Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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