Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Games of the I Olympiad

The French medalists Flameng and Masson
VenueNeo Phaliron Velodrome
DateApril 11
Competitors4 from 3 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race   men
Track cycling
Time trial men
Sprint men
10 km men
100 km men
12 hour men

The men's sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres, or six laps of the track.

Results

Place Athlete Time
1  Paul Masson (FRA) 4:58.2
2  Stamatios Nikolopoulos (GRE) 5:00.2
3  Léon Flameng (FRA) Unknown
 Joseph Rosemeyer (GER) DNF

Four athletes entered the race. Rosemeyer of Germany had mechanical problems during the race and left the course without finishing. The French cyclists took 1st and 3rd places, while Nikolopoulos of Greece finished second.

References

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