Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Reg Harris wins quarter final of 1000m cycle race, Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg
A quarterfinal race, with Reg Harris defeating Mario Masanés
Venue Herne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates7–9 August 1948
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mario Ghella
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Reg Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Axel Schandorff
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  1936
1952  

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 7 and 9 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics. [1] There were 23 cyclists from 23 nations, with each nation limited to one competitor. [2] The event was won by Mario Ghella of Italy, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint. Reg Harris of Great Britain, heavily favored coming into the event, finished with silver, the first medal for a British cyclist in the sprint since 1920. Axel Schandorff's bronze was Denmark's first medal in the event since 1928. The podium streaks of the Netherlands (five Games) and France (four Games) both ended, with neither nation's cyclist able to advance to the quarterfinals.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the semifinalists from 1936 returned, but Howard Wing of China competed again after the 12-year break occasioned by World War II. The heavy favorite and host nation hero was 1947 World Champion Reg Harris; his biggest rival, Cor Bijster of the Netherlands, had turned professional and could not compete in the Games. [2]

Cuba, Guyana, India, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela each made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its ninth appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. Each race involved the riders starting simultaneously and next to each other, from a standing start. Because the early part of races tend to be slow-paced and highly tactical, only the time for the last 200 metres of the race is typically recorded (though the full time for these Games was recorded as well). The distance for the sprint in 1948 was actually 920 metres instead of the standard 1000 metres, to be exactly two laps of the track.

The first two rounds consisted of single races between pairs of cyclists. The berths in the second round were allocated to the winners from each of the races in the first round, and the winners from each race in the repechage round. Starting with the quarterfinals stage, cyclists were paired once again, this time racing against each other two times, with the winner advancing further in the competition. This was the first time that the best-of-three format was used for the quarterfinals and semifinals (having been introduced in 1932 for the final and expanded to the bronze medal match in 1936). [2] [3]

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 recordUnknownUnknown*UnknownUnknown
Olympic recordFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Thomas Johnson  (GBR)11.8 Antwerp, Belgium 9 August 1920

* World records were not tracked by the UCI until 1954.

No new Olympic record was set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 7 August 194810:30Round 1
Repechage
Round 2
Quarterfinals 1–3
Monday, 9 August 194816:00Round 2 heat 2 re-run
Quarterfinal 4
Semifinals
Finals

Results

Round 1

Round 1 heat 1

Rocca won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Leonel Rocca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3:10.912.6Q
2 Compton Gonsalves Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago R

Round 1 heat 2

Van De Velde won by a wheel. Wing broke his collar bone after the race. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Emile Van De Velde Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:48.213.6Q
2 Howard Wing Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China R

Round 1 heat 3

Roth won by inches. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jean Roth Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:31.513.0Q
2 Mario Masanés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile R

Round 1 heat 4

Harris won by a length. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:17.014.4Q
2Rusi Mulla FerozeFlag of India.svg  India R

Round 1 heat 5

Hijzelendoorn won by half a length. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jan Hijzelendoorn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:42.713.3Q
2Reinaldo PaseiroFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba R

Round 1 heat 6

Cortoni won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Clodomiro Cortoni Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:58.012.4Q
2 Julio César León Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela R

Round 1 heat 7

Schandorff won by a length. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:49.812.5Q
2 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia R

Round 1 heat 8

Bellenger won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jacques Bellenger Flag of France.svg  France 2:09.112.5Q
2 Laddie Lewis Flag of British Guiana (1919-1955).svg  Guyana R

Round 1 heat 9

Welt won by half a length. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Erich Welt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:13.917.2Q
2 Adolfo Romero Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico R

Round 1 heat 10

Heid won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jack Heid US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1:57.413.0Q
2 Muhammad Naqi Mallick Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan R

Round 1 heat 11

Ghella won easily. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:54.412.9Q
2 Bob Lacourse Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada R

Repechage

Howard Wing from China broke his collar bone after finishing his first round race. Manthos Kaloudis from Greece, who had arrived late and missed the first round, took his place. [3]

Repechage heat 1

Lacourse won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Bob Lacourse Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 1:48.113.7Q
2 Adolfo Romero Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico

Repechage heat 2

Paseiro won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1Reinaldo PaseiroFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 3:15.314.5Q
2Rusi Mulla FerozeFlag of India.svg  India

Repechage heat 3

Bazzano won by two lengths. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:31.014.1Q
2 Muhammad Naqi Mallick Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

Repechage heat 4

León won by a length. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Julio César León Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 2:04.712.6Q
2 Compton Gonsalves Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago

Repechage heat 5

Masanés beat replacement rider Kaloudis by two lengths, with Lewis finishing third. [3]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Mario Masanés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:55.313.3Q
2 Manthos Kaloudis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
3 Laddie Lewis Flag of British Guiana (1919-1955).svg  Guyana

Round 2

The race between Jan Hijzelendoorn from the Netherlands and Leonel Rocca from Uruguay was repeated following a protest from Uruguay after the disqualification of Rocca.

