Английская Википедия:Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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The men's sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres, or six laps of the track. The event was won by Paul Masson of France, with his teammate Léon Flameng earning bronze. Stamatios Nikolopoulos of Greece took silver

Background

This was the first appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912.[1]

Competition format

The event featured a single race, with all four competitors starting together. The distance was 2 kilometres, or six laps around the Шаблон:Frac kilometre track.[1][2]

Schedule

The exact time of the event is not known; the cycling events began shortly after 2 p.m. and the sprint was the first event.

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Saturday, 11 April 1896 Saturday, 30 March 1896 Final

Results

The race was very slow and tactical, with no pacemakers: Rosemeyer was forced to retire after having mechanical problems.

Masson broke away late to beat Nikolopoulos by 15 meters, and Flameng finished well back in third.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
Шаблон:Gold1 Paul Masson Шаблон:FlagIOC 4:58.2
Шаблон:Silver2 Stamatios Nikolopoulos Шаблон:FlagIOC 5:00.2
Шаблон:Bronze3 Léon Flameng Шаблон:FlagIOC Unknown
Joseph Rosemeyer Шаблон:FlagIOC Шаблон:Abbr

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions Track Individual Sprint Men

  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Official Report, p. 98.