Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Cycling - Men's sprint at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Herne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates	7-9 August 1948
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Mario Ghella  Italy Reg Harris  Great Britain Axel Schandorff  Denmark

The men's sprint cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 7 and 9 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.

Format

The first two rounds consisted of single races between pairs of cyclists. The berths in the second round were allocated to the winners from each of the races in the first round, and the winners from each race in the repechage round. Starting with the quarterfinals stage, cyclists were paired once again, this time racing against each other two times, with the winner advancing further in the competition.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Leonel Rocca	Uruguay	3:10.9
2	Compton Gonsalves	Trinidad and Tobago

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Emile Van De Velde	Belgium	2:48.2
2	Howard Wing	Republic of China

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jean Roth	Switzerland	2:31.5
2	Mario Masanés	Chile

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Reg Harris	Great Britain	2:17.0
2	Rusi Mulla Feroze	India

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jan Hijzelendoorn	Netherlands	1:42.7
2	Reinaldo Paseiro	Cuba

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Clodomiro Cortoni	Argentina	1:58.0
2	Julio César León	Venezuela

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Axel Schandorff	Denmark	1:49.8
2	Charlie Bazzano	Australia

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jacques Bellenger	France	2:09.1
2	Laddie Lewis	Cuba

Heat 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Erich Welt	Austria	3:13.9
2	Adolfo Romero	Mexico

Heat 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jack Heid	United States	1:57.4
2	Muhammad Naqi Mallick	Pakistan

Heat 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Mario Ghella	Italy	1:54.4
2	Bob Lacourse	Canada

Repechage

According to the official report, Howard Wing from China broke his collar bone after finishing his first round race. Manthos Kaloudis from Greece took his place.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Bob Lacourse	Canada	1:48.1
2	Adolfo Romero	Mexico

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Reinaldo Paseiro	Cuba	3:15.3
2	Rusi Mulla Feroze	India

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charlie Bazzano	Australia	2:31.0
2	Muhammad Naqi Mallick	Pakistan

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Julio César León	Venezuela	2:04.7
2	Compton Gonsalves	Trinidad and Tobago

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Mario Masanés	Chile	1:55.3
2	Manthos Kaloudis	Greece
3	Laddie Lewis	Guyana

Second round

The race between Jan Hijzelendoorn from the Netherlands and Leonel Rocca from Uruguay was repeated following a protest from Uruguay after the disqualification of Rocca.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Mario Ghella	Italy	1:48.1
2	Julio César León	Venezuela

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jan Hijzelendoorn	Netherlands	DNF
2	Leonel Rocca	Uruguay	DSQ

Heat 2 re-run

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Leonel Rocca	Uruguay	1:35.9
2	Jan Hijzelendoorn	Netherlands

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Mario Masanés	Chile	3:04.5
2	Jacques Bellenger	France

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Axel Schandorff	Denmark	1:49.6
2	Erich Welt	Austria

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Emile Van De Velde	Belgium	3:46.5
2	Reinaldo Paseiro	Cuba

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jack Heid	United States	2:05.7
2	Clodomiro Cortoni	Argentina

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charlie Bazzano	Australia	3:51.6
2	Jean Roth	Switzerland

Heat 8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Reg Harris	Great Britain	1:31.7
2	Bob Lacourse	Canada

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Mario Ghella	Italy	1:47.7	2:37.4
2	Emile Van De Velde	Belgium

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Axel Schandorff	Denmark	1:49.0	2:14.8
2	Jack Heid	United States

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Reg Harris	Great Britain	2:39.8	2:13.0
2	Mario Masanés	Chile

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Charlie Bazzano	Australia	3:09.4	2:26.6
2	Leonel Rocca	Uruguay

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Mario Ghella	Italy	3:53.0	1:55.7
2	Axel Schandorff	Denmark

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Reg Harris	Great Britain	4:43.8	2:24.4
2	Charlie Bazzano	Australia

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Mario Ghella	Italy	4:01.2	4:13.4
2	Reg Harris	Great Britain

Bronze medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
1	Axel Schandorff	Denmark	2:10.4	2:26.0
2	Charlie Bazzano	Australia

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality
	Mario Ghella	Italy
	Reg Harris	Great Britain
	Axel Schandorff	Denmark
4	Charlie Bazzano	Australia
5	Jack Heid	United States
	Mario Masanés	Chile
	Leonel Rocca	Uruguay
	Emile Van De Velde	Belgium
9	Julio César León	Venezuela
	Jan Hijzelendoorn	Netherlands
	Jacques Bellenger	France
	Erich Welt	Austria
	Reinaldo Paseiro	Cuba
	Clodomiro Cortoni	Argentina
	Jean Roth	Switzerland
	Bob Lacourse	Canada
	Adolfo Romero	Mexico
	Rusi Mulla Feroze	India
	Muhammad Naqi Mallick	Pakistan
	Compton Gonsalves	Trinidad and Tobago
	Manthos Kaloudis	Greece
	Laddie Lewis	Guyana
	Howard Wing	Republic of China

External links

• Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Sprint, sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.