Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 17 and 18 October 1964 at the Hachioji Velodrome. 39 cyclists from 22 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Giovanni Pettenella of Italy, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's sprint (trailing only France's five gold medals all-time). Sergio Bianchetto took silver, making it the second consecutive Games in which Italy had two men on the podium in the event. It was also the fifth straight Games with Italy taking at least silver. Daniel Morelon of France took bronze, the first of his record four medals in the event.

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
North Korean stamp commemorating 1964 Olympic cycling
VenueHachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo
Dates17–18 October 1964
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Medalists
Giovanni Pettenella
 Italy
Sergio Bianchetto
 Italy
Daniel Morelon
 France

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. None of the quarterfinalists from 1960 returned. Italy and France, which had combined for 8 of the 12 previous gold medals, had strong teams. France was favored, with Pierre Trentin and Daniel Morelon the top two at the 1964 World Championship. Third place had gone to Italian Sergio Bianchetto, who had also won Olympic gold in the tandem in 1960. The other Italian, Giovanni Pettenella, was less well-known but had taken silver in the track time trial earlier in the Games. Belgium also had a strong contender, with 1963 World Champion Patrick Sercu.[2]

Cambodia made its debut in the men's sprint. France made its 13th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

Sprint cycling involves a series of head-to-head matches. The 1964 competition involved nine rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, 1/8 finals, another two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.[2][3]

  • Heats: The 39 competitors were divided into 13 heats of 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the 1/8 finals (13 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage (26 cyclists).
  • Repechage 1: This was a two-round repechage. The first round consisted of 10 heats of 2 or 3 cyclists each. The winners advanced to the second round of the repechage, while the losers were eliminated. The second round had 5 heats of 2 cyclists each; the winner of each heat joined the main competition again at the 1/8 finals (5 cyclists) while the loser was eliminated.
  • 1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the heats or the first repechage competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 3 cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the other 2 in each heat went to the second repechage (12 cyclists).
  • Repechage 2: This was another two-round repechage. This repechage began with 4 heats of 3 cyclists each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other 2 cyclists in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured 2 heats of 2 cyclists each, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers eliminated.
  • Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated.
  • Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
  • Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

Records

The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)11.0Rome, Italy30 July 1960
Olympic record Valentino Gasparella (ITA)11.1Rome, Italy29 August 1960

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 17 October 196410:00
 
 
14:00
 
 
Round 1
First repechage semifinals
First repechage finals
1/8 finals
Second repechage semifinals
Second repechage finals
Sunday, 18 October 196410:00
14:00
 
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

Results

Round 1

In the first round of heats, the 39 cyclists were divided into 13 heats of 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals, while the 26 remaining cyclists were relegated to the first round of repechages.

Heat 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Pierre Trentin France12.77Q
2Nguyễn Văn Châu VietnamR
3Jose Tellez MexicoR

Heat 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Daniel Morelon France12.84Q
2Eduardo Bustos ColombiaR
3Tan Thol CambodiaR

Heat 3

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Sergio Bianchetto Italy11.58Q
2Muhammad Hafeez PakistanR
3Suchha Singh IndiaR

Heat 4

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Patrick Sercu Belgium11.67Q
2Oscar García ArgentinaR
3Amar Singh Billing IndiaR

Heat 5

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Ivan Kučírek Czechoslovakia11.60Q
2Roger Gibbon Trinidad and TobagoR
3Alan Grieco United StatesR

Heat 6

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Karl Barton Great Britain12.68Q
2Richárd Bicskey HungaryR
Carlos Alberto Vázquez ArgentinaDNF

Heat 7

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Giovanni Pettenella Italy11.40Q
2Fitzroy Hoyte Trinidad and TobagoR
3Tim Phivana CambodiaR

Heat 8

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Omar Pkhak'adze Soviet Union12.26Q
2Willi Fuggerer United Team of GermanyR
3Peder Pedersen DenmarkR

Heat 9

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Valery Khitrov Soviet Union11.54Q
2Christopher Church Great BritainR
3Arie de Graaf NetherlandsR

Heat 10

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Katsuhiko Sato Japan11.92Q
2José Mercado MexicoR
3Jackie Simes United StatesR

Heat 11

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Thomas Harrison Australia11.60Q
2Pieter van der Touw NetherlandsR
3Ferenc Habony HungaryR

Heat 12

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Mario Vanegas Colombia12.09Q
2Gordon Johnson AustraliaR
3Zbysław Zając PolandR

Heat 13

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Ulrich Schillinger United Team of Germany12.60Q
2Niels Fredborg DenmarkR
3Tsuyoshi Kawachi JapanR

First repechage semifinals

All of the competitors who had not qualified for the 1/8 finals in the heats competed in the first round repechage. Ten heats, each with 2 or 3 cyclists, were held. The winner of each heat moved on to the first round repechage finals, all others (16 in all) were eliminated.

