Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's sprint; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City
Dates	18–19 October 1968
Competitors	47 from 28 nations
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

Last updated January 23, 2024

The men's sprint was a cycling event held at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 18 to 19 October 1968. There were 47 participants from 28 nations.^[1] Each nation was limited to two cyclists. The event was won by Daniel Morelon of France, his second consecutive medal and first gold; it was also France's world-leading sixth victory in the men's sprint. His countryman Pierre Trentin, who had lost the bronze medal match to Morelon four years earlier, this year won it against Omar Pkhakadze of the Soviet Union. Between the French cyclists was silver medalist Giordano Turrini of Italy, extending that nation's streak of top-two results in the event to six Games.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. The only two quarterfinalists from 1964 to return were the French cyclists: Pierre Trentin and Daniel Morelon. Trentin had been favored in 1964, but both had lost in the semifinals and Morelon had won the bronze medal match between them. Morelon would beat Trentin again at the 1966 and 1967 World Championship finals and the 1968 Grand Prix de Paris, though Trentin would prevail in the 1964, 1965, and 1967 Grand Prix competitions. Coming into Mexico City, Morelon was favored with Trentin expected to challenge him in the final. Also contending were 1965 World Champion Omar Phakadze of the Soviet Union and runner-up Giordano Turrini of Italy, as well as 1968 runner-up Niels Fredborg of Denmark.^[2]

Barbados, Belize, Lebanon, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and Thailand each made their debut in the men's sprint; West Germany competed separately for the first time. France made its 14th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1968 competition involved ten rounds: six main rounds (first round, second round, 1/8 finals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as three repechages after the first three main rounds; the third repechage was a two-round repechage.^[3]

First round: The 51 entrants were divided into 17 heats of 3 cyclists each. Withdrawals left some heats with only 2 competitors. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the second round (17 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage (30 cyclists).
First repechage: The 30 cyclists were divided into 12 heats, each with 2 or 3 cyclists. The winner of each heat advanced to the second round (12 cyclists), while all others were eliminated (18 cyclists, including those who did not start).
Second round: The 29 cyclists who advanced through the first round or first repechage were divided into 10 heats; all heats had 3 cyclists except heat 1, which had only 2. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the third round, the 1/8 finals (10 cyclists), while all others went to the second repechage (19 cyclists).
Second repechage: The 19 cyclists from the second round were divided into 8 heats, with 2 or 3 cyclists per heat. Winners advanced to the 1/8 finals (8 cyclists), while all others were eliminated (11 cyclists, including those who did not start).
1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the first two rounds (including repechages) 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 third repechage (12 cyclists).
Third 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.

Records

The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record	Omar Pkhakadze (URS)	10.61	Mexico City, Mexico	22 October 1967
Olympic record	Valentino Gasparella (ITA)	11.1	Rome, Italy	29 August 1960

Jan Jansen matched the Olympic record at 11.10 seconds for the last 200 metres in the eighth heat of round 1. Dino Verzini set a new record of 10.87 seconds in the next heat. Roger Gibbon pushed the record to 10.70 seconds in the fifth heat of round 2. Leijn Loevesijn's time of 10.66 seconds in the second heat of the third repechage semifinals was the last record-breaking performance of the event.

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 18 October 1968	10:00	Round 1 First repechage Round 2 Second repechage 1/8 finals Third repechage semifinals Third repechage finals
Saturday, 19 October 1968	10:00	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

Results

First round

First round heat 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon	France	11.24	Q
2	Juan Reyes	Cuba	–	R
3	Roberto Roxas	Philippines	–	R

First round heat 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Trentin	France	11.61	Q
2	José Jaime Galeano	Colombia	–	R
3	Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet	Thailand	–	R

First round heat 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Turrini	Italy	11.34	Q
2	Sanji Inoue	Japan	–	R
3	Kensley Reece	Barbados	–	R

First round heat 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	11.30	Q
2	José Pittaro	Argentina	–	R
3	Tarek Abou Al Dahab	Lebanon	–	R

First round heat 5

Jürgen Kissner of West Germany was entered in this heat but did not compete.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Roger Gibbon	Trinidad and Tobago	11.15	Q
2	Fan Yue-tao	Taiwan	–	R

First round heat 6

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium	11.37	Q
2	Héctor Urrego	Colombia	–	R
3	Kim Gwang-seon	South Korea	–	R

First round heat 7

George Artin of Iraq was entered in this heat but did not compete.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Reg Barnett	Great Britain	11.34	Q
2	Bob Boucher	Canada	–	R

First round heat 8

Constantin Kabemba of the Cook Islands was entered in this heat but did not compete.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jan Jansen	Netherlands	11.10	Q, =OR
2	Arturo García	Mexico	–	R

