The men's Keirin event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 10 and 11 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Background
This was the 7th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since its introduction in 2000.
Qualification
Competition format
Keirin races involve up to 7 cyclists each (though the 2020 format has no races with more than 6). The cyclists follow a pace motorcycle for 3 laps (750 m); the motorcycle then pulls away and the cyclists race for another 3 laps. These distances are changed from the 2016 Games, shortening the paced section from 5.5 laps and lengthening the unpaced sprint from 2.5 laps. The motorcycle starts at 30 km/h and increases speed to 50 km/h before it pulls off.
The tournament consists of four main rounds (up from three in 2016) and a repechage:
First round: Five heats of 6 cyclists each. The top 2 cyclists in each heat (10 total) advance to the second round; all others (20 cyclists) go to the repechage. Repechage: Four heats of 5 cyclists each. The top 2 cyclists in each heat (8 total) rejoin the first-round winners in the second round. The other 12 cyclists are eliminated. Second round: Three heats of 6 cyclists each. The top 4 cyclists in each heat (12 total) advance to the semifinals. The remaining 6 cyclists are eliminated. Semifinals: Two heats of 6 cyclists each. The top 3 cyclists in each semifinal (6 total) advance to Final A; the bottom 3 cyclists from each semifinal go to Final B, out of medal contention. Finals: Two finals. Final A consists of the top 6 cyclists, awarding medals and 4th through 6th place. Final B ranks the next 6 cyclists from 7th to 12th.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+2)"Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Date Time Round 10 August 2024 17:1917:50 First roundRepechages 11 August 2024 11:2912:2913:23 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Results First round
Heat 1 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Matthew Glaetzer 2 Jeffrey Hoogland +0.011 3 Kaiya Ota +0.031 4 Jaïr Tjon En Fa +0.263 5 Rayan Helal +0.942 Azizulhasni Awang
Heat 2 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Harrie Lavreysen 2 Jack Carlin +0.361 3 Sébastien Vigier +0.535 4 Zhou Yu +0.819 5 Andrey Chugay +1.166 6 Maximilian Dörnbach +1.191
Heat 3 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Matthew Richardson 2 Shinji Nakano +0.119 3 Liu Qi +0.157 4 Hamish Turnbull +0.353 5 James Hedgcock +0.400 6 Jean Spies +1.506
Heat 4 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Mikhail Iakovlev 2 Kevin Quintero +0.330 3 Kwesi Browne +0.427 4 Jai Angsuthasawit +0.510 5 Nick Wammes +0.618 6 Luca Spiegel +0.767
Heat 5 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Nicholas Paul 2 Mateusz Rudyk +0.023 3 Cristian Ortega +0.449 4 Sam Dakin +0.519 5 Vasilijus Lendel +3.197 6 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom REL
Repechages
Heat 1 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Kaiya Ota 2 Sam Dakin +0.143 3 Jai Angsuthasawit +0.188 4 Maximilian Dörnbach +0.194 5 Jean Spies +0.249
Heat 2 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Hamish Turnbull 2 Luca Spiegel +0.069 3 Sébastien Vigier +0.120 4 Vasilijus Lendel +0.146 5 Zhou Yu
Heat 3 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom 2 Nick Wammes +0.014 3 Liu Qi +0.121 4 Jaïr Tjon En Fa +0.144 5 Rayan Helal
Heat 4 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 James Hedgcock 2 Cristian Ortega +0.053 3 Andrey Chugay +0.090 Kwesi Browne
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Jack Carlin 2 Matthew Glaetzer +0.006 3 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom +0.051 4 Kaiya Ota +0.059 5 Mikhail Iakovlev +0.215 5 James Hedgcock +0.310 Heat 2 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Harrie Lavreysen 2 Hamish Turnbull +0.089 3 Cristian Ortega +0.138 4 Shinji Nakano +0.261 5 Nicholas Paul +0.582 6 Nick Wammes +1.035
Heat 3 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Matthew Richardson 2 Sam Dakin +0.346 3 Mateusz Rudyk +0.444 4 Luca Spiegel +0.491 5 Jeffrey Hoogland +0.514 6 Kevin Quintero +0.554
Semifinals
Heat 1 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Jack Carlin 2 Matthew Glaetzer +0.345 3 Shinji Nakano +0.364 4 Cristian Ortega +0.470 5 Sam Dakin +0.644 6 Mateusz Rudyk +2.528
Heat 2 RankCyclistNationGapNotes 1 Matthew Richardson +0.582 2 Harrie Lavreysen +0.234 3 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom +0.437 Hamish Turnbull Luca Spiegel Kaiya Ota
Finals
Final A RankCyclistNationGapNotes Harrie Lavreysen Matthew Richardson +0.056 Matthew Glaetzer +0.881 Jack Carlin Shinji Nakano 6 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom
Final B RankCyclistNationGapNotes 7 Cristian Ortega 8 Sam Dakin +0.015 9 Luca Spiegel +0.147 10 Mateusz Rudyk +0.248 Hamish Turnbull
References