Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint was one of the cycling in the 1900 Summer Olympics. It was on 11 September and 13 September. The sprint was a 2000-metre race. The heats (or first round) was 1000-metres. There was 4 heats. There were 72 cyclists in these Summer Olympics. 69 of these were in the sprint. The cyclists were from 6 differentnations. The event was won by Albert Taillandier of France. This was France's second win in the men's sprint. Fernand Sanz was in second place. John Henry Lake of the United States won America's first cycling medal. He was in 3rd place.

## Background

This was the 2nd time this event was in the Olympics.This event has been at every Olympics except for 1904 and 1912. None of the cyclists from 1896 were in the 1900 cyclists.

2 of the best 3 sprinters in 1900 were French. They were both in this olympics. These athletes were Ferdinand Vasserot and Albert Taillandier. An American had also gotten 2nd in the world championships. This athlete was John Henry Lake. He was the most famous athlete that was not French.

This was the first time that Belgium, Bohemia, Italy and the United States was in this event. This was the second time that France and Germany were in this event. They  were also in this event in 1896.

## Competition

The sprint was very different than the sprint happens in the modern day. The heats were very large. These heats had up to 8 cyclists. The first heats was a kilometre long. The best 3 cyclists in the heats went to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals were also 1 kilometre long. The fastest cyclist in that quarterfinals went to the semifinals. The semifinals were also 1 kilometre long. The fastest cyclist in that semifinal went to the finals. The finals were 2 kilometres long

## Records

The records for the sprint were the time trial are for 200 metres.

<sup>*</sup> World records were not written down by the UCI until 1954.

Lloyd Hildebrand set the first record of 15.4. This was in the 1st heat. In the 2nd heat, Adolphe Cayron beat that time. His time was 14.2 seconds. In the 6th heat, John Henry Lake had 14.0 seconds. In the 9th heat, Antonio Restelli beat that time. His time was 13.6 seconds. In the 1st quarterfinal, Lake beat that time. His time was 13.2 seconds. In the 4th heat, Restelli beat another record. Hid time was 13.0. In the 5th heat, Albert Taillandier had 12.6 seconds in his round. This was the record for the rest of the 1900 games.

## Schedule

|Date|Time|Round|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Tuesday, 11 September 1900|**9:00** **14:00** || **Round 1** **Quarterfinals**||
|Thursday, 13 September 1900||**Semifinals** **Final**|

### Round 1

The first round was held on 11 September. It started at 9 a.m. The best 3 cyclists went to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

Stratta very close behind Hildebrand. Vasserot was very close behind Stratta.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Lloyd Hildebrand||1:34.2|15.4|,||||||
|2|Giacomo Stratta||—|—|||||||
|3|Ferdinand Vasserot||—|—|||||||
|4–8|Émile Dubois||—|—|||||||
|Dubourdieu||—|—||||||||
|L. Dumont||—|—||||||||
|František Hirsch||—|—||||||||
|Pouget||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 2

Coindre was a wheel behind Cayron. Daumain was very far behind Coindre.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Adolphe Cayron||1:34.2|14.2|,||||||
|2|Georges Coindre||—|—|||||||
|3|Auguste Daumain||—|—|||||||
|4–8|Alfred Boulnois||—|—|||||||
|Romulo Bruni||—|—||||||||
|Saignier||—|—||||||||
|Émile Vadbled||—|—||||||||
|Vianzino||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 3

Sanz was a half of a bike behind Gottron.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Paul Gottron||1:32.4|14.4|||||||
|2|Fernand Sanz||—|—|||||||
|3|Paul Rosso||—|—|||||||
|4–8|Charles Amberger||—|—|||||||
|L. Boyer||—|—||||||||
|Georges Neurouth||—|—||||||||
|A. Roger||—|—||||||||
|Ruez||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 4

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Paul Legrain||1:30.4|14.4|||||||
|2|Ernesto Mario Brusoni||—|—|||||||
|3|Théophile Fras||—|—|||||||
|4–8|Omer Beaugendre||—|—|||||||
|Octave Coisy||—|—||||||||
|Franzen||—|—||||||||
|Pichard||—|—||||||||
|L. Saunière||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 5

