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
Jason Kenny  Great Britain
Callum Skinner  Great Britain
Denis Dmitriev  Russia
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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

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
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

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

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 Francois Pervis (FRA)9.347Aguascalientes, Mexico30 May 2009
Olympic record Jason Kenny (GBR)9.713London, United Kingdom4 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

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

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 201616:14
17:30
18:08		Qualifying round
Round 1
First repechage
Saturday, 13 August 201610:23
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 201617:04Bronze medal match
Final

Results

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 Zielinski 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 Francois 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 Rafal Sarnecki Poland 9.980 72.144 Q
16 Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata 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 Chaebin South Korea 10.147 70.956
23 Santiago Ramírez Colombia 10.199 70.595
24 Hersony Canelon Venezuela 10.239 70.319
25 Seiichiro Nakagawa Japan 10.241 70.305
26 Nikita Shurshin Russia 10.418 69.111
27 Cesar 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
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Jason Kenny Great Britain10.24570.278Q
2Maximilian Levy Germany+0.066R

Heat 2
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Callum Skinner Great Britain10.25470.216Q
2Patrick Constable Australia+0.071R

Heat 3
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Matthew Glaetzer Australia10.29969.909Q
2Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata Colombia+0.058R

Heat 4
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Denis Dmitriev Russia10.14170.998Q
2Rafal Sarnecki Poland+0.036R

Heat 5
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Grégory Baugé France10.21470.491Q
2Pavel Kelemen Czech Republic+0.050R

Heat 6
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Xu Chao China10.37369.410Q
2Njisane Phillip Trinidad and Tobago+0.145R

Heat 7
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Joachim Eilers Germany10.42869.044Q
2Damian Zielinski Poland+0.041R

Heat 8
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands10.18170.719Q
2Francois Pervis France+0.052R

Heat 9
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Sam Webster New Zealand10.15970.873Q
2Edward Dawkins New Zealand+0.150R

First repechage

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First repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Maximilian Levy Germany10.35669.524Q
2Edward Dawkins New Zealand+0.024
3Njisane Phillip Trinidad and Tobago+1.429

First repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Patrick Constable Australia10.36369.477Q
2Damian Zielinski Poland+0.028
3Pavel Kelemen Czech Republic+0.378

First repechage heat 3
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata Colombia10.27270.093Q
2Rafal Sarnecki Poland+0.086
3Francois Pervis France+0.607

1/8 finals

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1/8 final 1
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Jason Kenny Great Britain10.36969.437Q
2Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata Colombia+0.109R

1/8 final 2
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Callum Skinner Great Britain10.35969.504Q
2Patrick Constable Australia+0.021R

1/8 final 3
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Matthew Glaetzer Australia10.16670.824Q
2Maximilian Levy Germany+0.059R

1/8 final 4
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Denis Dmitriev Russia10.10271.273Q
2Sam Webster New Zealand+0.142R

1/8 final 5
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Grégory Baugé France10.10371.265Q
2Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands+0.121R

1/8 final 6
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Joachim Eilers Germany10.44968.906Q
2Xu Chao China+0.058R

Second repechage

[8]

Second repechage heat 1
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Xu Chao China10.75366.958Q
2Sam Webster New Zealand+0.048C
3Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata Colombia+0.181C

Second repechage heat 2
RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h		Notes
1Patrick Constable Australia10.45668.859Q
2Maximilian Levy Germany+0.100C
3Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands+0.118C

Quarterfinals

[9]

Quarterfinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Jason Kenny Great Britain10.34110.219N/AQ
2Patrick Constable Australia+0.194+0.258N/AC

Quarterfinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Callum Skinner Great Britain10.29910.212N/AQ
2Xu Chao China+0.122+0.200N/AC

Quarterfinal 3
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Matthew Glaetzer Australia10.45610.401N/AQ
2Joachim Eilers Germany+0.084+0.049N/AC

Quarterfinal 4
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Denis Dmitriev Russia10.20210.166N/AQ
2Grégory Baugé France+0.063+0.213N/AC

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Jason Kenny Great Britain+0.04310.04810.071Q
2Denis Dmitriev Russia10.139+0.032+0.302B

Semifinal 2
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
1Callum Skinner Great Britain10.11910.244N/AQ
2Matthew Glaetzer Australia+0.046+0.057N/AB

Classification 9—12
9th—12th place classifications

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RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h
9Maximilian Levy Germany10.27570.072
10Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata Colombia+0.067
11Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands+0.126
12Sam Webster New Zealand+0.329

Classification 5—8

[12]

RankCyclistNationTime
200 m		Speed
km/h
5Joachim Eilers Germany10.52568.408
6Xu Chao China+0.036
7Grégory Baugé France+0.153
8Patrick Constable Australia+0.215

Bronze medal match
RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Denis Dmitriev Russia10.10510.190N/A
4Matthew Glaetzer Australia+0.072+0.044N/A

Gold medal match

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RankCyclistNationRace 1Race 2Race 3
Jason Kenny Great Britain10.1649.916N/A
Callum Skinner Great Britain+0.113+0.086N/A

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

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  3. Sprint format competition
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