First round heat 9

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dino Verzini	Italy	10.87	Q, OR
2	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	–	R
3	Rolando Guaves	Philippines	–	R

First round heat 10

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Niels Fredborg	Denmark	10.91	Q
2	Jocelyn Lovell	Canada	–	R
3	Kriengsak Varavudhi	Thailand	–	R

First round heat 11

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	10.92	Q
2	András Baranyecz	Hungary	–	R
3	Tim Mountford	United States	–	R

First round heat 12

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Gordon Johnson	Australia	11.42	Q
2	José Mercado	Mexico	–	R
3	Gwon Jung-hyeon	South Korea	–	R

First round heat 13

Ignace Mandjambi of the Cook Islands was entered in this heat but did not compete.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	11.39	Q
2	Carlos Roqueiro	Argentina	–	R

First round heat 14

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ivan Kučírek	Czechoslovakia	11.03	Q
2	Ian Alsop	Great Britain	–	R
3	Aubrey Bryce	Guyana	–	R

First round heat 15

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jackie Simes	United States	11.23	Q
2	Daniel Goens	Belgium	–	R
3	Kenneth Sutherland	British Honduras	–	R

First round heat 16

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Peder Pedersen	Denmark	11.08	Q
2	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	–	R
3	Edwin Torres	Puerto Rico	–	R

First round heat 17

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Miloš Jelínek	Czechoslovakia	11.40	Q
2	John Nicholson	Australia	–	R
3	Raúl Marcelo Vázquez	Cuba	–	R

First repechage

Tarek Abou Al Dahab of Lebanon withdrew.

First repechage heat 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sanji Inoue	Japan	11.60	Q
2	Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet	Thailand	–
3	Héctor Urrego	Colombia	–

First repechage heat 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	José Pittaro	Argentina	11.41	Q
2	Roberto Roxas	Philippines	–
3	Aubrey Bryce	Guyana	–

First repechage heat 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tim Mountford	United States	11.03	Q
2	Kim Gwang-seon	South Korea	–
3	José Jaime Galeano	Colombia	–

First repechage heat 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	11.35	Q
2	Juan Reyes	Cuba	–
3	Gwon Jung-hyeon	South Korea	–

First repechage heat 5

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jocelyn Lovell	Canada	11.30	Q
2	Arturo García	Mexico	–
3	Rolando Guaves	Philippines	–

First repechage heat 6

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	András Baranyecz	Hungary	11.08	Q
2	Kriengsak Varavudhi	Thailand	–

First repechage heat 7

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	José Mercado	Mexico	11.27	Q
2	Kensley Reece	Barbados	–

First repechage heat 8

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carlos Roqueiro	Argentina	11.15	Q
2	Edwin Torres	Puerto Rico	–

First repechage heat 9

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ian Alsop	Great Britain	11.19	Q
2	Bob Boucher	Canada	–

First repechage heat 10

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Goens	Belgium	11.81	Q
2	Fan Yue-tao	Taiwan	–

First repechage heat 11

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	11.56	Q
2	Raúl Marcelo Vázquez	Cuba	–

First repechage heat 12

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	John Nicholson	Australia	11.09	Q
2	Kenneth Sutherland	British Honduras	–

Second round

Second round heat 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon	France	10.94	Q
2	Tim Mountford	United States	–	R

Second round heat 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Trentin	France	10.91	Q
2	Sanji Inoue	Japan	–	R
3	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	–	R

Second round heat 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Turrini	Italy	11.47	Q
2	José Pittaro	Argentina	–	R
3	Jocelyn Lovell	Canada	–	R

Second round heat 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	11.26	Q
2	Miloš Jelínek	Czechoslovakia	–	R
3	Ian Alsop	Great Britain	–	R

Second round heat 5

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Roger Gibbon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.70	Q, OR
2	Peder Pedersen	Denmark	–	R
3	András Baranyecz	Hungary	–	R

Second round heat 6

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jackie Simes	United States	10.72	Q
2	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium	–	R
3	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	–	R

Second round heat 7

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ivan Kučírek	Czechoslovakia	11.38	Q
2	Reg Barnett	Great Britain	–	R
3	José Mercado	Mexico	–	R

Second round heat 8

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Gordon Johnson	Australia	11.06	Q
2	Jan Jansen	Netherlands	–	R
3	Carlos Roqueiro	Argentina	–	R

Second round heat 9

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	10.95	Q
2	Dino Verzini	Italy	–	R
3	John Nicholson	Australia	–	R

Second round heat 10

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Niels Fredborg	Denmark	11.09	Q
2	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	–	R
3	Daniel Goens	Belgium	–	R

