Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held on 26 to 29 August 1960. There were 30 participants from 18 nations.[1]

Men's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Rome
Date26-29 August 1960
Competitors30 from 18 nations
Medalists
Sante Gaiardoni  Italy
Leo Sterckx  Belgium
Valentino Gasparella  Italy
Cycling at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track events
1000m time trialmen
Sprintmen
Tandemmen
Team pursuitmen

Competition format

Sprint cycling involves a series of head-to-head matches. The 1960 competition involved nine rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, 1/8 finals, another two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.[2]

  • Heats: The 37 entrants were divided into 12 heats, most of 3 cyclists but one of 4 cyclists. After 7 withdrawals, no heat had more than 3 cyclists; many had 2 and one heat had only 1 competitor. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the 1/8 finals (12 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage (18 cyclists).
  • Repechage 1: This was a two-round repechage. The first round consisted of 9 heats of 2 cyclists. The winners advanced to the second round of the repechage, while the losers were eliminated. The second round had 3 heats of 3 cyclists each; the top 2 in each heat joined the main competition again at the 1/8 finals (6 cyclists) while the 3rd-place rider in each heat was eliminated.
  • 1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the heats or the first repechage competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 3 cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the other 2 in each heat went to the second repechage (12 cyclists).
  • Repechage 2: This was another two-round repechage, but with a different format. This repechage began with 4 heats of 3 cyclists each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other 2 cyclists in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured 2 heats of 2 cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers eliminated.
  • Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated.
  • Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
  • Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sante Gaiardoni Italy11.7Q
2Clyde Rimple British West IndiesN/AR
–Mohamed Touati TunisiaDNS

Heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ron Baensch Australia11.7Q
–K. Melby DenmarkDNS
–Les Haupt South AfricaDNS

Heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Leo Sterckx Belgium11.4Q
2Anésio Argenton BrazilN/AR
–P. Tache RomaniaDNS

Heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Mario Vanegas Colombia11.7Q
2Karl Barton Great BritainN/AR
–V. Oprea RomaniaDNS

Heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Valentino Gasparella Italy11.7Q
2José María Errandonea SpainN/AR
3Martin McKay IrelandN/AR

Heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Günter Kaslowski United Team of Germany12.0Q
2Gilbert De Rieck BelgiumN/AR
3Cenobio Ruiz MexicoN/AR

Heat 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1André Gruchet France11.6Q
2Herbert Francis United StatesN/AR
3Muhammad Ashiq PakistanN/AR

Heat 8
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Kurt Rechsteiner Switzerland11.7Q
2Luis Muciño MexicoN/AR
3Abdul Razzaq Baloch PakistanN/AR

Heat 9
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lloyd Binch Great Britain12.0Q
2Imants Bodnieks Soviet UnionN/AR
3Piet van der Touw NetherlandsN/AR

Heat 10
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Boris Vasilyev Soviet Union11.8Q
2Francisco Tortellá SpainN/AR
3Michael Horgan IrelandN/AR

Heat 11
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Antoine Pellegrina France12.4Q
2Aad de Graaf NetherlandsN/AR
–Diego Calero ColombiaDNS

Heat 12
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1August Rieke United Team of Germany11.9Q
2Jackie Simes United StatesN/AR
3Paul Nyman FinlandN/AR
–Ian Browne AustraliaDNS

First repechage heats

First repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Anésio Argenton Brazil12.3Q
2Karl Barton Great BritainN/A

First repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Cenobio Ruiz Mexico12.4Q
2Martin McKay IrelandN/A

First repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gilbert De Rieck Belgium12.4Q
2José María Errandonea SpainN/A

First repechage heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herbert Francis United States12.1Q
2Abdul Razzaq Baloch PakistanN/A

First repechage heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Luis Muciño Mexico12.8Q
2Muhammad Ashiq PakistanN/A

First repechage heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Imants Bodnieks Soviet Union11.7Q
2Michael Horgan IrelandN/A

First repechage heat 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Piet van der Touw Netherlands12.1Q
2Francisco Tortellá SpainN/A

First repechage heat 8
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Aad de Graaf Netherlands11.6Q
2Jackie Simes United StatesN/A

First repechage heat 9
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Clyde Rimple British West Indies12.5Q
2Paul Nyman FinlandN/A

First repechage finals

First repechage final 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Aad de Graaf Netherlands11.8Q
2Gilbert De Rieck BelgiumN/AQ
3Cenobio Ruiz MexicoN/A

