The men's sprint cycling event event at the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

took place on August 1 and 3. The format was a sprint of 1000 metres.

Results

Riders competed in three heats and one repechage

Repechage

Repechage is a practice amongst ladder competitions that allows participants that failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round.- Types of repechage :...

; top two riders advanced to quarterfinal.

Heats

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot was a cyclist from France. He was born in Chaumont, France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place.He also...		13.0
2	Willy Gervin
3	Enrique Heredia

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacques van Egmond		13.0
2	Ernest Chambers Ernest Chambers (cyclist) Ernest Henry Chambers was an English track cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in the London borough of Hackney.-Palmarés:19281932-References:...
3	Leo Marchiori

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won a bronze medal for the 1000m time trial at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam- Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling...		13.2
2	Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari was a racing cyclist from Italy.He competed for Italy in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
3	Bobby Thomas

Repechage

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bobby Thomas		13.1
2	Leo Marchiori
3	Enrique Heredia

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

Quarterfinal

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot was a cyclist from France. He was born in Chaumont, France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place.He also...		12.9
2	Leo Marchiori

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacques van Egmond		12.2
2	Bobby Thomas

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dunc Gray Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won a bronze medal for the 1000m time trial at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam- Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling...		12.9
2	Willy Gervin

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari was a racing cyclist from Italy.He competed for Italy in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event where he finished in third place.-References:*...		12.5
2	Ernest Chambers Ernest Chambers (cyclist) Ernest Henry Chambers was an English track cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in the London borough of Hackney.-Palmarés:19281932-References:...

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

Semifinal

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot was a cyclist from France. He was born in Chaumont, France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place.He also...		12.8
2	Dunc Gray Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won a bronze medal for the 1000m time trial at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam- Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling...

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacques van Egmond		12.5
2	Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari was a racing cyclist from Italy.He competed for Italy in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event where he finished in third place.-References:*...

Final

Match 1/2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jacques van Egmond
	Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot Louis Chaillot was a cyclist from France. He was born in Chaumont, France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place.He also...

Match 3/4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari Bruno Pellizzari was a racing cyclist from Italy.He competed for Italy in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event where he finished in third place.-References:*...		12.7
4	Dunc Gray Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won a bronze medal for the 1000m time trial at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam- Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling...