# Individual sprint at the Olympics

The individual sprint is a track cycling event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1900, but not in 1904 when various races at different distances were conducted. The men's sprint returned to the programme in 1908 but was again omitted in 1912, when only road cycling competitions were held. After World War I, the men's sprint returned to the programme for good in 1920 and has been held every Games since. The women's sprint was added when women's track cycling was first held in 1988 and has been held every Games since.

## Medalists
### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1896 Athens details | Paul Masson France | Stamatios Nikolopoulos Greece | Léon Flameng France |
| 1900 Paris details | Albert Taillandier France | Fernand Sanz France | John Henry Lake United States |
| 1908 London details | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1920 Antwerp details | Maurice Peeters Netherlands | Thomas Johnson Great Britain | Harry Ryan Great Britain |
| 1924 Paris details | Lucien Michard France | Jacob Meijer Netherlands | Jean Cugnot France |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Roger Beaufrand France | Antoine Mazairac Netherlands | Willy Hansen Denmark |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands | Louis Chaillot France | Bruno Pellizzari Italy |
| 1936 Berlin details | Toni Merkens Germany | Arie van Vliet Netherlands | Louis Chaillot France |
| 1948 London details | Mario Ghella Italy | Reg Harris Great Britain | Axel Schandorff Denmark |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Enzo Sacchi Italy | Lionel Cox Australia | Werner Potzernheim Germany |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Michel Rousseau France | Guglielmo Pesenti Italy | Dick Ploog Australia |
| 1960 Rome details | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Leo Sterckx Belgium | Valentino Gasparella Italy |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Giovanni Pettenella Italy | Sergio Bianchetto Italy | Daniel Morelon France |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Daniel Morelon France | Giordano Turrini Italy | Pierre Trentin France |
| 1972 Munich details | Daniel Morelon France | John Nicholson Australia | Omar Pkhakadze Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal details | Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia | Daniel Morelon France | Jürgen Geschke East Germany |
| 1980 Moscow details | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Yavé Cahard France | Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Mark Gorski United States | Nelson Vails United States | Tsutomu Sakamoto Japan |
| 1988 Seoul details | Lutz Heßlich East Germany | Nikolai Kovsh Soviet Union | Gary Neiwand Australia |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Jens Fiedler Germany | Gary Neiwand Australia | Curt Harnett Canada |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Jens Fiedler Germany | Marty Nothstein United States | Curt Harnett Canada |
| 2000 Sydney details | Marty Nothstein United States | Florian Rousseau France | Jens Fiedler Germany |
| 2004 Athens details | Ryan Bayley Australia | Theo Bos Netherlands | René Wolff Germany |
| 2008 Beijing details | Chris Hoy Great Britain | Jason Kenny Great Britain | Mickaël Bourgain France |
| 2012 London details | Jason Kenny Great Britain | Grégory Baugé France | Shane Perkins Australia |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Jason Kenny Great Britain | Callum Skinner Great Britain | Denis Dmitriev Russia |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands | Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands | Jack Carlin Great Britain |
| 2024 Paris details | Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands | Matthew Richardson Australia | Jack Carlin Great Britain |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Daniel Morelon | France (FRA) | 1964–1976 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008–2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Jens Fiedler | Germany (GER) | 1992–2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Lutz Heßlich | East Germany (GDR) | 1980–1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands (NED) | 2020–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Marty Nothstein | United States (USA) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Gary Neiwand | Australia (AUS) | 1988–1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Louis Chaillot | France (FRA) | 1932–1936 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Curt Harnett | Canada (CAN) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain (GBR) | 2020–2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1988 Seoul details | Erika Salumäe Soviet Union | Christa Luding-Rothenburger East Germany | Connie Paraskevin United States |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Erika Salumäe Estonia | Annett Neumann Germany | Ingrid Haringa Netherlands |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Felicia Ballanger France | Michelle Ferris Australia | Ingrid Haringa Netherlands |
| 2000 Sydney details | Felicia Ballanger France | Oxana Grichina Russia | Iryna Yanovych Ukraine |
| 2004 Athens details | Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada | Tamilla Abassova Russia | Anna Meares Australia |
| 2008 Beijing details | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | Anna Meares Australia | Guo Shuang China |
| 2012 London details | Anna Meares Australia | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | Guo Shuang China |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Kristina Vogel Germany | Becky James Great Britain | Katy Marchant Great Britain |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Kelsey Mitchell Canada | Olena Starikova Ukraine | Lee Wai-sze Hong Kong |
| 2024 Paris details | Ellesse Andrews New Zealand | Lea Friedrich Germany | Emma Finucane Great Britain |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union (URS) Estonia (EST) | 1988–1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Felicia Ballanger | France (FRA) | 1996–2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Anna Meares | Australia (AUS) | 2004–2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Victoria Pendleton | Great Britain (GBR) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands (NED) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Guo Shuang | China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.
Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Bert Bouffler of Great Britain in second and Eugène Debongnie of Belgium third.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1906 Athens details | Francesco Verri (ITA) | Bert Bouffler (GBR) | Eugène Debongnie (BEL) |