Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint
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Men's sprint at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Athens Olympic Velodrome | |||||||||
Dates | 22–24 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 13 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's sprint at the 2004 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] There were 19 competitors from 13 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists.[2] The event was won by Ryan Bayley of Australia, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint after three times coming in second (most recently in 1992). Theo Bos of the Netherlands took silver, the Dutch team's first medal in the event since 1936. René Wolff earned bronze, stretching Germany's podium streak to four Games (five if East Germany is included; cyclists from eastern Germany had been on the podium in the event every Games since 1976 except the boycotted 1984 Games).
Australian Ryan Bayley defeated current world champion, Theo Bos from the Netherlands, when the sprinting gold medal was taken to a third decider race. In the race for the bronze René Wolff from Germany defeated Laurent Gané from France.