Second repechage

Second repechage heat 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	10.87	Q
2	Sanji Inoue	Japan	–
–	Miloš Jelínek	Czechoslovakia	DNS

Second repechage heat 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	11.16	Q
2	José Mercado	Mexico	–
3	Ian Alsop	Great Britain	–

Second repechage heat 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tim Mountford	United States	11.31	Q
2	Peder Pedersen	Denmark	–

Second repechage heat 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium	10.99	Q
2	András Baranyecz	Hungary	–

Second repechage heat 5

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Reg Barnett	Great Britain	11.01	Q
2	John Nicholson	Australia	–

Second repechage heat 6

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jan Jansen	Netherlands	11.13	Q
2	Daniel Goens	Belgium	–
3	José Pittaro	Argentina	–

Second repechage heat 7

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dino Verzini	Italy	11.04	Q
2	Carlos Roqueiro	Argentina	–

Second repechage heat 8

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	11.91	Q
2	Jocelyn Lovell	Canada	–

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon	France	11.00	Q
2	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	–	R
3	Reg Barnett	Great Britain	–	R

1/8 final 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Trentin	France	10.96	Q
2	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	–	R
3	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium	–	R

1/8 final 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Turrini	Italy	10.96	Q
2	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	–	R
3	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	–	R

1/8 final 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	10.94	Q
2	Tim Mountford	United States	–	R
3	Niels Fredborg	Denmark	–	R

1/8 final 5

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jan Jansen	Netherlands	11.06	Q
2	Roger Gibbon	Trinidad and Tobago	–	R
3	Gordon Johnson	Australia	–	R

1/8 final 6

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dino Verzini	Italy	10.81	Q
2	Jackie Simes	United States	–	R
3	Ivan Kučírek	Czechoslovakia	–	R

Third repechage heats

Third repechage heat 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	10.98	Q
2	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium	–
3	Reg Barnett	Great Britain	–

Third repechage heat 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	10.66	Q, OR
2	Roger Gibbon	Trinidad and Tobago	–
3	Sergey Kravtsov	Soviet Union	–

Third repechage heat 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jackie Simes	United States	10.92	Q
2	Niels Fredborg	Denmark	–
3	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago	–

Third repechage heat 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tim Mountford	United States	10.79	Q
2	Gordon Johnson	Australia	–
3	Ivan Kučírek	Czechoslovakia	–

Third repechage finals

Third repechage final 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	11.30	Q
2	Jackie Simes	United States	–

Third repechage final 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	11.09	Q
2	Tim Mountford	United States	–

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon	France	1	11.09	1	11.26	—		Q
2	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands	2	–	2	–	—

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Trentin	France	1	11.49	1	12.09	—		Q
2	Jürgen Barth	West Germany	2	–	2	–	—

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Turrini	Italy	2	–	1	10.97	1	11.12	Q
2	Jan Jansen	Netherlands	1	10.85	2	–	2	–

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	2	–	1	11.35	1	10.86	Q
2	Dino Verzini	Italy	1	11.14	2	–	2	–

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon	France	2	–	1	10.76	1	10.69	Q
2	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	1	10.69	2	–	2	–	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Turrini	Italy	1	11.76	1	11.24	—		Q
2	Pierre Trentin	France	2	–	2	–	—		B

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
	Pierre Trentin	France	1	11.57	2	–	1	10.92
4	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union	2	–	1	11.53	2	–

Final

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
	Daniel Morelon	France	1	11.27	1	10.68	—
	Giordano Turrini	Italy	2	–	2	–	—

Final classification

Rank	Cyclist	Nation
	Daniel Morelon	France
	Giordano Turrini	Italy
	Pierre Trentin	France
4	Omar Pkhakadze	Soviet Union
5	Jürgen Barth	West Germany
	Jan Jansen	Netherlands
	Leijn Loevesijn	Netherlands
	Dino Verzini	Italy
9	Jackie Simes	United States
	Tim Mountford	United States
	Robert Van Lancker	Belgium
	Roger Gibbon	Trinidad and Tobago
	Niels Fredborg	Denmark
	Gordon Johnson	Australia
	Reg Barnett	Great Britain
	Serhiy Kravtsov	Soviet Union
	Leslie King	Trinidad and Tobago
	Ivan Kučírek	Czechoslovakia
	Sanji Inoue	Japan
	José Mercado	Mexico
	Peder Pedersen	Denmark
	András Baranyecz	Hungary
	John Nicholson	Australia
	Daniel Goens	Belgium
	Carlos Roqueiro	Argentina
	Jocelyn Lovell	Canada
	Ian Alsop	Great Britain
	José Pittaro	Argentina
	Miloš Jelínek	Czechoslovakia
	Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet	Thailand
	Roberto Roxas	Philippines
	Kim Gwang-seon	South Korea
	Juan Reyes	Cuba
	Arturo García	Mexico
	Kriengsak Varavudhi	Thailand
	Kensley Reece	Barbados
	Edwin Torres	Puerto Rico
	Bob Boucher	Canada
	Fan Yue-tao	Taiwan
	Raúl Marcelo Vázquez	Cuba
	Kenneth Sutherland	British Honduras
	Héctor Urrego	Colombia
	Aubrey Bryce	Guyana
	José Jaime Galeano	Colombia
	Gwon Jung-hyeon	South Korea
	Rolando Guaves	Philippines
	Tarek Abou Al Dahab	Lebanon

