The men's keirin in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was contested by 20 cyclists. A keirin race consisted of eight laps of the track, or .

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results First round The 20 cyclists competed in three heats of six to seven riders each. The top two riders in each heat (six overall) advanced to the next round, while the other fourteen cyclists competed in the first repechage.

+ Heat 1 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Jens Fiedler Q 2 Gary Neiwand Q 3 Shinishi Ota 4 Lampros Vasilopoulos 5 Jaroslav Jeřábek 6 Christian Arrue

+ Heat 2 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Pavel Buráň Q 2 Roberto Chiappa Q 3 Eom In-yeong 4 Chris Hoy 5 Florian Rousseau 6 Grzegorz Krejner Anthony Peden

+ Heat 3 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Jan van Eijden Q 2 Frédéric Magné Q 3 David Cabrero 4 Marty Nothstein 5 Matt Sinton 6 Yuichiro Kamiyama Ainārs Ķiksis

First repechage The first round repechage consisted of three heats of four to five 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 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Ainārs Ķiksis Q 2 Shinishi Ota Q 3 Grzegorz Krejner 4 Matt Sinton Chris Hoy

+ Heat 2 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Marty Nothstein Q 2 Florian Rousseau Q 3 Anthony Peden 4 In-Young Eum 5 Christian Arrue

+ Heat 3 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 David Cabrero Q 2 Lampros Vasilopoulos Q 3 Jaroslav Jeřábek 4 Yuichiro Kamiyama

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. + Heat 1 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Jens Fiedler Q 2 Jan van Eijden Q 3 Florian Rousseau Q 4 Roberto Chiappa Lampros Vasilopoulos Ainārs Ķiksis

+ Heat 2 Place Name Nation Qualify 1 Marty Nothstein Q 2 Gary Neiwand Q 3 Frédéric Magné Q 4 David Cabrero 5 Pavel Buráň 6 Shinishi Ota

Final Place Name Florian Rousseau Gary Neiwand Jens Fiedler 4 Jan van Eijden 5 Marty Nothstein 6 Frédéric Magné

References

External links Official Olympic Report