Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint at the Games of the I Olympiad
The French medalists Flameng and Masson
Venue	Neo Phaliron Velodrome
Date	April 11
Competitors	4 from 3 nations
Medalists
Paul Masson  France Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece Léon Flameng  France

The men's sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres, or six laps of the track.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Paul Masson (FRA)	4:58.2
2	Stamatios Nikolopoulos (GRE)	5:00.2
3	Léon Flameng (FRA)	Unknown
–	Joseph Rosemeyer (GER)	DNF

Four athletes entered the race. Rosemeyer of Germany had mechanical problems during the race and left the course without finishing. The French cyclists took 1st and 3rd places, while Nikolopoulos of Greece finished second.

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.