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The men's sprint at the 1992 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday, July 29, Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31, 1992, at the Velòdrom d'Horta. There were 23 competitors from 23 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won by Jens Fiedler of Germany, the first victory in the men's sprint for Germany as a unified nation since 1936. Gary Neiwand of Australia took silver, the third time that nation had a runner-up in the event; Neiwand was only the fourth man to win multiple medals in the sprint. Canada earned its first medal in the men's sprint with Curt Harnett's bronze.

The men's sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. The races were held on July 24 through July 28, 1996 at the Stone Mountain Velodrome. There were 24 competitors from 16 nations, with nations once again being allowed to have up to two cyclists each. The event was won by Jens Fiedler of Germany, the second man to successfully defend an Olympic sprint title. Curt Harnett of Canada also repeated as bronze medalist; he and Fiedler were the fifth and sixth men to win multiple medals of any color in the event. Marty Nothstein of the United States took silver, the nation's first medal in the event since 1984.

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics. There were 20 competitors from 20 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. The event was won, in a disputed final, by Toni Merkens of Germany, the nation's first medal in the men's sprint. Arie van Vliet took the silver medal, the fifth consecutive Games that a Dutch cyclist had finished in the top two. Louis Chaillot of France became the first man to win multiple medals in the event, adding a bronze to his 1932 silver; it was the fourth consecutive podium appearance for France.

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. For the first time since 1924, nations were allowed to have more than one competitor each ; for the first time since 1924, one nation took multiple medals. Italians Sante Gaiardoni and Valentino Gasparella won gold and bronze, giving Italy a four-Games podium streak with three total gold medals—second all-time behind France's five. Leo Sterckx's silver was Belgium's first medal in the men's sprint.

The men's tandem was a cycling event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 20 to 21 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 14 nations.

The men's sprint at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, was held on 1 to 2 September 1972. There were 51 entrants from 30 nations; 5 withdrawals left 46 competitors from 27 nations. Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Daniel Morelon of France, successfully defending his 1968 title and becoming the first man to win three medals in the event. It was France's seventh gold medal in the event, most in the world. Silver went to John Nicholson of Australia, taking the nation's first medal in the men's sprint since 1956. Omar Pkhakadze, who had finished fourth in 1968, won the bronze this time for the Soviet Union's first medal in the event. Italy's six-Games medal streak was broken.

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place from 31 July to 3 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics. Once again, the limit on cyclists per nation was raised to 2. The event was won by Mark Gorski of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint and first medal in the event since John Henry Lake took bronze in 1900. The final was all-American, as Nelson Vails took silver, becoming the first Olympic cycling medalist of African descent. Japan earned its first medal in the men's sprint with Tsutomu Sakamoto's bronze. France's five-Games podium streak in the event ended.

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place from 21 to 24 September and was one of the nine cycling events at the 1988 Olympics. There were 25 competitors from 25 nations. After the 1984 Games had featured a humongously bloated 34-cyclist, 11-round, 63-match competition, the competition size was cut down by restricting nations to one cyclist yet again and instituting a qualifying round: this reduced the format to 25 cyclists, 8 rounds, and 29 matches. The event was won by Lutz Heßlich of East Germany, the 1980 gold medalist who was unable to compete in 1984 due to the Soviet-led boycott. Soviet cyclist Nikolai Kovsh took silver, the best result to date for the Soviets. Gary Neiwand of Australia earned bronze; for both the Soviets and Australians, it was the first medal in the event since 1972.

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The men's sprint event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place on 23–26 July 1980 in Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome. There were 15 competitors from 15 nations, with three additional non-starters. The event was won by Lutz Heßlich of East Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint. Yavé Cahard took silver, extending France's medal streak to five Games despite the retirement of Daniel Morelon. Sergei Kopylov of the host Soviet Union earned bronze.

References

↑ "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
↑ "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
↑ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 623–24.

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[sports-reference-1] "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[Olympedia-2] "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[OR326-3] Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 623–24.

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