Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Cycling - Men's sprint at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Dates	August 1 and 3
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Jacobus van Egmond  Netherlands Louis Chaillot  France Bruno Pellizzari  Italy

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	13.0
2	Willy Gervin	Denmark
3	Enrique Heredia	Mexico

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacobus van Egmond	Netherlands	13.0
2	Ernest Chambers	Great Britain
3	Leo Marchiori	Canada

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray	Australia	13.2
2	Bruno Pellizzari	Italy
3	Bobby Thomas	United States

Repechage

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bobby Thomas	United States	13.1
2	Leo Marchiori	Canada
3	Enrique Heredia	Mexico

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

Quarterfinal

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.9
2	Leo Marchiori	Canada

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacobus van Egmond	Netherlands	12.2
2	Bobby Thomas	United States

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray	Australia	12.9
2	Willy Gervin	Denmark

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruno Pellizzari	Italy	12.5
2	Ernest Chambers	Great Britain

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

Semifinal

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot	France	12.8
2	Dunc Gray	Australia

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacobus van Egmond	Netherlands	12.5
2	Bruno Pellizzari	Italy

Final

Match 1/2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jacobus van Egmond	Netherlands
	Louis Chaillot	France

Match 3/4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bruno Pellizzari	Italy	12.7
4	Dunc Gray	Australia