Davis a bike behind Maisonnave.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Léon Maisonnave||1:35.8|14.4|||||||
|2|Will Davis||—|—|||||||
|3|Chaput||—|—|||||||
|4–8|Fernand Boulmant||—|—|||||||
|Georg Drescher||—|—||||||||
|Guillot||—|—||||||||
|Lohner||—|—||||||||
|Longchamp||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 6

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|John Henry Lake||1:35.8|14.0|||||||
|2|Paul Espeit||—|—|||||||
|3|Gaston Bullier||—|—|||||||
|4–8|J. Bérard||—|—|||||||
|Maxime Bertrand||—|—||||||||
|Vladislav Chalupa||—|—||||||||
|Jacques Droëtti||—|—||||||||
|M. Steitz||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 7

Dohis was a wheel behind Taillandier. Germain was also close to Dohis.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Albert Taillandier||1:36.8|15.0|||||||
|2|Marcel Dohis||—|—|||||||
|3|Germain||—|—|||||||
|4–7|Georges Augoyat||—|—|||||||
|G. Bessing||—|—||||||||
|Luigi Colombo||—|—||||||||
|Maurice Monniot||—|—||||||||

#### Heat 8

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Karl Duill||1:35.4|14.4|||||||
|2|Léon Ponscarme||—|—|||||||
|3|Thomann||—|—|||||||
|4–6|Édouard Maibaum||—|—|||||||
|Pilton||—|—||||||||
|Maurice Terrier||—|—||||||||
|—|A. Porcher|||—|||||||

#### Heat 9

Wick and Hubault fell. They did not finish.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Antonio Restelli||1:37.6|13.6|,||||||
|2|Vincent||—|—|||||||
|3|Joseph Mallet||—|—|||||||
|4–5|Caillet||—|—|||||||
|Mossmann||—|—||||||||
|—|P. Hubault|||—|||||||
|Édouard Wick|||—||||||||

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were also on the 1st day of competition(11 September). They started at 2 p.m. The winners were the only people who went to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

Stratta was 3 bike lengths behind Lake.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|John Henry Lake||2:02.0|13.2|,||||||
|2|Giacomo Stratta||—|—|||||||
|3|Chaput||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 2

Bullier was 2 bike lengths behind Sanz.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Fernand Sanz||2:00.0|14.0|||||||
|2|Gaston Bullier||—|—|||||||
|3|Paul Rosso||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 3

Duill was one wheel behind Coindre.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Georges Coindre||1:50.0|14.4|||||||
|2|Karl Duill||—|—|||||||
|3|Germain||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 4

Hildebrand was a wheel behind Restelli.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Antonio Restelli||1:52.4|13.0|,||||||
|2|Lloyd Hildebrand||—|—|||||||
|3|Auguste Daumain||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 5

Vincent was two bike lengths behind Taillandier.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Albert Taillandier||2:00.6|12.6|,||||||
|2|Vincent||—|—|||||||
|3|Thomann||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 6

The race was very close. Brusoni was a 1/4 of a wheel behind Mallet.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Joseph Mallet||2:45.0|Unknown|||||||
|2|Ernesto Mario Brusoni||—|—|||||||
|3|Théophile Fras||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 7

Ponscarme was three bike lengths behind Maisonnave.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Léon Maisonnave||1:49.2|14.2|||||||
|2|Léon Ponscarme||—|—|||||||
|3|Paul Espeit||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 8

Dohis was a 1/2 of a bike length behind Vasserot.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ferdinand Vasserot||2:21.6|14.2|||||||
|2|Marcel Dohis||—|—|||||||
|3|Will Davis||—|—|||||||

#### Quarterfinal 9

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Paul Legrain||2:57.4|13.8|||||||
|2|Paul Gottron||—|—|||||||
|3|Adolphe Cayron||—|—|||||||

### Semifinals

The semifinals were on 13 September. The fastest cyclist in each semifinals went to the final round. If you won the semifinal, you would get a medal.

#### Semifinal 1

In the 1900 world championships, Lake beat Vasserot. John Henry lake was in 2nd. Vasserot was in 3rd. Lake won against Vasserot again. It was a very close race.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|John Henry Lake||2:09.6|13.6|||||||
|2|Ferdinand Vasserot||—|—|||||||
|3|Léon Maisonnave||—|—|||||||

#### Semifinal 2

Restelli was 1/2 of a wheel behind Sanz.

