1936 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Sprint Track (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Sprint (track cycling)
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Olympic cycling stadium
Competition phase	August 6-7, 1936
Medalist  Toni Merkens ( GER )  Arie van Vliet ( NED )  Louis Chaillot ( FRA )
← 1932 1948 →

Cycling competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Men
Team ranking	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Men
Time trial	Men
tandem	Men
Team pursuit	Men

The men's track bike sprint at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place from August 6th to 7th in the Olympic cycling stadium . Olympic champion was the German Toni Merkens .

Results

Round 1

The winner of each run qualified for the second round. The loser had to go to the hopes.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Henri Collard	Belgium	13.2 s	Q
2	Edgar Gray	Australia		Round of hope

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.8 s	Q
2	Nedyu Rachev	Bulgaria		Round of hope

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Ray Hicks	Great Britain	13.6 s	Q
2	Manuel Riquelme	Chile		Round of hope

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.6 s	Q
2	Doug Peace	Canada		Round of hope

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	14.0 s	Q
2	Howard Wing	China		Round of hope

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland	12.4 s	Q
2	Håkon Sandtorp	Norway		Round of hope

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	George Giles	New Zealand	12.6 s	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary		Round of hope

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Toni Merkens	German Empire	12.8 s	Q
2	Al Sellinger	United States		Round of hope

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Franz Dusika	Austria	15.0 s	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South African Union		Round of hope

Run 10

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Karl Magnussen	Denmark	13.2 s	Q
2	José Mazzini	Peru		Round of hope

Round of hope

The last one of each reunion was eliminated, the other athletes qualified for the second round.

Hope run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Edgar Gray	Australia	13.0 s	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South African Union		Q
3	José Mazzini	Peru

Hope run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Al Sellinger	United States	13.4 s	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary		Q
3	Nedyu Rachev	Bulgaria

Hope run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Håkon Sandtorp	Norway	13.0 s	Q
2	Manuel Riquelme	Chile

Hope run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Doug Peace	Canada	15.2 s	Q
2	Howard Wing	China

Round of 16

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Karl Magnussen	Denmark	13.4 s	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Toni Merkens	German Empire	13.0 s	Q
2	Håkon Sandtorp	Norway

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland	13.4 s	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South African Union

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	12.6 s	Q
2	George Giles	New Zealand

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.0 s	Q
2	Franz Dusika	Austria

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Edgar Gray	Australia	12.2 s	Q
2	Ray Hicks	Great Britain

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.0 s	Q
2	Doug Peace	Canada

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Henri Collard	Belgium	13.2 s	Q
2	Al Sellinger	United States

Quarter finals

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.6 s	Q
2	Karl Magnussen	Denmark

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	13.0 s	Q
2	Edgar Gray	Australia

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	12.6 s	Q
2	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Toni Merkens	German Empire	13.0 s	Q
2	Henri Collard	Belgium

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Toni Merkens	German Empire	12.4 s	final
2	Benedetto Pola	Italy		Race for bronze

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	annotation
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.0 s	final
2	Louis Chaillot	France		Race for bronze

Finals

final

rank	athlete	nation	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	won	lost
1	Toni Merkens	German Empire	11.8 s	11.8 s	-	2	0
2	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands			-	0	2

Race for bronze

rank	athlete	nation	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	won	lost
3	Louis Chaillot	France	12.2 s	12.0 s	-	2	0
4th	Benedetto Pola	Italy			-	0	2

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