Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint


The men's sprint cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and 3. The format was a sprint of 1000 metres.

Results

Riders competed in three heats and one repechage; top two riders advanced to quarterfinal.

Heats

Heat one
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Louis Chaillot13.0
2Willy Gervin
3Enrique Heredia

Heat two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacobus van Egmond13.0
2Ernest Chambers
3Leo Marchiori

Heat three
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Dunc Gray13.2
2Bruno Pellizzari
3Bobby Thomas

Repechage
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bobby Thomas13.1
2Leo Marchiori
3Enrique Heredia

Winner of each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal

Heat one
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Louis Chaillot12.9
2Leo Marchiori

Heat two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacobus van Egmond12.2
2Bobby Thomas

Heat three
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Dunc Gray12.9
2Willy Gervin

Heat four
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bruno Pellizzari12.5
2Ernest Chambers

Winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Louis Chaillot12.8
2Dunc Gray

Heat two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacobus van Egmond12.5
2Bruno Pellizzari

Final

Match 1/2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jacobus van Egmond
Louis Chaillot

Match 3/4
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bruno Pellizzari12.7
4Dunc Gray