Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Sprint at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates	September 11 (heats and quarterfinals) September 13 (semifinals and final)
Competitors	69 from 6 nations
Medalists
Georges Taillandier France   Fernand Sanz France   John Henry Lake United States
«1896	1908»

Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track cycling
Sprint		men
25 kilometres		men

The men's sprint was one of the two cycling events, both track cycling, on the Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first of the two events, held on 11 September and 13 September. The sprint, a 2000 metre race, was conducted in four rounds. 69 of the 72 cyclists competed in the sprint, including cyclists from all six competing nations.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 First round 1.1.1 Heat 1 1.1.2 Heat 2 1.1.3 Heat 3 1.1.4 Heat 4 1.1.5 Heat 5 1.1.6 Heat 6 1.1.7 Heat 7 1.1.8 Heat 8 1.1.9 Heat 9 1.2 Quarterfinals 1.2.1 Quarterfinal 1 1.2.2 Quarterfinal 2 1.2.3 Quarterfinal 3 1.2.4 Quarterfinal 4 1.2.5 Quarterfinal 5 1.2.6 Quarterfinal 6 1.2.7 Quarterfinal 7 1.2.8 Quarterfinal 8 1.2.9 Quarterfinal 9 1.3 Semifinals 1.3.1 Semifinal 1 1.3.2 Semifinal 2 1.3.3 Semifinal 3 1.4 Final 2 References

Results

First round

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

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Louis Hildebrand (FRA)	1:34.2 (15.4)
2	Giacomo Stratta (ITA)	Unknown
3	Ferdinand Vasserot (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	Dubois (FRA)	Unknown
	Dubourdien (FRA)	Unknown
	L. Dumont (FRA)	Unknown
	František Hirsch (BOH)	Unknown
	Pouget (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 2

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Cayron (FRA)	1:34.2 (14.2)
2	Coindre (FRA)	Unknown
3	Daumain (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	Bouinois (FRA)	Unknown
	Carlo Buni (ITA)	Unknown
	Saignier (FRA)	Unknown
	Vadblad (FRA)	Unknown
	Vianzino (ITA)	Unknown

Heat 3

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Paul Gottron (GER)	1:32.4 (14.4)
2	Fernand Sanz (FRA)	Unknown
3	Rosso (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	Amberger (FRA)	Unknown
	L. Boyer (FRA)	Unknown
	Neursuth (FRA)	Unknown
	A. Roger (FRA)	Unknown
	Ruez (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 4

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Legrain (FRA)	1:30.4 (14.4)
2	Ernesto Mario Brusoni (ITA)	Unknown
3	Fras (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	Omer Beaugendre (FRA)	Unknown
	Coisy (FRA)	Unknown
	Franzen (FRA)	Unknown
	Pichard (FRA)	Unknown
	L. Saunière (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 5

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Maissonave (FRA)	1:35.8 (14.4)
2	Will Davis (FRA)	Unknown
3	Chaput (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	F. Boulmant (FRA)	Unknown
	Drescher (GER)	Unknown
	Guillot (FRA)	Unknown
	Lohner (FRA)	Unknown
	Longchamp (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 6

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	John Henry Lake (USA)	1:35.8 (14.0)
2	Espeit (FRA)	Unknown
3	Bullier (FRA)	Unknown
4-8	Bérard (FRA)	Unknown
	Bertrand (FRA)	Unknown
	Chalupa (FRA)	Unknown
	Droetti (ITA)	Unknown
	Stertz (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 7

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Georges Taillandier (FRA)	1:36.8 (15.0)
2	Dohis (FRA)	Unknown
3	Germain (FRA)	Unknown
4-7	Augoyat (FRA)	Unknown
	Bessing (FRA)	Unknown
	Luigi Colombo (ITA)	Unknown
	Monniot (FRA)	Unknown

Heat 8

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Karl Duill (GER)	1:35.4 (14.4)
2	F. Ponscarme (FRA)	Unknown
3	Thomann (FRA)	Unknown
4-6	Maibaum (FRA)	Unknown
	Pilton (FRA)	Unknown
	Terrier (FRA)	Unknown
—	Porcher (FRA)	DQ

Heat 9

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Antonio Restelli (ITA)	1:37.6 (13.6)
2	Vincent (BEL)	Unknown
3	J. Mallet (FRA)	Unknown
4-5	Caillet (FRA)	Unknown
	Mossmann (FRA)	Unknown
—	P. Hubault (FRA)	DNF
	Wick (FRA)	DNF

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

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	John Henry Lake (USA)	2:02.0 (13.2)
2	Giacomo Stratta (ITA)	Unknown
3	Chaput (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Fernand Sanz (FRA)	2:00.0 (14.0)
2	Bullier (FRA)	Unknown
3	Rosso (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Coindre (FRA)	1:50.0 (14.4)
2	Karl Duill (GER)	Unknown
3	Germain (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Antonio Restelli (ITA)	1:52.4 (13.0)
2	Louis Hildebrand (FRA)	Unknown
3	Daumain (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Georges Taillandier (FRA)	2:00.6 (12.6)
2	Vincent (BEL)	Unknown
3	Thomann (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 6

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	J. Mallet (FRA)	2:45.0
2	Ernesto Mario Brusoni (ITA)	Unknown
3	Fras (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 7

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Maissonnave (FRA)	1:49.2 (14.2)
2	F. Ponscarme (FRA)	Unknown
3	Espeit (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 8

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Ferdinand Vasserot (FRA)	2:21.6 (14.2)
2	Dohis (FRA)	Unknown
3	Will Davis (FRA)	Unknown

Quarterfinal 9

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Legrain (FRA)	2:57.4 (13.8)
2	Paul Gottron (GER)	Unknown
3	Cayron (FRA)	Unknown

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.

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	John Henry Lake (USA)	2:09.6 (13.6)
2	Ferdinand Vasserot (FRA)	Unknown
3	Maissonnave (FRA)	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Fernand Sanz (FRA)	2:46.6 (13.4)
2	Antonio Restelli (ITA)	Unknown
3	Coindre (FRA)	Unknown

Semifinal 3

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Georges Taillandier (FRA)	2:42.6 (14.6)
2	Legrain (FRA)	Unknown
3	J. Mallet (FRA)	Unknown

Final

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

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Georges Taillandier (FRA)	2:52.0 (13.0)
2	Fernand Sanz (FRA)	Unknown
3	John Henry Lake (USA)	Unknown

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling - track 1900". Accessed 19 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.