Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Track cycling pictogram
VenueDunc Gray Velodrome
Dates18–20 September
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marty Nothstein
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Florian Rousseau
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jens Fiedler
 Germany
← 1996
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The men's sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time.[1] The races were held on Monday, 18 September, Tuesday, 19 September, and Wednesday, 20 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.[2] There were 19 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists.[3] The event was won by Marty Nothstein of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint since 1984 and second overall. Nothstein was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. The silver medal went to Florian Rousseau, France's first medal in the event since 1980. Two-time defending champion Jens Fiedler of Germany lost to Nothstein in the semifinals, but won the bronze medal match to become the second man to win three medals in the event (Daniel Morelon won four from 1964 to 1976, still the record).

Background

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This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Four of the quarterfinalists from 1996 returned: two-time defending champion Jens Fiedler of Germany, silver medalist Marty Nothstein of the United States, fifth-place finisher Darryn Hill of Australia, and eighth-place finisher Florian Rousseau of France. There was no clear favorite, though Fiedler, Nothstein, and Rousseau were among the top cyclists along with Laurent Gané of France. Rousseau had won the world championships in 1997 and 1998; Gané had won in 1999.[3]

For the first time in the history of the event, no nations made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its 22nd appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

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This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches along with the new qualifying round of time trials. There were five main match rounds, with two one-round repechages.[3][1]

  • Qualifying round: Each of the 19 competitors completed a 200-metre flying time trial (reaching full speed before timing started for the last 200 metres). The top 18 advanced to the match rounds, seeded based on their time in the qualifying round. With only 19 riders starting, only the slowest cyclist was eliminated.
  • Round 1: The 18 cyclists were seeded into 9 heats of 2 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (9 cyclists) while the other cyclists went to the first repechage (8 cyclists, as one cyclist did not start in round 1).
  • First repechage: The 8 cyclists were divided into 3 heats, each with 3 cyclists (except that one had only 2 cyclists because of the non-starter in round 1). The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (3 cyclists) while the losers were eliminated (5 cyclists).
  • 1/8 finals: The 12 remaining cyclists competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 2 cyclists in each. The winner in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the loser in each heat went to the second repechage (6 cyclists).
  • Second repechage: This round featured 2 heats, with 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (2 cyclists); the losers competed in a ninth-twelfth classification race.
  • 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 going to the fifth-eighth classification race.
  • 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, as well as a classification final for fifth through eighth places for quarterfinal losers.

Records

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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  Curt Harnett (CAN) 9.865 Bogotá, Colombia 28 September 1995
Olympic record  Gary Neiwand (AUS) 10.129 Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996

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

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 September 2000 10:00
18:00
18:50
19:55
20:45
Qualifying round
Round 1
First repechage
1/8 finals
Second repechage
Tuesday, 19 September 2000 18:30
18:50
Classification 9–12
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 20 September 2000 18:10
19:10
19:30
19:45
Semifinals
Final
Bronze medal match
Classification 5–8

Results

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Qualifying round

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Held Monday, 18 September. Times and average speeds are listed. The fastest 18 riders advanced to the first round.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Marty Nothstein  United States 10.166 70.844 Q
2 Laurent Gane  France 10.243 70.292 Q
3 Florian Rousseau  France 10.277 70.059 Q
4 Jens Fiedler  Germany 10.287 69.991 Q
5 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia 10.343 69.612 Q
6 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic 10.370 69.431 Q
7 Craig MacLean  Great Britain 10.459 68.840 Q
8 Sean Eadie  Australia 10.520 68.441 Q
9 Darryn Hill  Australia 10.526 68.402 Q
10 Ján Lepka  Slovakia 10.530 68.378 Q
11 Jan van Eijden  Germany 10.540 68.311 Q
12 Jose Villanueva  Spain 10.556 68.208 Q
13 Tomohiro Nagatsuka  Japan 10.595 67.957 Q
14 Shinichi Ota  Japan 10.603 67.905 Q
15 Anthony Peden  New Zealand 10.649 67.612 Q
16 Nikolaos Angelidis  Greece 10.745 67.008 Q
17 Julio César Herrera  Cuba 10.893 66.097 Q
18 Christian Arrue  United States 10.903 66.037 Q
19 Bartlomiej Saczuk  Poland 11.106 64.830

Round 1

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Held Monday, 18 September. The first round consisted of nine heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Marty Nothstein  United States 10.956 65.717 Q
2 Christian Arrue  United States R

Heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Laurent Gane  France 11.054 65.135 Q
2 Julio César Herrera  Cuba R

Heat 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Florian Rousseau  France 10.865 66.268 Q
2 Nikolaos Angelidis  Greece R

