Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12–14 August 2016.[1] There were 27 competitors from 16 nations, as once again nations were allowed to enter up to two cyclists (the limit had fluctuated between one and two since 1928).[2] The event was won by Jason Kenny of Great Britain, successfully defending his gold from 2012 and making it the third straight Games that Great Britain was atop the podium for the sprint. Kenny was the third man to win two consecutive gold medals in the sprint, fourth man to win two golds at any point, and third man to win three medals of any color. He beat his teammate Callum Skinner in the final; it was the second time in three Games that Great Britain had both the top spots—and potentially could have been the third if nations had not been limited to a single cyclist in 2012. Denis Dmitriev earned Russia's first men's sprint medal with his bronze.

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
A quarterfinal race between Denis Dmitriev and Grégory Baugé
VenueRio Olympic Velodrome
Dates12–14 August 2016
Competitors27 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Callum Skinner  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denis Dmitriev  Russia
← 2012
2020 →
Denis Dmitriev and his coach

The medals were presented by Barry Maister, IOC member, New Zealand and David Lappartient, Vice President of the UCI.

Background

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This was the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Four of the quarterfinalists from 2012 returned: gold medalist (and 2008 silver medalist) Jason Kenny of Great Britain, silver medalist Grégory Baugé of France, fourth-place finisher Njisane Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago, and fifth-place finisher Denis Dmitriev of Russia. Baugé had won the 2015 world championship (adding to his 2009–12 run, though the 2011 title had been stripped from him) and Dmitriev had been a fixture on the world championships podium throughout the four years since the last Games. Kenny had struggled for much of that period, but had a strong 2016 including a victory over Matthew Glaetzer of Australia in the 2016 worlds final.[2]

No nations made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its 26th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Qualification

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There were 27 quota places available for the sprint. The nine nations qualified for the team sprint event could enter two members of the team in the individual sprint. The other nine places were assigned to nations based on the 2014–16 UCI track rankings, with one place for each of the top nine nations not qualified through team sprint.

Competition format

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The event was a single-elimination tournament, with repechages after the first two rounds, after seeding via time trial. The time trial involved an 875-metre distance, but with only the last 200 metres timed. All other races were 750 metres (three laps of the track) with side-by-side starts, with time kept for the last 200 metres. The first two main rounds featured single head-to-head races, with winners advancing and losers competing in repechages. Repechage races were contested by up to 3 cyclists. Beginning with the quarterfinals, each match pitted two cyclists against each other in best-of-three races.[3][2]

Records

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The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record   François Pervis (FRA) 9.347 Aguascalientes, Mexico 30 May 2009
Olympic record   Jason Kenny (GBR) 9.713 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012

Callum Skinner set a new Olympic record of 9.703 seconds in the qualifying round, but Jason Kenny regained the record with his time of 9.551. Matthew Glaetzer also finished under the old record time.

Schedule

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All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00)

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 2016 16:14
17:30
18:08
Qualifying round
Round 1
First repechage
Saturday, 13 August 2016 10:23
11:07
16:00
16:18
17:41
18:17
1/8 finals
Second repechage
Quarterfinals
Classification 9–12
Semifinals
Classification 5–8
Sunday, 14 August 2016 17:04 Bronze medal match
Final

Results

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Qualifying round

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jason Kenny   Great Britain 9.551 75.384 Q, OR
2 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 9.703 74.203 Q, [A]
3 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia 9.704 74.196 Q
4 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 9.774 73.664 Q
5 Grégory Baugé   France 9.807 73.416 Q
6 Njisane Phillip   Trinidad and Tobago 9.813 73.372 Q
7 Damian Zieliński   Poland 9.823 73.297 Q
8 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands 9.837 73.193 Q
9 Sam Webster   New Zealand 9.880 72.874 Q
10 Edward Dawkins   New Zealand 9.895 72.764 Q
11 François Pervis   France 9.898 72.741 Q
12 Joachim Eilers   Germany 9.908 72.668 Q
13 Xu Chao   China 9.939 72.441 Q
14 Pavel Kelemen   Czech Republic 9.969 72.223 Q
15 Rafał Sarnecki   Poland 9.980 72.144 Q
16 Fabián Puerta   Colombia 9.981 72.137 Q
17 Patrick Constable   Australia 10.010 71.928 Q
18 Maximilian Levy   Germany 10.035 71.748 Q
19 Juan Peralta Gascon   Spain 10.055 71.606
20 Kang Dong-jin   South Korea 10.092 71.343
21 Theo Bos   Netherlands 10.140 71.005
22 Im Chae-bin   South Korea 10.147 70.956
23 Santiago Ramírez   Colombia 10.199 70.595
24 Hersony Canelón   Venezuela 10.239 70.319
25 Seiichiro Nakagawa   Japan 10.241 70.305
26 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 10.418 69.111
27 César Marcano   Venezuela 10.649 67.611
  • A Was also an Olympic record until superseded by Jason Kenny

Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jason Kenny   Great Britain 10.245 70.278 Q
2 Maximilian Levy   Germany +0.066 R

Heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.254 70.216 Q
2 Patrick Constable   Australia +0.071 R

Heat 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia 10.299 69.909 Q
2 Fabián Puerta   Colombia +0.058 R

Heat 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.141 70.998 Q
2 Rafał Sarnecki   Poland +0.036 R

Heat 5

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Grégory Baugé   France 10.214 70.491 Q
2 Pavel Kelemen   Czech Republic +0.050 R

Heat 6

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Xu Chao   China 10.373 69.410 Q
2 Njisane Phillip   Trinidad and Tobago +0.145 R

Heat 7

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Joachim Eilers   Germany 10.428 69.044 Q
2 Damian Zieliński   Poland +0.041 R

Heat 8

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands 10.181 70.719 Q
2 François Pervis   France +0.052 R

Heat 9

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Sam Webster   New Zealand 10.159 70.873 Q
2 Edward Dawkins   New Zealand +0.150 R

First repechage

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First repechage heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Maximilian Levy   Germany 10.356 69.524 Q
2 Edward Dawkins   New Zealand +0.024
3 Njisane Phillip   Trinidad and Tobago +1.429

First repechage heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Patrick Constable   Australia 10.363 69.477 Q
2 Damian Zieliński   Poland +0.028
3 Pavel Kelemen   Czech Republic +0.378

First repechage heat 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Fabián Puerta   Colombia 10.272 70.093 Q
2 Rafał Sarnecki   Poland +0.086
3 François Pervis   France +0.607

1/8 finals

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1/8 final 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Jason Kenny   Great Britain 10.369 69.437 Q
2 Fabián Puerta   Colombia +0.109 R

1/8 final 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.359 69.504 Q
2 Patrick Constable   Australia +0.021 R

1/8 final 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia 10.166 70.824 Q
2 Maximilian Levy   Germany +0.059 R

1/8 final 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.102 71.273 Q
2 Sam Webster   New Zealand +0.142 R

1/8 final 5

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Grégory Baugé   France 10.103 71.265 Q
2 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands +0.121 R

1/8 final 6

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Joachim Eilers   Germany 10.449 68.906 Q
2 Xu Chao   China +0.058 R

Second repechage

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Second repechage heat 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Xu Chao   China 10.753 66.958 Q
2 Sam Webster   New Zealand +0.048 C
3 Fabián Puerta   Colombia +0.181 C

Second repechage heat 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
Notes
1 Patrick Constable   Australia 10.456 68.859 Q
2 Maximilian Levy   Germany +0.100 C
3 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands +0.118 C

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Jason Kenny   Great Britain 10.341 10.219 Q
2 Patrick Constable   Australia +0.194 +0.258 C

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.299 10.212 Q
2 Xu Chao   China +0.122 +0.200 C

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia 10.456 10.401 Q
2 Joachim Eilers   Germany +0.084 +0.049 C

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.202 10.166 Q
2 Grégory Baugé   France +0.063 +0.213 C

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Jason Kenny   Great Britain +0.043 10.048 10.071 Q
2 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.139 +0.032 +0.302 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.119 10.244 Q
2 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia +0.046 +0.057 B

Finals

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Classification 9—12

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9th—12th place classifications

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
9 Maximilian Levy   Germany 10.275 70.072
10 Fabián Puerta   Colombia +0.067
11 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands +0.126
12 Sam Webster   New Zealand +0.329

Classification 5—8

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
200 m
Speed
km/h
5 Joachim Eilers   Germany 10.525 68.408
6 Xu Chao   China +0.036
7 Grégory Baugé   France +0.153
8 Patrick Constable   Australia +0.215

Bronze medal match

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
  Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.105 10.190
4 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia +0.072 +0.044

Gold medal match

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Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
  Jason Kenny   Great Britain 10.164 9.916
  Callum Skinner   Great Britain +0.113 +0.086

Final classification

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Rank Cyclist Nation
  Jason Kenny   Great Britain
  Callum Skinner   Great Britain
  Denis Dmitriev   Russia
4 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia
5 Joachim Eilers   Germany
6 Xu Chao   China
7 Grégory Baugé   France
8 Patrick Constable   Australia
9 Maximilian Levy   Germany
10 Fabián Puerta   Colombia
11 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands
12 Sam Webster   New Zealand
13 Njisane Phillip   Trinidad and Tobago
14 Damian Zieliński   Poland
15 Edward Dawkins   New Zealand
16 François Pervis   France
17 Pavel Kelemen   Czech Republic
18 Rafał Sarnecki   Poland
19 Juan Peralta Gascon   Spain
20 Kang Dong-jin   South Korea
21 Theo Bos   Netherlands
22 Im Chae-bin   South Korea
23 Santiago Ramírez   Colombia
24 Hersony Canelón   Venezuela
25 Seiichiro Nakagawa   Japan
26 Nikita Shurshin   Russia
27 César Marcano   Venezuela

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Sprint format competition". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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  5. ^ "1/16 Finals" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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  7. ^ "1/8 Finals" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ^ "1/8 Finals Repechages" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Quarterfinals" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Semifinals" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Race for 9th-12th Places" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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