| Men's scratch race at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen | |||||||||
| Date | 15 October | |||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 UEC European Track Championships | ||
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| Sprint | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
| Keirin | men | women |
| Omnium | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Points race | men | women |
| Scratch | men | women |
| Elimination race | men | women |
| Madison | men | |
The Men's scratch was held on 15 October 2015. [1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Laps Down |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sebastián Mora |  Spain | |
 | Tristan Marguet |  Switzerland | -1 |
 | Adrian Tekliński |  Poland | -1 |
| 4 | Wim Stroetinga |  Netherlands | -1 |
| 5 | Andreas Müller |  Austria | -1 |
| 6 | Andrey Sazanov |  Russia | -1 |
| 7 | Krisztián Lovassy |  Hungary | -1 |
| 8 | Matthew Gibson |  Great Britain | -1 |
| 9 | Benjamin Thomas |  France | -1 |
| 10 | Ioannis Spanopoulos |  Greece | -2 |
| 11 | Martyn Irvine |  Ireland | -2 |
| 12 | Ivo Oliveira |  Portugal | -2 |
| 13 | Ahmet Örken |  Turkey | -2 |
| 14 | Otto Vergaerde |  Belgium | -2 |
| 15 | Alexander Perez |  Norway | -2 |
| 16 | Hardzei Tsishchanka |  Belarus | -2 |
| 17 | Lucas Liss |  Germany | -2 |
| 18 | Alex Buttazzoni |  Italy | -2 |
| 19 | Casper von Folsach |  Denmark | -2 |
| — | Stanislav Krastev |  Bulgaria | DNF |
| — | Jiří Hochmann |  Czech Republic | DNF |
| — | Mika Simola |  Finland | DNF |
| — | Maksym Vasyliev |  Ukraine | DNF |
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