First repechage semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Oscar Garcia Argentina12.16Q
2Fitzroy Hoyte Trinidad and Tobago
3Jose Tellez Mexico

First repechage semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Roger Gibbon Trinidad and Tobago11.65Q
2Tsuyoshi Kawachi Japan
3Tim Phivana Cambodia

First repechage semifinal 3

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Zbysław Zając Poland12.31Q
2Nguyễn Văn Châu Vietnam
3Amar Singh Billing India

First repechage semifinal 4

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Tan Thol Cambodia13.00Q
2Richárd Bicskey Hungary
3Christopher Church Great Britain

First repechage semifinal 5

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Niels Fredborg Denmark12.31Q
2Alan Grieco United States
3José Mercado Mexico

First repechage semifinal 6

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Willi Fuggerer United Team of Germany12.69Q
2Jackie Simes United States

First repechage semifinal 7

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Peder Pedersen Denmark11.61Q
2Muhammad Hafeez Pakistan

First repechage semifinal 8

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Arie de Graaf Netherlands12.21Q
2Suchha Singh India

First repechage semifinal 9

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Pieter van der Touw Netherlands12.48Q
2Eduardo Bustos Colombia

First repechage semifinal 10

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Gordon Johnson Australia12.20Q
2Ferenc Habony Hungary

First repechage finals

The winners of the 10 heats of the elimination round of the first repechage competed against each other in 5 heats of repechage finals. The winners of the five heats advanced to the 1/8 finals, the losers were eliminated.

First repechage final 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Zbysław Zając Poland12.09Q
2Oscar Garcia Argentina

First repechage final 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Niels Fredborg Denmark12.25Q
2Tan Thol Cambodia

First repechage final 3

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Peder Pedersen Denmark11.91Q
2Pieter van der Touw Netherlands

First repechage final 4

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Roger Gibbon Trinidad and Tobago11.35Q
2Arie de Graaf Netherlands

First repechage final 5

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Willi Fuggerer United Team of Germany11.52Q
2Gordon Johnson Australia

1/8 finals

The 18 remaining cyclists competed in 6 heats of 3 cyclists in the 1/8 finals. The winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals, with the 2 defeated cyclists in each heat relegated to the second round of repechages.

1/8 final 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Mario Vanegas Colombia12.07Q
2Omar Pkhak'adze Soviet UnionR
3Pierre Trentin FranceR

1/8 final 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Daniel Morelon France11.93Q
2Niels Fredborg DenmarkR
3Karl Barton Great BritainR

1/8 final 3

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Sergio Bianchetto Italy11.83Q
2Ulrich Schillinger United Team of GermanyR
3Peder Pedersen DenmarkR

1/8 final 4

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Patrick Sercu Belgium11.43Q
2Thomas Harrison AustraliaR
3Roger Gibbon Trinidad and TobagoR

1/8 final 5

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Zbysław Zając Poland12.06Q
2Valery Khitrov Soviet UnionR
3Giovanni Pettenella ItalyR

1/8 final 6

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Willi Fuggerer United Team of Germany12.15Q
2Ivan Kučírek CzechoslovakiaR
3Katsuhiko Sato JapanR

Second repechage semifinals

Four heats of three cyclists each were held, with the winner of each moving to the finals of the second repechage while the other 8 cyclists were eliminated.

Second repechage semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Pierre Trentin France12.81Q
2Karl Barton Great Britain
3Roger Gibbon Trinidad and TobagoDNF

Second repechage semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Giovanni Pettenella Italy12.06Q
2Ulrich Schillinger United Team of Germany
3Niels Fredborg Denmark

Second repechage semifinal 3

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Omar Pkhak'adze Soviet Union11.70Q
2Thomas Harrison Australia
3Katsuhiko Sato Japan

Second repechage semifinal 4

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Valery Khitrov Soviet Union11.45Q
2Ivan Kučírek Czechoslovakia
3Peder Pedersen Denmark

Second repechage finals

The four winners of the eliminations of the second repechage faced off in two heats of finals for the repechage. The winner in each heat moved on to the semifinals, the loser was eliminated.

Second repechage final 1

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Pierre Trentin France11.88Q
2Valery Khitrov Soviet Union

Second repechage final 2

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m
Notes
1Giovanni Pettenella Italy11.71Q
2Omar Pkhak'adze Soviet Union

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals, which began the day of 19 October, were the first round of direct elimination. The 8 remaining cyclists were paired off into four heats. The winner of each match, which was in a best-of-three format, advanced, the loser was eliminated.

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Daniel Morelon France12.0712.18N/AQ
2Zbysław Zając PolandN/A

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Sergio Bianchetto Italy13.0012.31N/AQ
2Mario Vanegas ColombiaN/A

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Giovanni Pettenella Italy12.0311.57N/AQ
2Patrick Sercu BelgiumN/A

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Pierre Trentin France12.5812.72Q
2Thomas Harrison Australia12.52

Semifinals

The semifinals were also raced in a best-of-three format. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal match, while the loser was sent to the bronze medal match.

Semifinal 1

Trentin was penalized for interference in the second race.

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Giovanni Pettenella Italywo12.74Q
2Pierre Trentin France12.89DSQB

Semifinal 2

During their semifinal, Pettenella and Trentin set an Olympic record by standing still for 21 minutes and 57 seconds.[4]

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Sergio Bianchetto Italy12.5212.91Q
2Daniel Morelon France11.83B

Finals

The two finals each pitted a pair of countrymen against each other; Italians in the gold medal match and Frenchmen in the bronze. Again the format was best-of-three.

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Daniel Morelon France11.5813.85
4Pierre Trentin France11.42

Final

RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Giovanni Pettenella Italy13.8513.69N/A
Sergio Bianchetto ItalyN/A

Sources

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 270
  4. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 0140066322.
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