1900 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Sprint Track (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Sprint (track cycling)
gender	Men
Attendees	69 athletes from 5 countries
Competition location	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Competition phase	September 11-13, 1900
Winning time	2: 52.0 min
Medalist not forgiven  Albert Taillandier ( FRA )  Fernand Sanz ( FRA )
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Cycling competitions at the 1900 Olympic Games
Track cycling
sprint	Men
25 km	Men

The men's 2000 m track bike sprint at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris took place from September 11 to 13, 1900.

The Olympic champion was the Frenchman Albert Taillandier , who crossed the finish line half a bike length ahead of his compatriot Fernand Sanz in the final . John Henry Lake of the United States was one wheel behind.

Another example of the general confusion surrounding the 1900 Olympics is what happened around French cyclist Ferdinand Vasserot , who finished third in the World Cup a month before the Olympic sprint. 60 years later, when France was honoring its medal winners of all Olympic Games, not only did the winner Taillandier find out about his Olympic victory for the first time, but also Vasserot learned that he had supposedly finished second. It wasn't until years later, when Vasserot had long since died, that it was discovered that his second place was a semi-final that he had lost to John Henry Lake.

Results

First round

The first round of the competition started on September 11th at 9:00 am. Only two laps had to be completed in the Velodrome, which corresponded to a distance of 1000 m. The three fastest of each run qualified for the quarter finals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Louis Hildebrand	France	1: 34.2 min
2	Giacomo Stratta	Italy	unknown
3	Ferdinand Vasserot	France	unknown
4-8	Émile Dubois	France	unknown
	Dubourdieu	France	unknown
	L. Dumont	France	unknown
	František Hirsch	Bohemia	unknown
	Pouget	France	unknown

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Adolphe Cayron	France	1: 34.2 min
2	Georges Coindre	France	unknown
3	Auguste Daumain	France	unknown
4-8	Alfred Boulnois	France	unknown
	Romulo Bruni	Italy	unknown
	Saignier	France	unknown
	Émile Vadbled	France	unknown
	Vianzino	Italy	unknown

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Paul Gottron	German Empire	1: 32.4 min
2	Fernand Sanz	France	unknown
3	Paul Rosso	France	unknown
4-8	Charles Amberger	France	unknown
	L. Boyer	France	unknown
	Georges Neurouth	France	unknown
	A. Roger	France	unknown
	Ruez	France	unknown

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Paul Legrain	France	1: 30.4 min
2	Ernesto Mario Brusoni	Italy	unknown
3	Théophile Fras	France	unknown
4-8	Omer Beaugendre	France	unknown
	Coisy	France	unknown
	Franzen	France	unknown
	Pichard	France	unknown
	L. Saunière	France	unknown

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Léon Maisonnave	France	1: 35.8 min
2	Will Davis	France	unknown
3	Chaput	France	unknown
4-8	Fernand Boulmant	France	unknown
	Georg Drescher	German Empire	unknown
	Guillot	France	unknown
	Wages	France	unknown
	Longchamp	France	unknown

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	John Henry Lake	United States	1: 35.8 min
2	Paul Espeit	France	unknown
3	Gaston Bullier	France	unknown
4-8	J. Bérard	France	unknown
	Maxime Bertrand	France	unknown
	Vladislav Chalupa	France	unknown
	Jacques Droëtti	Italy	unknown
	M. Steitz	France	unknown

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Albert Taillandier	France	1: 36.8 min
2	Marcel Dohis	France	unknown
3	Germain	France	unknown
4-7	Georges Augoyat	France	unknown
	Bessing	France	unknown
	Luigi Colombo	Italy	unknown
	Maurice Monniot	France	unknown

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Karl Duill	German Empire	1: 35.4 min
2	Léon Ponscarme	France	unknown
3	Thomann	France	unknown
4-6	maypole	France	unknown
	Pilton	France	unknown
	Maurice Terrier	France	unknown
-	A. Porcher	France	DSQ

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Antonio Restelli	Italy	1: 37.6 min
2	Vincent	Belgium	unknown
3	Joseph Mallet	France	unknown
4-5	Caillet	France	unknown
	Mossmann	France	unknown
-	P. Hubault	France	DNF
	Edouard Wick	France	DNF

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were held on September 11th from 2:00 p.m. Only the winner of each run qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter finals 1

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	John Henry Lake	United States	2: 02.0 min
2	Giacomo Stratta	Italy	unknown
3	Chaput	France	unknown

Quarter finals 2

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Fernand Sanz	France	2: 00.0 min
2	Gaston Bullier	France	unknown
3	Paul Rosso	France	unknown

Quarter finals 3

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Georges Coindre	France	1: 50.0 min
2	Karl Duill	German Empire	unknown
3	Germain	France	unknown

Quarter Finals 4

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Antonio Restelli	Italy	1: 52.4 min
2	Louis Hildebrand	France	unknown
3	Auguste Daumain	France	unknown

Quarterfinals 5

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Albert Taillandier	France	2: 00.6 min
2	Vincent	Belgium	unknown
3	Thomann	France	unknown

Quarter-finals 6

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Joseph Mallet	France	2: 45.0 min
2	Ernesto Mario Brusoni	Italy	unknown
3	Théophile Fras	France	unknown

Quarter Finals 7

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Léon Maisonnave	France	1: 49.2 min
2	Léon Ponscarme	France	unknown
3	Paul Espeit	France	unknown

Quarter-finals 8

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Ferdinand Vasserot	France	2: 21.6 min
2	Marcel Dohis	France	unknown
3	Will Davis	France	unknown

Quarter Finals 9

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Paul Legrain	France	2: 57.4 min
2	Paul Gottron	German Empire	unknown
3	Adolphe Cayron	France	unknown

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on September 13th. Only the winner of each run qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	John Henry Lake	United States	2: 09.6 min
2	Ferdinand Vasserot	France	unknown
3	Léon Maisonnave	France	unknown

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Fernand Sanz	France	2: 46.6 min
2	Antonio Restelli	Italy	unknown
3	Georges Coindre	France	unknown

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Albert Taillandier	France	2: 42.6 min
2	Paul Legrain	France	unknown
3	Joseph Mallet	France	unknown

final

The final sprint of the final.

The final was held on September 13th.

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Albert Taillandier	France	2: 52.0 min
2	Fernand Sanz	France	unknown
3	John Henry Lake	United States	unknown

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