Round 2 heat 1

Ghella won by four lengths. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:48.112.0Q
2 Julio César León Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela

Round 2 heat 2

There was a crash at the very end of the race, with Hijzelendoorn unable to finish and Rocca disqualified. The Uruguayan team protested the result, however, and the protest was successful. The heat was ordered to be re-run on the next day of competition (two days later). The delay for the appeal led to 40 minutes of inactivity on the track, which the spectators did not appreciate. The result also delayed the start of the later rounds from Saturday to Monday. [5] In the re-run, Rocca won by two lengths. [4]

Original
RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jan Hijzelendoorn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNFRe-run
2 Leonel Rocca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay DSQ13.2Re-run
Re-run
RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Leonel Rocca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1:35.913.5Q
2 Jan Hijzelendoorn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Round 2 heat 3

Masanés won by inches. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Mario Masanés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3:04.512.8Q
2 Jacques Bellenger Flag of France.svg  France

Round 2 heat 4

Schandorff won easily. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:49.612.5Q
2 Erich Welt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Round 2 heat 5

Van De Velde won by half a wheel. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Emile Van De Velde Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:46.513.0Q
2Reinaldo PaseiroFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba

Round 2 heat 6

Heid won by an inch. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Jack Heid US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 2:05.712.0Q
2 Clodomiro Cortoni Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina

Round 2 heat 7

Bazzano won by one and a half lengths. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:51.614.3Q
2 Jean Roth Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Round 2 heat 8

Harris won by a length. [4]

RankCyclistNationTime
total
Time
200 m
Notes
1 Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:31.715.1Q
2 Bob Lacourse Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Ghella won the first race by a length and the second by two lengths. [4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.7
12.1
2:37.4
12.6
Q
2 Emile Van De Velde Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Quarterfinal 2

Schandorff won the first race by a length and the second by two lengths. [4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:49.0
12.3
2:14.8
12.4
Q
2 Jack Heid US flag 48 stars.svg  United States

Quarterfinal 3

Harris won both races by a length. [4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:39.8
12.5
2:13.0
12.8
Q
2 Mario Masanés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Quarterfinal 4

Bazzano won the first race by a wheel and the second by a length and a half. [4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:09.4
12.8
2:26.6
13.2
Q
2 Leonel Rocca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Ghella won the first race by three-quarters of a length and the second by three lengths.

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:53.0
12.1
1:55.7
11.9
Q
2 Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark B

Semifinal 2

Harris won the first race by a length and the second by three-quarters of a length. [4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1 Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:43.8
13.7
2:24.4
12.7
Q
2 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia B

Finals

Bronze medal match

Schandorff won the first race by three-quarters of a length and the second by two lengths. [6]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:10.4
12.9
2:26.0
12.0
4 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

Final

Ghella won the first race by three lengths and the second by one and a half lengths. [6] In the first, Ghella made his attack at the 300-yard mark, passing Harris on the inside (accorded a tactical error to leave space inside by the British cyclist). The final distance between the two was increased by Harris easing off to conserve energy for the second race. Doing so did him little good, however, as in the second race Ghella took the lead and fought off two challenges by Harris in the final two straights. [2] [5]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Gold medal icon.svg Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:01.2
12.2
4:13.4
12.0
Silver medal icon.svg Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain

Final standings

RankCyclistNation
Gold medal icon.svg Mario Ghella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Reg Harris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Axel Schandorff Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
4 Charlie Bazzano Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
5 Jack Heid US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Mario Masanés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Leonel Rocca Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Emile Van De Velde Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
9 Julio César León Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Jan Hijzelendoorn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jacques Bellenger Flag of France.svg  France
Erich Welt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Reinaldo PaseiroFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Clodomiro Cortoni Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Jean Roth Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bob Lacourse Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Adolfo Romero Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Rusi Mulla FerozeFlag of India.svg  India
Muhammad Naqi Mallick Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Compton Gonsalves Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Manthos Kaloudis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Laddie Lewis Flag of British Guiana (1919-1955).svg  Guyana
Howard Wing Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China

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