Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Cycling - Men's sprint
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueRose Bowl, Pasadena
DatesAugust 1 and 3
Competitors9 from 9 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road race men
Team road race men
Track events
1000m time trial men
Sprint men
Tandem men
Team pursuit men

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3. The format was a sprint of 1000 metres.[1]

Results

Riders competed in three heats and one repechage; top two riders advanced to quarterfinal.

Heats

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Louis Chaillot France 13.0
2 Willy Gervin Denmark
3 Enrique Heredia Mexico

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands 13.0
2 Ernest Chambers Great Britain
3 Leo Marchiori Canada

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dunc Gray Australia 13.2
2 Bruno Pellizzari Italy
3 Bobby Thomas United States

Repechage

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bobby Thomas United States 13.1
2 Leo Marchiori Canada
3 Enrique Heredia Mexico

Winner of each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Louis Chaillot France 12.9
2 Leo Marchiori Canada

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands 12.2
2 Bobby Thomas United States

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dunc Gray Australia 12.9
2 Willy Gervin Denmark

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bruno Pellizzari Italy 12.5
2 Ernest Chambers Great Britain

Winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Louis Chaillot France 12.8
2 Dunc Gray Australia

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands 12.5
2 Bruno Pellizzari Italy

Final

Match 1/2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Louis Chaillot France

Match 3/4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Pellizzari Italy 12.7
4 Dunc Gray Australia

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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