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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesIzu Velodrome
Dates4–6 August 2021
Competitors30 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack Carlin  Great Britain
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The men's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.[1][2] 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed.[3]

Background

This will be the 27th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Great Britain has won the last three sprint competitions.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the men's sprint. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight nations that qualify for the team sprint event may enter two cyclists each in the individual sprint (as well as the Keirin). The nations that qualify a cyclist through the Keirin rankings may also enter that cyclist in the sprint. Finally, seven places are allocated through the individual sprint rankings; these places must ensure that each of the five continents are represented.[3] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

For the first time since 2000, the sprint competition format is seeing significant changes. The number of main rounds is increasing from 5 to 6 and the number of repechages from 2 to 3. The competition begins, as usual, with a qualifying round of time trials (flying start 200 metres). The top 24 cyclists in the qualifying round (up from 18) qualify for match rounds. In each match round, the cyclists start side by side and must complete 3 laps of the track (750 metres). The last 200 metres are timed. The match rounds are as follows.[4]

  • Round 1 pairs the 24 cyclists into 12 heats; the winner of each advances to round 2 while the loser goes to the first repechage.
  • The first repechage places the 12 cyclists into 4 heats of 3 cyclists each; the winner of each heat rejoins the round 1 winners in advancing to round 2 while the remaining cyclists are eliminated.
  • Round 2 pairs the 16 cyclists into 8 heats; the winner of each advances to the 1/8 finals while the loser goes to the second repechage.
  • The second repechage again has 4 heats, this time of 2 cyclists each; the winner of each rejoins the round 2 winners and advances to the 1/8 finals while the loser of each heat is eliminated.
  • The 1/8 finals pairs the 12 cyclists into 6 heats; the winner of each advances to the quarterfinals while the loser goes to the third repechage.
  • The third repechage has 2 heats of 3 cyclists each; the winner goes to the quarterfinals while all others are eliminated (the classification 9–12 race has been removed).
  • The quarterfinals begins best-two-of-three matches; the 8 cyclists are paired into 4 quarterfinals. The winner of two races in each quarterfinal goes to the semifinals, while the loser is placed in the classification 5–8 race.
  • The semifinals again uses best-two-of-three matches, with the 4 cyclists paired into 2 semifinals. The winner of each semifinal goes to the final, the loser goes to the bronze medal match.
  • The finals round includes the final, bronze medal match, and classification 5–8 race. The final and bronze medal match are one-on-one, best-two-of-three in format; the classification 5–8 race is a single race of 4 cyclists.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[5]

Date Time Round
4 August 2021 15:30
16:35
17:31
18:13
18:47
Qualifying
1/32 finals
1/32 finals repechages
1/16 finals
1/16 finals repechages
5 August 2021 15:48
16:21
16:45
18:27
1/8 finals
1/8 finals repechages
Quarterfinals
Classification 5–8
6 August 2021 16:10
18:00
Semifinals
Final

Results

Qualifying

Rank Cyclist Nation Time[6] Behind Notes
1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands 9.215 Q, OR
2 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands 9.215 +0.000 Q
3 Jack Carlin  Great Britain 9.306 +0.091 Q
4 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 9.316 +0.101 Q
5 Denis Dmitriev  ROC 9.331 +0.116 Q
6 Jair Tjon En Fa  Suriname 9.472 +0.257 Q
7 Mateusz Rudyk  Poland 9.493 +0.278 Q
8 Jason Kenny  Great Britain 9.510 +0.295 Q
9 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan 9.518 +0.303 Q
10 Sébastien Vigier  France 9.551 +0.336 Q
11 Xu Chao  China 9.584 +0.369 Q
12 Nick Wammes  Canada 9.587 +0.372 Q
13 Stefan Bötticher  Germany 9.593 +0.378 Q
14 Patryk Rajkowski  Poland 9.594 +0.379 Q
15 Hugo Barrette  Canada 9.596 +0.381 Q
16 Kevin Quintero  Colombia 9.626 +0.411 Q
17 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia 9.626 +0.411 Q
18 Sam Webster  New Zealand 9.631 +0.416 Q
19 Maximilian Levy  Germany 9.646 +0.431 Q
20 Rayan Helal  France 9.669 +0.454 Q
21 Matthew Richardson  Australia 9.685 +0.470 Q
22 Nathan Hart  Australia 9.696 +0.481 Q
23 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia 9.700 +0.485 Q
24 Ethan Mitchell  New Zealand 9.705 +0.490 Q
25 Pavel Yakushevskiy  ROC 9.723 +0.508
26 Yudai Nitta  Japan 9.728 +0.513
27 Jean Spies  South Africa 9.787 +0.572
28 Tomáš Bábek  Czech Republic 9.856 +0.641
29 Sergey Ponomaryov  Kazakhstan 9.932 +0.717
30 Kwesi Browne  Trinidad and Tobago 9.966 +0.751

