Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

These are the results of the Men's 1 km Sprint at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held from 21 to 24 July 1976. There were twenty-five participants.[1]

Men's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Date21–24 July 1976
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
Anton Tkáč  Czechoslovakia
Daniel Morelon  France
Jürgen Geschke  East Germany
Cycling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Individual pursuitmen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmen
Individual time trialmen

Competition format

This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1976 competition featured a smaller field than previous Games, reducing the number of rounds from ten to eight by eliminating the second round and second repechage. The 1976 sprint involved ten rounds: five main rounds (first round, 1/8 finals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as two repechages after the first two main rounds; the second repechage was a two-round repechage.[2]

  • First round: The 25 entrants were divided into 12 heats of 2 cyclists each (except the final heat, which had 3). 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 (13 cyclists).
  • First repechage: The 13 cyclists were divided into 6 heats, each with 2 cyclists (again, except the final heat, which had 3). The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (6 cyclists), while all others were eliminated (7 cyclists).
  • 1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the first rounds (including 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).
  • Second repechage: This was a two-round repechage. The 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

First round

First round heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Morelon France11.46Q
2Taworn Tarwan Thailand–R

First round heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Giorgio Rossi Italy11.36Q
2Mikhail Kountras Thailand–R

First round heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jürgen Geschke East Germany11.55Q
2Vlado Fumić Yugoslavia–R

First round heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Benedykt Kocot Poland11.79Q
2Leslie Rawlins Trinidad and Tobago–R

First round heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia11.19Q
2Stanley Smith Barbados–R

First round heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sergey Kravtsov Soviet Union11.16Q
2Julio Echevarry Colombia–R

First round heat 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gordon Singleton Canada11.44Q
2Dimo Angelov Tonchev Bulgaria–R

First round heat 8
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Yoshikazu Cho Japan11.21Q
2Niels Fredborg Denmark–R

First round heat 9
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Dieter Berkmann West Germany11.38Q
2Ron Boyle Australia–R

First round heat 10
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Richard Tormen Chile11.63Q
2Sjaak Pieters Netherlands–R

First round heat 11
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Xavier Mirander Jamaica11.45Q
2Trevor Gadd Great Britain–R

First round heat 12
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Michel Vaarten Belgium11.26Q
2Leigh Barczewski United States–R
3Patrick Spencer Antigua and Barbuda–R

First repechage

First repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Stanley Smith Barbados12.34Q
2Taworn Tarwan Thailand–

First repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Dimo Angelov Tonchev Bulgaria11.50Q
2Mikhail Kountras Thailand–

First repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Julio Echevarry Colombia–Q
2Leslie Rawlins Trinidad and TobagoDSQ

First repechage heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg Denmark11.96Q
2Ron Boyle Australia–

First repechage heat 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Trevor Gadd Great Britain–Q
2Leigh Barczewski United StatesDSQ

First repechage heat 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sjaak Pieters Netherlands11.71Q
2Vlado Fumić Yugoslavia–
3Patrick Spencer Antigua and Barbuda–

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Morelon France11.29Q
2Michel Vaarten Belgium–R
3Stanley Smith Barbados–R

1/8 final 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Giorgio Rossi Italy11.39Q
2Richard Tormen Chile–R
3Dimo Angelov Tonchev Bulgaria–R

1/8 final 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jürgen Geschke East Germany11.52Q
2Xavier Mirander Jamaica–R
3Julio Echevarry Colombia–R

1/8 final 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg Denmark11.59Q
2Dieter Berkmann West Germany–R
3Benedykt Kocot Poland–R

1/8 final 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia11.69Q
2Gordon Singleton Canada–R
3Trevor Gadd Great Britain–R

1/8 final 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Yoshikazu Cho Japan11.28Q
2Sergey Kravtsov Soviet Union–R
3Sjaak Pieters Netherlands–R

Second repechage heats

Second repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Michel Vaarten Belgium12.61Q
2Julio Echevarry Colombia–
3Dimo Angelov Tonchev Bulgaria–

Second repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Richard Tormen Chile11.75Q
2Benedykt Kocot Poland–
3Stanley Smith Barbados–

Second repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sergey Kravtsov Soviet Union11.31Q
2Trevor Gadd Great Britain–
3Xavier Mirander Jamaica–

Second repechage heat 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Dieter Berkmann West Germany11.43Q
2Sjaak Pieters Netherlands–
3Gordon Singleton Canada–

Second repechage finals

Second repechage final 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Dieter Berkmann West Germany11.67Q
2Richard Tormen Chile–

Second repechage final 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Sergey Kravtsov Soviet Union11.39Q
2Michel Vaarten Belgium–

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Daniel Morelon France11.69111.151N/AQ
2Sergey Kravtsov Soviet Union–2–2

Quarterfinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Dieter Berkmann West Germany–211.96111.801Q
2Giorgio Rossi Italy12.441–2–2

Quarterfinal 3
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Jürgen Geschke East Germany12.14112.441N/AQ
2Yoshikazu Cho Japan–2–2

Quarterfinal 4
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia11.53111.691N/AQ
2Niels Fredborg Denmark–2–2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Daniel Morelon France11.42111.621N/AQ
2Dieter Berkmann West Germany–2–2B

Semifinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia11.241–211.131Q
2Jürgen Geschke East Germany–211.651–2B

Finals

Bronze medal match
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Jürgen Geschke East Germany11.351DSQ211.421
4Dieter Berkmann West Germany–2–1–2

Final
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia10.781–211.171
Daniel Morelon France–211.581–2

Final classification
RANK FINAL RANKING
 Anton Tkáč (TCH)
 Daniel Morelon (FRA)
 Jürgen Geschke (GDR)
4.  Dieter Berkmann (FRG)
5.  Yoshikazu Cho (JPN)
6.  Niels Fredborg (DEN)
7.  Sergey Kravtsov (URS)
8.  Giorgio Rossi (ITA)
9.  Richard Tormen (CHI)
10.  Michel Vaarten (BEL)
11.  Julio Echevarry (COL)
12.  Trevor Gadd (GBR)
13.  Benedykt Kocot (POL)
14.  Sjaak Pieters (NED)
15.  Dimo Angelov Tonchev (BUL)
16.  Xavier Mirander (JAM)
17.  Gordon Singleton (CAN)
18.  Stanley Smith (BAR)
19.  Leigh Barczewski (USA)
20.  Ron Boyle (AUS)
21.  Vlado Fumić (YUG)
22.  Mikhail Kountras (GRE)
23.  Leslie Rawlins (TRI)
24.  Taworn Tarwan (THA)
25.  Patrick Spencer (ANT)

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 191–93.
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