Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[1]

Men's Sprint
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Roger Beaufrand  France
Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands
Willy Hansen  Denmark

This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. The competition began with a preliminary round consisting of six races, with the winner of each advancing to the quarterfinals. The losers of the preliminary round competed in a two-round repechage, with two cyclists qualifying for the finals out of the repechage. Beginning with the quarterfinals, the competition was a single elimination tournament, with a bronze medal match.

Results

Source:[2][3]

Preliminary round

Repechage round 1

Repechage final

Rank Cyclist
1 Q  Jerzy Koszutski (POL)
2 Q  Antonio Malvassi (ARG)
3  Sydney Cozens (GBR)
4  Walter Knabenhans (SUI)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Medal matches

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. "Cycling - Track 1928".
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