1/32 finals

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[7] Notes
1 1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X Q
1 2 Ethan Mitchell  New Zealand +0.233 R
2 1 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands X Q
2 2 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia +0.063 R
3 1 Jack Carlin  Great Britain X Q
3 2 Nathan Hart  Australia +0.306 R
4 1 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago X Q
4 2 Matthew Richardson  Australia +0.618 R
5 1 Denis Dmitriev  ROC X Q
5 2 Rayan Helal  France +0.479 R
6 1 Maximilian Levy  Germany X Q
6 2 Jair Tjon En Fa  Suriname +0.002 R
7 1 Sam Webster  New Zealand X Q
7 2 Mateusz Rudyk  Poland +0.180 R
8 1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain X Q
8 2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia +0.032 R
9 1 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan X Q
9 2 Kevin Quintero  Colombia +0.084 R
10 1 Sébastien Vigier  France X Q
10 2 Hugo Barrette  Canada +0.020 R
11 1 Patryk Rajkowski  Poland X Q
11 2 Xu Chao  China +0.291 R
12 1 Nick Wammes  Canada X Q
12 2 Stefan Bötticher  Germany +0.015 R

1/32 finals repechages

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[8] Notes
1 1 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia X Q
1 2 Kevin Quintero  Colombia +0.204
1 3 Ethan Mitchell  New Zealand +0.549
2 1 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia X Q
2 2 Hugo Barrette  Canada +0.619
2 3 Mateusz Rudyk  Poland +0.668
3 1 Jair Tjon En Fa  Suriname X Q
3 2 Xu Chao  China +0.062
3 3 Nathan Hart  Australia +0.185
4 1 Stefan Bötticher  Germany X Q
4 2 Rayan Helal  France +0.032
4 3 Matthew Richardson  Australia +0.421

1/16 finals

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[9] Notes
1 1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X Q
1 2 Stefan Bötticher  Germany +0.111 R
2 1 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands X Q
2 2 Jair Tjon En Fa  Suriname +0.259 R
3 1 Jack Carlin  Great Britain X Q
3 2 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia +0.132 R
4 1 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago X Q
4 2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia +0.026 R
5 1 Denis Dmitriev  ROC X Q
5 2 Nick Wammes  Canada +0.107 R
6 1 Maximilian Levy  Germany X Q
6 2 Patryk Rajkowski  Poland +0.149 R
7 1 Sam Webster  New Zealand X Q
7 2 Sébastien Vigier  France +0.038 R
8 1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain X Q
8 2 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan +0.021 R

1/16 finals repechages

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[10] Notes
1 1 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan X Q
1 2 Stefan Bötticher  Germany +0.176
2 1 Sébastien Vigier  France X Q
2 2 Jair Tjon En Fa  Suriname +0.085
3 1 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia X Q
3 2 Patryk Rajkowski  Poland +0.260
4 1 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia X Q
4 2 Nick Wammes  Canada +0.104

1/8 finals

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[11] Notes
1 1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X Q
1 2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia +0.040 R
2 1 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands X Q
2 2 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia +0.449 R
3 1 Jack Carlin  Great Britain X Q
3 2 Sébastien Vigier  France +0.171 R
4 1 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago X Q
4 2 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan +0.457 R
5 1 Denis Dmitriev  ROC X Q
5 2 Jason Kenny  Great Britain +0.076 R
6 1 Maximilian Levy  Germany X Q
6 2 Sam Webster  New Zealand +0.132 R

1/8 finals repechages

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[12] Notes
1 1 Jason Kenny  Great Britain X Q
1 2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia +0.042
1 3 Yuta Wakimoto  Japan +0.325
2 1 Sébastien Vigier  France X Q
2 2 Sam Webster  New Zealand +0.101
2 3 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom  Malaysia +0.133

Quarterfinals

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1[13] Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes
1 1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X X SF
1 2 Sébastien Vigier  France +2.440 +0.059 F5-8
2 1 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands X X SF
2 2 Jason Kenny  Great Britain +0.047 +0.942 F5-8
3 1 Jack Carlin  Great Britain X X SF
3 2 Maximilian Levy  Germany +2.507 +0.396 F5-8
4 1 Denis Dmitriev  ROC +0.295 X X SF
4 2 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago X REL +4.383 F5-8

Classification 5–8

Rank Cyclist Nation Gap[14]
5 Maximilian Levy  Germany
6 Nicholas Paul  Trinidad and Tobago +0.152
7 Sébastien Vigier  France +0.644
8 Jason Kenny  Great Britain +0.879

Semifinals

Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1[15] Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes
1 1 Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X X QG
1 2 Denis Dmitriev  ROC +0.107 +0.010 QB
2 1 Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands X X QG
2 2 Jack Carlin  Great Britain +0.067 +0.042 QB

Finals

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1[16] Race 2 Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harrie Lavreysen  Netherlands +0.012 X X
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeffrey Hoogland  Netherlands X +0.015 +0.208
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack Carlin  Great Britain X X
4 Denis Dmitriev  ROC +0.486 +0.015

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