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.

* 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  9:0014:00  Round 1Quarterfinals Thursday, 13 September 1900   SemifinalsFinal

Results

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  .


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