Individual sprint at the Olympics

Sprint (track cycling) at the Olympic Games
The first individual sprint winner, Paul Masson, in 1896
Overview
Sport	Cycling
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1896–1900, 1908, 1920–2024 Women: 1988–2024
Reigning champion
Men	Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
Women	Ellesse Andrews (NZL)

The individual sprint is a track cycling event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1900, but not in 1904 when various races at different distances were conducted. The men's sprint returned to the programme in 1908 but was again omitted in 1912, when only road cycling competitions were held. After World War I, the men's sprint returned to the programme for good in 1920 and has been held every Games since. The women's sprint was added when women's track cycling was first held in 1988 and has been held every Games since.

Medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens	Paul Masson  France	Stamatios Nikolopoulos  Greece	Léon Flameng  France
1900 Paris	Albert Taillandier  France	Fernand Sanz  France	John Henry Lake  United States
1908 London	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1920 Antwerp	Maurice Peeters  Netherlands	Thomas Johnson  Great Britain	Harry Ryan  Great Britain
1924 Paris	Lucien Michard  France	Jacob Meijer  Netherlands	Jean Cugnot  France
1928 Amsterdam	Roger Beaufrand  France	Antoine Mazairac  Netherlands	Willy Hansen  Denmark
1932 Los Angeles	Jacobus van Egmond  Netherlands	Louis Chaillot  France	Bruno Pellizzari  Italy
1936 Berlin	Toni Merkens  Germany	Arie van Vliet  Netherlands	Louis Chaillot  France
1948 London	Mario Ghella  Italy	Reg Harris  Great Britain	Axel Schandorff  Denmark
1952 Helsinki	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Lionel Cox  Australia	Werner Potzernheim  Germany
1956 Melbourne	Michel Rousseau  France	Guglielmo Pesenti  Italy	Dick Ploog  Australia
1960 Rome	Sante Gaiardoni  Italy	Leo Sterckx  Belgium	Valentino Gasparella  Italy
1964 Tokyo	Giovanni Pettenella  Italy	Sergio Bianchetto  Italy	Daniel Morelon  France
1968 Mexico City	Daniel Morelon  France	Giordano Turrini  Italy	Pierre Trentin  France
1972 Munich	Daniel Morelon  France	John Nicholson  Australia	Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union
1976 Montreal	Anton Tkáč  Czechoslovakia	Daniel Morelon  France	Jürgen Geschke  East Germany
1980 Moscow	Lutz Heßlich  East Germany	Yavé Cahard  France	Sergei Kopylov  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles	Mark Gorski  United States	Nelson Vails  United States	Tsutomu Sakamoto  Japan
1988 Seoul	Lutz Heßlich  East Germany	Nikolai Kovsh  Soviet Union	Gary Neiwand  Australia
1992 Barcelona	Jens Fiedler  Germany	Gary Neiwand  Australia	Curt Harnett  Canada
1996 Atlanta	Jens Fiedler  Germany	Marty Nothstein  United States	Curt Harnett  Canada
2000 Sydney	Marty Nothstein  United States	Florian Rousseau  France	Jens Fiedler  Germany
2004 Athens	Ryan Bayley  Australia	Theo Bos  Netherlands	René Wolff  Germany
2008 Beijing	Chris Hoy  Great Britain	Jason Kenny  Great Britain	Mickaël Bourgain  France
2012 London	Jason Kenny  Great Britain	Grégory Baugé  France	Shane Perkins  Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Jason Kenny  Great Britain	Callum Skinner  Great Britain	Denis Dmitriev  Russia
2020 Tokyo	Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands	Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands	Jack Carlin  Great Britain
2024 Paris	Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands	Matthew Richardson  Australia	Jack Carlin  Great Britain

Multiple medalists

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Daniel Morelon	France (FRA)	1964–1976	2	1	1	4
2	Jason Kenny	Great Britain (GBR)	2008–2016	2	1	0	3
3	Jens Fiedler	Germany (GER)	1992–2000	2	0	1	3
4	Lutz Heßlich	East Germany (GDR)	1980–1988	2	0	0	2
	Harrie Lavreysen	Netherlands (NED)	2020–2024	2	0	0	2
6	Marty Nothstein	United States (USA)	1996–2000	1	1	0	2
7	Gary Neiwand	Australia (AUS)	1988–1992	0	1	1	2
	Louis Chaillot	France (FRA)	1932–1936	0	1	1	2
9	Curt Harnett	Canada (CAN)	1992–1996	0	0	2	2
	Jack Carlin	Great Britain (GBR)	2020–2024	0	0	2	2

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	7	6	6	20
2	Netherlands (NED)	4	5	0	9
3	Italy (ITA)	4	3	2	9
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	3	10
5	Germany (GER)	3	0	3	6
6	United States (USA)	2	2	1	5
7	East Germany (GDR)	2	0	1	3
8	Australia (AUS)	1	4	3	8
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
10	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	2	3
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
13	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
15	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Erika Salumäe  Soviet Union	Christa Luding-Rothenburger  East Germany	Connie Paraskevin  United States
1992 Barcelona	Erika Salumäe  Estonia	Annett Neumann  Germany	Ingrid Haringa  Netherlands
1996 Atlanta	Felicia Ballanger  France	Michelle Ferris  Australia	Ingrid Haringa  Netherlands
2000 Sydney	Felicia Ballanger  France	Oxana Grichina  Russia	Iryna Yanovych  Ukraine
2004 Athens	Lori-Ann Muenzer  Canada	Tamilla Abassova  Russia	Anna Meares  Australia
2008 Beijing	Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain	Anna Meares  Australia	Guo Shuang  China
2012 London	Anna Meares  Australia	Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain	Guo Shuang  China
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Kristina Vogel  Germany	Becky James  Great Britain	Katy Marchant  Great Britain
2020 Tokyo	Kelsey Mitchell  Canada	Olena Starikova  Ukraine	Lee Wai-sze  Hong Kong
2024 Paris	Ellesse Andrews  New Zealand	Lea Friedrich  Germany	Emma Finucane  Great Britain

Multiple medalists

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Erika Salumäe	Soviet Union (URS)  Estonia (EST)	1988–1992	2	0	0	2
	Felicia Ballanger	France (FRA)	1996–2000	2	0	0	0
3	Anna Meares	Australia (AUS)	2004–2012	1	1	1	3
4	Victoria Pendleton	Great Britain (GBR)	2008–2012	1	1	0	2
5	Ingrid Haringa	Netherlands (NED)	1992–1996	0	0	2	2
	Guo Shuang	China (CHN)	2008–2012	0	0	2	2

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
6	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
9	Russia (RUS)	0	2	0	2
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
11	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
12	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
14	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.

Francesco Verri of Italy won the 1906 title, with Bert Bouffler of Great Britain in second and Eugène Debongnie of Belgium third.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1906 Athens	Francesco Verri (ITA)	Bert Bouffler (GBR)	Eugène Debongnie (BEL)