Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men’s sprint Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.The men’s sprint was one of the five track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 11 April as the second event on the schedule. It was held over the distance of 2 kilometres or six laps of the track. bronze medalist Léon Flameng games 1896 Summer gold medalist Paul Masson (cyclist) next event Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint siler medalist Stamatios Nikolopoulos Learn more... Loading...