Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's Sprint at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Roger Beaufrand  France Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands Willy Hansen  Denmark

The men's sprint at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.

This track cycling event consisted of numerous rounds. The competition began with a preliminary round consisting of six races, with the winner of each advancing to the quarterfinals. The losers of the preliminary round competed in a two-round repechage, with two cyclists qualifying for the finals out of the repechage. Beginning with the quarterfinals, the competition was a single elimination tournament, with a bronze medal match.

Results

Source:

Preliminary round

Match 1

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Willy Hansen (DEN)
2 r	Antonio Malvassi (ARG)

Match 2

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Roger Beaufrand (FRA)
2 r	Bertie Donnelly (IRL)
3 r	August Schaffer (AUT)

Match 3

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Yves Van Massenhove (BEL)
2 r	Jerzy Koszutski (POL)
3 r	Walter Knabenhans (SUI)

Match 4

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Hans Bernhardt (GER)
2 r	James Davies (CAN)
3	Cavit Cav (TUR)

Match 5

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Antoine Mazairac (NED)
2 r	Sydney Cozens (GBR)
3 r	Francisco Juillet (CHI)

Match 6

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Jack Standen (AUS)
2 r	Edoardo Severgnini (ITA)
3 r	Roberts Plūme (LAT)
4 r	José María Yermo (ESP)

Repechage round 1

Match 1

Rank	Cyclist
1 R	Walter Knabenhans (SUI)
2	Francisco Juillet (CHI)

Match 2

Rank	Cyclist
1 R	Antonio Malvassi (ARG)
2	Edoardo Severgnini (ITA)
3	James Davies (CAN)

Match 3

Rank	Cyclist
1 R	Jerzy Koszutski (POL)
2	Bertie Donnelly (IRL)
3	Roberts Plūme (LAT)

Match 4

Rank	Cyclist
1 R	Sydney Cozens (GBR)
2	José María de Yermo (ESP)
3	August Schaffer (AUT)

Repechage final

Rank	Cyclist
1 Q	Jerzy Koszutski (POL)
2 Q	Antonio Malvassi (ARG)
3	Sydney Cozens (GBR)
4	Walter Knabenhans (SUI)

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Hans Bernhardt (GER)	13.2 seconds
2	Yves Van Massenhove (BEL)

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Antoine Mazairac (NED)	13.2 seconds
2	Jack Standen (AUS)

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Roger Beaufrand (FRA)	13.4 seconds
2	Antonio Malvassi (ARG)

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Willy Hansen (DEN)	13.2 seconds
2	Jerzy Koszutski (POL)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Antoine Mazairac (NED)	12.2 seconds
2	Willy Hansen (DEN)

Semifinal 2

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 Q	Roger Beaufrand (FRA)	13.2 seconds
2	Hans Bernhardt (GER)

Medal matches

Gold medal match

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
	Roger Beaufrand (FRA)	13.2 seconds
	Antoine Mazairac (NED)

Bronze medal match

Rank	Cyclist	Time (last 200m)
1 ()	Willy Hansen (DEN)
2 (4th)	Hans Bernhardt (GER)