Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's 200m Sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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.
The twelve defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the first round repechage. The winner of each heat rejoined the twelve victors of the first round in advancing to the second round
The second round consisted of nine heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the 1/8 finals, losers competed in the repechage.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Qualify
1
1
Gary Neiwand
11.249 s
Q
1
2
Labros Vassilopoulus
2
1
Curt Harnett
11.058 s
Q
2
2
Peter Bazalik
3
1
Marty Nothstein
10.899 s
Q
3
2
Martin Hrbacek
4
1
Jens Fiedler
10.597 s
Q
4
2
Jose Escuredo
5
1
Eyk Pokorny
10.966 s
Q
5
2
Jose Moreno
6
1
Darryn Hill
10.811 s
Q
6
2
William Clay
7
1
Pavel Buran
11.272 s
Q
7
2
George Himonetos
8
1
Florian Rousseau
10.745 s
Q
8
2
Frédéric Magné
9
1
Viesturs Berzins
11.044 s
Q
9
2
Roberto Chiappa
Second Round repechage
The nine defeated cyclists from the second round took part in the second round repechage. The winner of each heat rejoined the nine victors of the second round in advancing to the 1/8 finals.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Qualify
1
1
Roberto Chiappa
11.378 s
Q
1
2
Labros Vassilopoulus
1
3
William Clay
REL
2
1
Jose Moreno
11.089 s
Q
2
2
George Himonetos
2
3
Peter Bazalik
3
1
Frédéric Magné
11.035 s
Q
3
2
Gianluca Capitano
3
3
Jose Escuredo
1/8 final
The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve remaining cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Qualify
1
1
Gary Neiwand
11.625 s
Q
1
2
Frédéric Magné
2
1
Curt Harnett
10.793 s
Q
2
2
Jose Moreno
3
1
Marty Nothstein
11.047 s
Q
3
2
Roberto Chiappa
4
1
Jens Fiedler
10.808 s
Q
4
2
Viesturs Berzins
5
1
Florian Rousseau
10.828 s
Q
5
2
Eyk Pokorny
6
1
Darryn Hill
11.008 s
Q
6
2
Pavel Buran
1/8 repechage
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
Qualify
1
1
Frédéric Magné
10.975 s
Q
1
2
Pavel Buran
1
3
Viesturs Berzins
2
1
Eyk Pokorny
10.982 s
Q
2
2
Roberto Chiappa
2
3
Jose Moreno
Quarterfinals
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. The winners advanced to the semifinals, with the losers racing in a 5-8 placement race.
Heat
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Qualify
1
1
Gary Neiwand
10.794 s
11.091 s
Q
1
2
Eyk Pokorny
2
1
Curt Harnett
11.127 s
REL
10.712
Q
2
2
Frédéric Magné
11.022
3
1
Marty Nothstein
10.950 s
10.650 s
Q
3
2
Darryn Hill
4
1
Jens Fiedler
10.752 s
10.957 s
Q
4
2
Florian Rousseau
Classification 5-8
Held 19 September The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.
Pos
Athlete
NOS
Time
1
Darryn Hill
11.072 s
2
Frédéric Magné
3
Eyk Pokorny
4
Florian Rousseau
Semifinals
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.
