Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint


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.

Format

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.

Results

First round

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime
1Leonel Rocca3:10.9
2Compton Gonsalves

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime
1Emile Van De Velde2:48.2
2Howard Wing

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jean Roth2:31.5
2Mario Masanés

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTime
1Reg Harris2:17.0
2Rusi Mulla Feroze

Heat 5
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jan Hijzelendoorn1:42.7
2Reinaldo Paseiro

Heat 6
RankNameNationalityTime
1Clodomiro Cortoni1:58.0
2Julio César León

Heat 7
RankNameNationalityTime
1Axel Schandorff1:49.8
2Charlie Bazzano

Heat 8
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jacques Bellenger2:09.1
2Laddie Lewis

Heat 9
RankNameNationalityTime
1Erich Welt3:13.9
2Adolfo Romero

Heat 10
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jack Heid1:57.4
2Muhammad Naqi Mallick

Heat 11
RankNameNationalityTime
1Mario Ghella1:54.4
2Bob Lacourse

Repechage

According to the official report, Howard Wing from China broke his collar bone after finishing his first round race. Manthos Kaloudis from Greece took his place.
Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime
1Bob Lacourse1:48.1
2Adolfo Romero

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime
1Reinaldo Paseiro3:15.3
2Rusi Mulla Feroze

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTime
1Charlie Bazzano2:31.0
2Muhammad Naqi Mallick

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTime
1Julio César León2:04.7
2Compton Gonsalves

Heat 5
RankNameNationalityTime
1Mario Masanés1:55.3
2Manthos Kaloudis
3Laddie Lewis

Second round

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.
Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime
1Mario Ghella1:48.1
2Julio César León

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jan HijzelendoornDNF
2Leonel RoccaDSQ

Heat 2 re-run
RankNameNationalityTime
1Leonel Rocca1:35.9
2Jan Hijzelendoorn

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTime
1Mario Masanés3:04.5
2Jacques Bellenger

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTime
1Axel Schandorff1:49.6
2Erich Welt

Heat 5
RankNameNationalityTime
1Emile Van De Velde3:46.5
2Reinaldo Paseiro

Heat 6
RankNameNationalityTime
1Jack Heid2:05.7
2Clodomiro Cortoni

Heat 7
RankNameNationalityTime
1Charlie Bazzano3:51.6
2Jean Roth

Heat 8
RankNameNationalityTime
1Reg Harris1:31.7
2Bob Lacourse

Quarterfinals

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Mario Ghella1:47.72:37.4
2Emile Van De Velde

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Axel Schandorff1:49.02:14.8
2Jack Heid

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Reg Harris2:39.82:13.0
2Mario Masanés

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Charlie Bazzano3:09.42:26.6
2Leonel Rocca

Semifinals

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Mario Ghella3:53.01:55.7
2Axel Schandorff

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime Time
1Reg Harris4:43.82:24.4
2Charlie Bazzano

Final

Bronze medal race

Final standings