Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Keirin

The men's Keirin in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by 22 cyclists. A Keirin race consisted of eight laps of the track, or 2 kilometres.[1]

Cycling at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Time trialmenwomen
Track cycling
Track time trialmenwomen
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
Team sprintmen
Points racemenwomen
Keirinmen
Madisonmen
Mountain biking
Cross-countrymenwomen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Ryan Bayley (AUS)  José Antonio Escuredo (ESP)  Shane Kelly (AUS)

Results

First round

The 22 cyclists competed in three heats of seven to eight riders each. The top two riders in each heat (six overall) advanced to the next round, while the other sixteen cyclists competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
PlaceNameNation
1Ryan Bayley Australia
2Labros Vasilopoulos Greece
3Jamie Staff Great Britain
4Łukasz Kwiatkowski Poland
5Theo Bos Netherlands
6Toshiaki Fushimi Japan
7Jens Fiedler Germany
Heat 2
PlaceNameNation
1René Wolff Germany
2José Antonio Escuredo Spain
3Martin Nothstein United States
4Jeroslav Jerobek Slovakia
5Josiah Ng Malaysia
6Laurent Gané France
7Yang Hee-Chun South Korea
Heat 3
PlaceNameNation
1Shane Kelly Australia
2Ivan Vrba Czech Republic
3Teun Mulder Netherlands
4José Alberto Sochón Guatemala
5Ross Edgar Great Britain
6Hong Suk-Hwan South Korea
7Mickaël Bourgain France
RELJosé Antonio Villanueva Spain

First repechage

The first round repechage consisted of three heats of five to six riders each. The top two cyclists in each of the heats rejoined the winners from the first round in advancing to the second round. The rest were eliminated from competition.

Heat 1
PlaceNameNation
1Jamie Staff Great Britain
2Jens Fiedler Germany
3José Antonio Villanueva Spain
4Ross Edgar Great Britain
5Jeroslav Jerobek Slovakia
6Laurent Gané France
Heat 2
PlaceNameNation
1Mickaël Bourgain France
2Josiah Ng Malaysia
3Jose Sochon Guatemala
4Martin Nothstein United States
5Toshiaki Fushimi Japan
Heat 3
PlaceNameNation
1Theo Bos Netherlands
2Lukasz Kwiatkowski Poland
3Hong Suk-Hwan South Korea
4Teun Mulder Netherlands
5Yang Hee-Chun South Korea

Second round

The second round consisted of two heats, with the twelve cyclists split into groups of six. The top three riders in each heat advanced to the final, while the bottom three in each heat competed in the classification race for seventh to twelfth places.

Heat 1
PlaceNameNation
1Ryan Bayley Australia
2Josiah Ng Malaysia
3José Antonio Escuredo Spain
4Ivan Vrba Czech Republic
5Lukasz Kwiatkowski Poland
RELJamie Staff Great Britain
Heat 2
PlaceNameNation
1Shane Kelly Australia
2René Wolff Germany
3Mickaël Bourgain France
4Jens Fiedler Germany
DNFTheo Bos Netherlands
RELLabros Vasilopoulos Greece

Classification 7-12
PlaceNameNation
1Lukasz Kwiatkowski Poland
2Jens Fiedler Germany
3Labros Vasilopoulos Greece
RELIvan Vrba Czech Republic
DNSTheo Bos Netherlands
DNSJamie Staff Great Britain

Final
Final results[1]
PlaceNameNation
1Ryan Bayley Australia
2José Antonio Escuredo Spain
3Shane Kelly Australia
DNFMickaël Bourgain France
RELRené Wolff Germany
RELJosiah Ng Malaysia

References
  1. "Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Keirin". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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