Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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1996 Summer Olympics
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The men's 200m Sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on July 24 through July 28, 1996 at the Stone Mountain Velodrome.

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Jens Fiedler (GER)  Marty Nothstein (USA)  Curt Harnett (CAN)

Results

Qualifying round

Times and average speeds are listed. All 24 riders advanced to the first round.

Pos. Athlete NOC Time Ave. Speed Qualify
1. Gary Neiwand Australia 10.129 s 71.08 km/h q- OR
2. Curt Harnett Canada 10.175 s 70.76 km/h q
3. Marty Nothstein United States 10.176 s 70.75 km/h q
4. Jens Fiedler Germany 10.232 s 70.36 km/h q
5. Eyk Pokorny Germany 10.233 s 70.36 km/h q
6. Darryn Hill Australia 10.329 s 69.70 km/h q
7. Pavel Buran Czech Republic 10.389 s 69.30 km/h q
8. Florian Rousseau France 10.397 s 69.25 km/h q
9. Viesturs Berzins Latvia 10.463 s 68.81 km/h q
10. Roberto Chiappa Italy 10.473 s 68.74 km/h q
11. Jose Moreno Spain 10.492 s 68.62 km/h q
12. William Clay United States 10.543 s 68.29 km/h q
13. George Himonetos Greece 10.602 s 68.18 km/h q
14. Frédéric Magné France 10.602 s 67.91 km/h q
15. Jose Escuredo Spain 10.630 s 67.73 km/h q
16. Martin Hrbacek Slovakia 10.693 s 67.33 km/h q
17. Jean-Pierre van Zyl South Africa 10.695 s 67.32 km/h q
18. Labros Vassilopoulus Greece 10.726 s 67.12 km/h q
19. Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan 10.772 s 66.83 km/h q
20. Peter Bazalik Slovakia 10.837 s 66.43 km/h q
21. Gianluca Capitano Italy 10.895 s 66.08 km/h q
22. Byung Hyun South Korea 11.001 s 65.44 km/h q
23. Darren McKenzie Potter New Zealand 11.211 s 64.22 km/h q
24. Claus Martinez Arroyo Bolivia 12.341 s 58.34 km/h q

First Round

The first round consisted of twelve heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 Gary Neiwand Australia 11.191 s Q
2 Claus Martinez Arroyo Bolivia
2 1 Curt Harnett Canada 11.380 s Q
2 Darren McKenzie Potter New Zealand
3 1 Marty Nothstein United States 11.415 s Q
2 Byung Hyun South Korea
4 1 Jens Fiedler Germany 11.722 s Q
2 Gianluca Capitano Italy
5 1 Eyk Pokorny Germany 10.995 s Q
2 Peter Bazalik Slovakia
6 1 Darryn Hill Australia 11.192 s Q
2 Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan
7 1 Pavel Buran Czech Republic 11.700 s Q
2 Labros Vassilopoulus Greece
8 1 Florian Rousseau France 11.296 s Q
2 Jean-Pierre van Zyl South Africa
9 1 Viesturs Berzins Latvia 11.008 s Q
2 Martin Hrbacek Slovakia
10 1 Roberto Chiappa Italy 10.896 s Q
2 Jose Escuredo Spain
11 1 Frédéric Magné France 10.740 s Q
2 Jose Moreno Spain
12 1 George Himonetos Greece 11.182 s Q
2 William Clay United States

First Round repechage

The twelve defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the first round repechage. The winner of each heat rejoined the twelve victors of the first round in advancing to the second round

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 William Clay United States 11.191 s Q
2 Claus Martinez Arroyo Bolivia
2 1 Jose Moreno Spain 11.017 s Q
2 Darren McKenzie Potter New Zealand
3 1 Jose Escuredo Spain 11.257 s Q
2 Byung Hyun South Korea
4 1 Martin Hrbacek Slovakia 11.076 s Q
2 Gianluca Capitano Italy
5 1 Peter Bazalik Slovakia 11.222 s Q
2 Jean-Pierre van Zyl South Africa
6 1 Labros Vassilopoulus Greece 11.060 s Q
2 Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan

