, ▁all ▁men , ▁from ▁six ▁nations ▁competed . ▁ ▁Medal ▁summary ▁ ▁Daily ▁summary ▁▁ 1 1 ▁September ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁r ounds ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁met re ▁s print , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Italy ▁made ▁their ▁cy cling ▁deb uts , ▁as ▁did ▁the ▁Olympic - de but ▁nations ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁Boh emia . ▁Germany , ▁which ▁had ▁won ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁four ▁years ▁earlier , ▁and ▁France , ▁with ▁ 4 ▁g olds , ▁a ▁silver , ▁and ▁a ▁bronze , ▁were ▁the ▁returning ▁nations . ▁ ▁Boh emia ' s ▁l one ▁cycl ist ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁The ▁Belg ian ▁cycl ist ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁the ▁quarter final s . ▁Germany ' s ▁tri o ▁f ared ▁no ▁better , ▁with ▁all ▁having ▁dropped ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁Antonio ▁Rest elli ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁Italy ' s ▁ 7 ▁to ▁move ▁on . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁the ▁sole ▁American ▁John ▁Henry ▁Lake ▁and ▁by ▁ 7 ▁French men . ▁▁ 1 3 ▁September ▁ ▁The ▁semif inals ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁s print ▁were ▁held ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 3 th . ▁ ▁The ▁semif inal ▁round ▁p ared ▁the ▁ 9 ▁remaining ▁cycl ists ▁down ▁to ▁ 3 , ▁with ▁the ▁w inners ▁of ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁semif inals ▁guaranteed ▁a ▁medal ▁in ▁the ▁three - man ▁final