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Fernand Sanz||2:46.6|13.4|||||||
|2|Antonio Restelli||—|—|||||||
|3|Georges Coindre||—|—|||||||

#### Semifinal 3

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Albert Taillandier||2:42.6|14.6|||||||
|2|Paul Legrain||—|—|||||||
|3|Joseph Mallet||—|—|||||||

### Final

The final was after the semifinals. They were on the same day (13 September).

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Time||200 m|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Albert Taillandier||2:52.0|13.0|||||
||Fernand Sanz||—|—|||||
||John Henry Lake||—|—|||||

## Results summary

|Rank||Cyclist||Nation||Round 1||Quarterfinals||Semifinals||Final||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Albert Taillandier||1st (15.0)|1st (12.6)|1st (14.6)|1st (13.0)|||||||||
||Fernand Sanz||2nd|1st (14.0)|1st (13.4)|2nd|||||||||
||John Henry Lake||1st (14.0)|1st (13.2)|1st (13.6)|3rd|||||||||
|4|Paul Legrain||1st (14.4)|1st (13.8)|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||
|Antonio Restelli||1st (13.6)|1st (13.0)|2nd|Did not advance||||||||||
|Ferdinand Vasserot||3rd|1st (14.2)|2nd|Did not advance||||||||||
|7|Georges Coindre||2nd|1st (14.4)|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||
|Léon Maisonnave||1st (14.4)|1st (14.2)|3rd|Did not advance||||||||||
|Joseph Mallet||3rd|1st (Unknown)|3rd|Did not advance||||||||||
|10|Ernesto Mario Brusoni||2nd|2nd|Did not advance||||||||||
|Gaston Bullier||3rd|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Marcel Dohis||2nd|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Karl Duill||1st (14.4)|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Paul Gottron||1st (14.4)|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Lloyd Hildebrand||1st (15.4)|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Léon Ponscarme||2nd|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Giacomo Stratta||2nd|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Vincent||2nd|2nd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|19|Adolphe Cayron||1st (14.2)|3rd|Did not advance||||||||||
|Chaput||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Auguste Daumain||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Will Davis||2nd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Paul Espeit||2nd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Théophile Fras||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Germain||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Paul Rosso||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Thomann||3rd|3rd|Did not advance|||||||||||
|28|Charles Amberger||4th–8th|Did not advance|||||||||||
|Georges Augoyat||4th–7th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Omer Beaugendre||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|J. Bérard||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Maxime Bertrand||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|G. Bessing||4th–7th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Fernand Boulmant||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Alfred Boulnois||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|L. Boyer||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Romulo Bruni||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Caillet||4th–5th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Vladislav Chalupa||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Octave Coisy||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Luigi Colombo||4th–7th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Georg Drescher||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Jacques Droëtti||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Émile Dubois||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Dubourdieu||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|L. Dumont||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Franzen||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Guillot||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|František Hirsch||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Lohner||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Longchamp||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Édouard Maibaum||4th–6th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Maurice Monniot||4th–7th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Mossmann||4th–5th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Georges Neurouth||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Pichard||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Pilton||4th–6th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Pouget||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|A. Roger||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Ruez||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Saignier||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|L. Saunière||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|M. Steitz||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Maurice Terrier||4th–6th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Émile Vadbled||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|Vianzino||4th–8th|Did not advance||||||||||||
|—|P. Hubault|||Did not advance|||||||||||
|Édouard Wick|||Did not advance||||||||||||
|—|A. Porcher|||Did not advance|||||||||||

## References

- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
- De Wael, Herman. _Herman's Full Olympians_: "Cycling - track 1900". Accessed 19 March 2006. Available electronically at http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/cyt1900.html .

## Infobox (olympic event)

- **event**: Men's sprint
- **games**: 1900 Summer
- **image**: Cycling Sprint 1900.jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **caption**: The final: Albert Taillandier (France), Fernand Sanz (France) and John Henry Lake (USA)
- **venue**: Vélodrome de Vincennes
- **dates**: September 11 (heats and quarterfinals)
 September 13 (semifinals and final)
- **competitors**: 69
- **nations**: 6
- **longnames**: yes
- **gold**: Albert Taillandier
- **goldnoc**: FRA
- **silver**: Fernand Sanz
- **silvernoc**: FRA
- **bronze**: John Henry Lake
- **bronzenoc**: USA
- **prev**: Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, 1896
- **next**:
Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, 1908 (Summer Olympics)