
3Will Davis France——

Quarterfinal 9

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Paul Legrain France2:57.413.8Q
2Paul Gottron Germany——
3Adolphe Cayron France——

Semifinals

The semifinals were conducted on 13 September. The top cyclist in each of the three semifinals advanced to the final, guaranteeing himself a medal.

Semifinal 1

Lake had defeated Vasserot previously in 1900, at the world championships where the two had placed second and third to Léon Didier-Nauts. Lake won again in this match, with Vasserot a short length behind.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1John Henry Lake United States2:09.613.6Q
2Ferdinand Vasserot France——
3Léon Maisonnave France——

Semifinal 2

Restelli was a half wheel behind Sanz.[1]

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Fernand Sanz France2:46.613.4Q
2Antonio Restelli Italy——
3Georges Coindre France——

Semifinal 3

RankCyclistNationTime200 mNotes
1Albert Taillandier France2:42.614.6Q
2Paul Legrain France——
3Joseph Mallet France——

Final

The final was held on the same day as the semifinals, 13 September.

RankCyclistNationTime200 m
1st place, gold medalist(s)Albert Taillandier France2:52.013.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Fernand Sanz France——
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)John Henry Lake United States——

Results summary

RankCyclistNationRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Albert Taillandier France1st (15.0)1st (12.6) OR1st (14.6)1st (13.0)OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Fernand Sanz France2nd1st (14.0)1st (13.4)2nd
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)John Henry Lake United States1st (14.0)1st (13.2) OR1st (13.6)3rd
4Paul Legrain France1st (14.4)1st (13.8)2ndDid not advance
Antonio Restelli Italy1st (13.6)1st (13.0) OR2ndDid not advance
Ferdinand Vasserot France3rd1st (14.2)2ndDid not advance
7Georges Coindre France2nd1st (14.4)3rdDid not advance
Léon Maisonnave France1st (14.4)1st (14.2)3rdDid not advance
Joseph Mallet France3rd1st (Unknown)3rdDid not advance
10Ernesto Mario Brusoni Italy2nd2ndDid not advance
Gaston Bullier France3rd2ndDid not advance
Marcel Dohis France2nd2ndDid not advance
Karl Duill Germany1st (14.4)2ndDid not advance
Paul Gottron Germany1st (14.4)2ndDid not advance
Lloyd Hildebrand France1st (15.4)2ndDid not advance
Léon Ponscarme France2nd2ndDid not advance
Giacomo Stratta Italy2nd2ndDid not advance
Vincent Belgium2nd2ndDid not advance
19Adolphe Cayron France1st (14.2)3rdDid not advance
Chaput France3rd3rdDid not advance
Auguste Daumain France3rd3rdDid not advance
Will Davis France2nd3rdDid not advance
Paul Espeit France2nd3rdDid not advance
Théophile Fras France3rd3rdDid not advance
Germain France3rd3rdDid not advance
Paul Rosso France3rd3rdDid not advance
Thomann France3rd3rdDid not advance
28Charles Amberger France4th–8thDid not advance
Georges Augoyat France4th–7thDid not advance
Omer Beaugendre France4th–8thDid not advance
J. Bérard France4th–8thDid not advance
Maxime Bertrand France4th–8thDid not advance
G. Bessing France4th–7thDid not advance
Fernand Boulmant France4th–8thDid not advance
Alfred Boulnois France4th–8thDid not advance
L. Boyer France4th–8thDid not advance
Romulo Bruni Italy4th–8thDid not advance
Caillet France4th–5thDid not advance
Vladislav Chalupa France4th–8thDid not advance
Octave Coisy France4th–8thDid not advance
Luigi Colombo Italy4th–7thDid not advance
Georg Drescher Germany4th–8thDid not advance
Jacques Droëtti Italy4th–8thDid not advance
Émile Dubois France4th–8thDid not advance
Dubourdieu France4th–8thDid not advance
L. Dumont France4th–8thDid not advance
Franzen France4th–8thDid not advance
Guillot France4th–8thDid not advance
František Hirsch Bohemia4th–8thDid not advance
Lohner France4th–8thDid not advance
Longchamp France4th–8thDid not advance
Édouard Maibaum France4th–6thDid not advance
Maurice Monniot France4th–7thDid not advance
Mossmann France4th–5thDid not advance
Georges Neurouth France4th–8thDid not advance
Pichard France4th–8thDid not advance
Pilton France4th–6thDid not advance
Pouget France4th–8thDid not advance
A. Roger France4th–8thDid not advance
Ruez France4th–8thDid not advance
Saignier France4th–8thDid not advance
L. Saunière France4th–8thDid not advance
M. Steitz France4th–8thDid not advance
Maurice Terrier France4th–6thDid not advance
Émile Vadbled France4th–8thDid not advance
Vianzino Italy4th–8thDid not advance
—P. Hubault FranceDNFDid not advance
Édouard Wick FranceDNFDid not advance
—A. Porcher FranceDSQDid not advance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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