Second Round Round

The second round consisted of nine heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the 1/8 finals, losers competed in the repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 Gary Neiwand Australia 11.249 s Q
2 Labros Vassilopoulus Greece
2 1 Curt Harnett Canada 11.058 s Q
2 Peter Bazalik Slovakia
3 1 Marty Nothstein United States 10.899 s Q
2 Martin Hrbacek Slovakia
4 1 Jens Fiedler Germany 10.597 s Q
2 Jose Escuredo Spain
5 1 Eyk Pokorny Germany 10.966 s Q
2 Jose Moreno Spain
6 1 Darryn Hill Australia 10.811 s Q
2 William Clay United States
7 1 Pavel Buran Czech Republic 11.272 s Q
2 George Himonetos Greece
8 1 Florian Rousseau France 10.745 s Q
2 Frédéric Magné France
9 1 Viesturs Berzins Latvia 11.044 s Q
2 Roberto Chiappa Italy

Second Round repechage

The nine defeated cyclists from the second round took part in the second round repechage. The winner of each heat rejoined the nine victors of the second round in advancing to the 1/8 finals.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 Roberto Chiappa Italy 11.378 s Q
2 Labros Vassilopoulus Greece
3 William Clay United States REL
2 1 Jose Moreno Spain 11.089 s Q
2 George Himonetos Greece
3 Peter Bazalik Slovakia
3 1 Frédéric Magné France 11.035 s Q
2 Gianluca Capitano Italy
3 Jose Escuredo Spain

1/8 final

The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve remaining cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 Gary Neiwand Australia 11.625 s Q
2 Frédéric Magné France
2 1 Curt Harnett Canada 10.793 s Q
2 Jose Moreno Spain
3 1 Marty Nothstein United States 11.047 s Q
2 Roberto Chiappa Italy
4 1 Jens Fiedler Germany 10.808 s Q
2 Viesturs Berzins Latvia
5 1 Florian Rousseau France 10.828 s Q
2 Eyk Pokorny Germany
6 1 Darryn Hill Australia 11.008 s Q
2 Pavel Buran Czech Republic

1/8 repechage

The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time Qualify
1 1 Frédéric Magné France 10.975 s Q
2 Pavel Buran Czech Republic
3 Viesturs Berzins Latvia
2 1 Eyk Pokorny Germany 10.982 s Q
2 Roberto Chiappa Italy
3 Jose Moreno Spain

Quarterfinals

The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. The winners advanced to the semifinals, with the losers racing in a 5-8 placement race.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Qualify
1 1 Gary Neiwand Australia 10.794 s 11.091 s Q
2 Eyk Pokorny Germany
2 1 Curt Harnett Canada 11.127 s REL 10.712 Q
2 Frédéric Magné France 11.022
3 1 Marty Nothstein United States 10.950 s 10.650 s Q
2 Darryn Hill Australia
4 1 Jens Fiedler Germany 10.752 s 10.957 s Q
2 Florian Rousseau France

Classification 5-8

Held 19 September
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Pos Athlete NOS Time
1 Darryn Hill Australia 11.072 s
2 Frédéric Magné France
3 Eyk Pokorny Germany
4 Florian Rousseau France

Semifinals

The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Heat Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider Qualify
1 1 Jens Fiedler Germany 10.618 s 10.974 s Q
2 Gary Neiwand Australia
2 1 Marty Nothstein United States 10.731 s 10.905 s Q
2 Curt Harnett Canada

Medal Finals

Bronze medal match

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Curt Harnett Canada 10.947 s 10.949 s
2 Gary Neiwand Australia

Gold medal match

The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Pos Athlete NOS Time 1 Time 2 Decider
1 Jens Fiedler Germany 10.664 s 11.074 s
2 Marty Nothstein United States

Final classification

Final results
Pos. Athlete NOC
1. Jens Fiedler Germany
2. Marty Nothstein United States
3. Curt Harnett Canada
4. Gary Neiwand Australia
5. Darryn Hill Australia
6. Frédéric Magné France
7. Eyk Pokorny Germany
8. Florian Rousseau France

References

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