Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint; at the Games of the I Olympiad
	The French medalists Flameng and Masson
Venue	Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	April 11
Competitors	4 from 3 nations
Medalists

The men's sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres, or six laps of the track.

Results

Four athletes entered the race. Rosemeyer of Germany had mechanical problems during the race and left the course without finishing. The French cyclists took 1st and 3rd places, while Nikolopoulos of Greece finished second.

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time
	Paul Masson	France	4:58.2
	Stamatios Nikolopoulos	Greece	5:00.2
	Léon Flameng	France	Unknown
–	Joseph Rosemeyer	Germany	DNF

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References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

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