First repechage final 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Imants Bodnieks Soviet Union12.5Q
2Anésio Argenton BrazilN/AQ
3Luis Muciño MexicoN/A

First repechage final 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Piet van der Touw Netherlands11.9Q
2Clyde Rimple British West IndiesN/AQ
3Herbert Francis United StatesN/A

1/8 finals

1/8 final heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1August Rieke United Team of Germany11.7Q
2Piet van der Touw NetherlandsN/AR
3Boris Vasilyev Soviet UnionN/AR

1/8 final heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Antoine Pellegrina France11.6Q
2Kurt Rechsteiner SwitzerlandN/AR
3Gilbert De Rieck BelgiumN/AR

1/8 final heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Lloyd Binch Great Britain11.7Q
2André Gruchet FranceN/AR
3Clyde Rimple British West IndiesN/AR

1/8 final heat 4

Gasparella "was retroceded from 1st to 3rd place."[3]

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Anésio Argenton Brazil11.4Q
2Ron Baensch AustraliaN/AR
3Valentino Gasparella ItalyN/AR

1/8 final heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Leo Sterckx Belgium11.3Q
2Aad de Graaf NetherlandsN/AR
3Mario Vanegas ColombiaN/AR

1/8 final heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sante Gaiardoni Italy11.7Q
2Imants Bodnieks Soviet UnionN/AR
3Günter Kaslowski United Team of GermanyN/AR

Second repechage heats

Second repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Mario Vanegas Colombia11.8Q
2André Gruchet FranceN/A
3Aad de Graaf NetherlandsN/A

Second repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Valentino Gasparella Italy11.6Q
2Clyde Rimple British West IndiesN/A
3Boris Vasilyev Soviet UnionN/A

Second repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Kurt Rechsteiner Switzerland11.5Q
2Günter Kaslowski United Team of GermanyN/A
3Gilbert De Rieck BelgiumN/A

Second repechage heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ron Baensch Australia12.1Q
2Piet van der Touw NetherlandsN/A
3Imants Bodnieks Soviet UnionN/A

Second repechage finals

Second repechage final 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Valentino Gasparella Italy11.4Q
2Mario Vanegas ColombiaN/A

Second repechage final 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ron Baensch Australia11.6Q
2Kurt Rechsteiner SwitzerlandN/A

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Valentino Gasparella Italy112.0111.7N/AQ
2Antoine Pellegrina France2N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Ron Baensch Australia112.2112.0N/AQ
2August Rieke United Team of Germany2N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 3
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Leo Sterckx Belgium111.9111.7N/AQ
2Lloyd Binch Great Britain2N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 4
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Sante Gaiardoni Italy111.6111.3N/AQ
2Anésio Argenton Brazil2N/A2N/A

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Leo Sterckx Belgium2N/A111.3111.5Q
2Valentino Gasparella Italy111.12N/A2N/AB

Semifinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Sante Gaiardoni Italy111.6112.8N/AQ
2Ron Baensch Australia2N/A2N/AB

Finals

Bronze medal final
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Valentino Gasparella Italy112.2112.0N/A
4Ron Baensch Australia2N/A2N/A

Gold medal final
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Sante Gaiardoni Italy111.1111.5N/A
Leo Sterckx Belgium2N/A2N/A

Final classification
RankNameNation
Sante Gaiardoni Italy
Leo Sterckx Belgium
Valentino Gasparella Italy
4Ron Baensch Australia
5Anésio Argenton Brazil
Lloyd Binch Great Britain
Antoine Pellegrina France
August Rieke United Team of Germany
9Kurt Rechsteiner Switzerland
Mario Vanegas Colombia
11André Gruchet France
Günter Kaslowski United Team of Germany
Clyde Rimple British West Indies
Piet van der Touw Netherlands
15Imants Bodnieks Soviet Union
Aad de Graaf Netherlands
Gilbert De Rieck Belgium
Boris Vasilyev Soviet Union
19Herbert Francis United States
Luis Muciño Mexico
Cenobio Ruiz Mexico
22Muhammad Ashiq Pakistan
Abdul Razzaq Baloch Pakistan
Karl Barton Great Britain
José María Errandonea Spain
Michael Horgan Ireland
Martin McKay Ireland
Paul Nyman Finland
Jackie Simes United States
Francisco Tortellá Spain

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. Official Report, p. 326
  3. Official Report, p. 328.
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