Heat 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jens Fiedler  Germany wo Q
2 Anthony Peden  New Zealand DNS

Heat 5

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia 11.008 65.407 Q
2 Shinichi Ota  Japan R

Heat 6

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic 11.102 64.853 Q
2 Tomohiro Nagatsuka  Japan R

Heat 7

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jose Villanueva  Spain Q
2 Craig MacLean  Great Britain REL R

Heat 8

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jan van Eijden  Germany Q
2 Sean Eadie  Australia REL R

Heat 9

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Darryn Hill  Australia 10.938 65.826 Q
2 Jan Lepka  Slovakia R

First repechage

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Held Monday, 18 September. The nine defeated cyclists from the first round took part in the 1/16 repechage (reduced to eight because of Peden not starting the first round). They raced in three heats of three riders each (with one heat of two riders, as Peden did not qualify for the repechage). The winner of each heat rejoined the nine victors of the first round in advancing to the 1/8 round.

First repechage heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Christian Arrue  United States 11.186 64.366 Q
2 Jan Lepka  Slovakia
3 Tomohiro Nagatsuka  Japan

First repechage heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Craig MacLean  Great Britain 10.951 65.747 Q
2 Shinichi Ota  Japan
3 Julio César Herrera  Cuba

First repechage heat 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Sean Eadie  Australia 11.805 60.991 Q
2 Nikolaos Angelidis  Greece

1/8 finals

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Held Monday, 18 September. The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve remaining cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

1/8 final 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Marty Nothstein  United States 10.799 66.673 Q
2 Sean Eadie  Australia R

1/8 final 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Laurent Gane  France 11.049 65.164 Q
2 Craig MacLean  Great Britain R

1/8 final 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Florian Rousseau  France 10.906 66.019 Q
2 Christian Arrue  United States R

1/8 final 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jens Fiedler  Germany 10.682 67.403 Q
2 Darryn Hill  Australia R

1/8 final 5

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jan van Eijden  Germany 10.682 67.403 Q
2 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia R

1/8 final 6

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jose Villanueva  Spain 11.382 63.236 Q
2 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic R

Second repechage

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Held Monday, 18 September. The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

Second repechage heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Sean Eadie  Australia 11.414 63.080 Q
2 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic C
3 Darryn Hill  Australia C

Second repechage heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Craig MacLean  Great Britain 11.108 64.818 Q
2 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia C
3 Christian Arrue  United States C

Quarterfinals

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Held Tuesday, 19 September. The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Marty Nothstein  United States 10.888 10.973 Q
2 Craig MacLean  Great Britain C

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Laurent Gane  France 10.648 10.833 Q
2 Sean Eadie  Australia C

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Florian Rousseau  France 10.744 10.781 Q
2 José Antonio Villanueva  Spain C

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Jens Fiedler  Germany 10.966 10.904 Q
2 Jan van Eijden  Germany C

Semifinals

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Held Wednesday, 20 September. The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Marty Nothstein  United States 10.930 10.903 Q
2 Jens Fiedler  Germany B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Florian Rousseau  France 10.877 11.536 Q
2 Laurent Gane  France 10.822 B

Finals

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Held Wednesday, 20 September, except for the classification 9–12.

Classification 9-12

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Held 19 September. The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
9 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic 11.078 64.994
10 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia
11 Christian Arrue  United States
Darryn Hill  Australia DNS

Classification 5-8

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Held Wednesday, 20 September. The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
5 Jan van Eijden  Germany 11.040 65.217
6 Jose Villanueva  Spain
7 Sean Eadie  Australia
8 Craig MacLean  Great Britain

Bronze medal match

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The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jens Fiedler  Germany 10.732 10.918
4 Laurent Gane  France

Gold medal match

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The gold medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner.

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marty Nothstein  United States 10.874 11.066
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Florian Rousseau  France

Final classification

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Rank Cyclist Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marty Nothstein  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Florian Rousseau  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jens Fiedler  Germany
4 Laurent Gane  France
5 Jan van Eijden  Germany
6 Jose Villanueva  Spain
7 Sean Eadie  Australia
8 Craig MacLean  Great Britain
9 Pavel Buráň  Czech Republic
10 Viesturs Bērziņš  Latvia
11 Christian Arrue  United States
12 Darryn Hill  Australia
13 Jan Lepka  Slovakia
14 Tomohiro Nagatsuka  Japan
15 Shinichi Ota  Japan
16 Nikolaos Angelidis  Greece
17 Julio César Herrera  Cuba
18 Anthony Peden  New Zealand
19 Bartlomiej Saczuk  Poland

References

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  1. ^ a b Official Report, Results Book for Track Cycling.
  2. ^ "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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