Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Cycling - Men's sprint; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Cycling Stadium, Berlin
Dates	6-7 August 1936
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 7 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.[1] When van Vliet began to overtake Merkens in the first race of the final, Merkens swerved to the right and blatantly interfered with Van Vliet. No penalty was called, and a disconcerted van Vliet lost the second race. The Dutch team protested, but instead of being disqualified, Merkens was fined 100 marks instead.[2]

Results

Round 1

The winner in each heat qualified for the second round. The loser was relegated to the repechage for another chance at qualifying.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Henri Collard	Belgium	13.2	Q
2	Dunc Gray	Australia		R

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.8	Q
2	Nedyu Rachev	Bulgaria		R

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ray Hicks	Great Britain	13.6	Q
2	Manuel Riquelme	Chile		R

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.6	Q
2	Doug Peace	Canada		R

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	14.0	Q
2	Howard Wing	China		R

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland	12.4	Q
2	Haakon Sandtorp	Norway		R

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	George Giles	New Zealand	12.6	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary		R

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Toni Merkens	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Al Sellinger	United States		R

Heat 9

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Franz Dusika	Austria	15.0	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South Africa		R

Heat 10

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Karl Magnussen	Denmark	13.2	Q
2	José Mazzini	Peru		R

Repechage

The last place finisher in each repechage was eliminated. The winner of each heat advanced to the second round, along with the second place finisher in heats where there were three cyclists.

Repechage 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray	Australia	13.0	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South Africa		Q
3	José Mazzini	Peru

Repechage 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Al Sellinger	United States	13.4	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary		Q
3	Nedyu Rachev	Bulgaria

Repechage 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Haakon Sandtorp	Norway	13.0	Q
2	Manuel Riquelme	Chile

Repechage 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Doug Peace	Canada	15.2	Q
2	Howard Wing	China

Round 2

The winner of each heat advanced; the loser was eliminated.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Karl Magnussen	Denmark	13.4	Q
2	Imre Győrffy	Hungary

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Toni Merkens	Germany	13.0	Q
2	Haakon Sandtorp	Norway

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland	13.4	Q
2	Ted Clayton	South Africa

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	12.6	Q
2	George Giles	New Zealand

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.0	Q
2	Franz Dusika	Austria

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray	Australia	12.2	Q
2	Ray Hicks	Great Britain

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.0	Q
2	Doug Peace	Canada

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Henri Collard	Belgium	13.2	Q
2	Al Sellinger	United States

Round 3

The winners qualified for the semifinals; the losers were eliminated.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.6	Q
2	Karl Magnussen	Denmark

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	13.0	Q
2	Dunc Gray	Australia

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Benedetto Pola	Italy	12.6	Q
2	Werner Wägelin	Switzerland

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Toni Merkens	Germany	13.0	Q
2	Henri Collard	Belgium

Semifinals

The semifinal winners advanced to the gold medal final, while the losers competed in the bronze medal final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Toni Merkens	Germany	12.4	Q
2	Benedetto Pola	Italy		B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands	12.0	Q
2	Louis Chaillot	France		B

Finals

Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best-of-three competitions. In each case, the same team won both of the first two races, making a third race unnecessary. Merkens was fined for "deviating from the racing lane" in the first race of the final, though was allowed to finish the competition.[3]

Gold medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Toni Merkens	Germany	11.8	11.8	–	2	0
	Arie van Vliet	Netherlands			–	0	2

Bronze medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Louis Chaillot	France	12.2	12.0	–	2	0
4	Benedetto Pola	Italy			–	0	2

References

"Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 0140066322.
Official Report, p. 927

1936 Official Report.

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[sports-reference-1] "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[Wallechinsky-2] Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 0140066322.

[OR-3] Official Report, p. 927