| Men's sprint at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Lee Valley VeloPark, London | |||||||||
| Date | 4–5 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's sprint event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 and 5 March 2016. [1] [2] Jason Kenny of Great Britain won the gold medal, beating Matthew Glaetzer of Australia in the final.
The qualifying was started at 09:00. [3]
The 1/16 finals were held at 10:09. [4]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer |  Australia | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Theo Bos |  Netherlands | +0.117 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Kenny |  Great Britain | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Jair Tjon En Fa |  Suriname | +0.045 | |
| 3 | 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | François Pervis |  France | +0.534 | |
| 4 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev |  Russia | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Maximilian Levy |  Germany | +0.066 | |
| 5 | 1 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Seiichiro Nakagawa |  Japan | +0.101 | |
| 6 | 1 | Max Niederlag | Germany | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Quentin Lafargue | France | +0.049 | |
| 7 | 1 | Damian Zieliński |  Poland | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Sándor Szalontay |  Hungary | +0.072 | |
| 8 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Hugo Barrette |  Canada | +0.011 | |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Webster |  New Zealand | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | Pavel Kelemen |  Czech Republic | +0.109 | |
| 10 | 1 | Fabián Puerta |  Colombia | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | +0.017 | |
| 11 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | Njisane Phillip |  Trinidad and Tobago | +0.030 | |
| 12 | 1 | Xu Chao |  China | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | Kamil Kuczyński | Poland | +0.053 |
The 1/8 finals were held at 11:41. [5]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Xu Chao | China | +0.060 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +2.559 | |
| 3 | 1 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | +0.130 | |
| 4 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.011 | |
| 5 | 1 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Grégory Baugé | France | +0.033 | |
| 6 | 1 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Max Niederlag | Germany | +0.047 |
1/8 finals repechage was held at 12:08. [6]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Max Niederlag | Germany | +0.141 | |
| 1 | 3 | Xu Chao | China | +0.450 | |
| 2 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | +0.037 | |
| 2 | 3 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.889 |
The Quarterfinals were started at 14:45. [7]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | X | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Grégory Baugé | France | +0.056 | +0.459 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | X | X | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.112 | +0.214 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | X | X | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.018 | +0.191 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | X | +0.020 | X | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | +0.077 | X | +0.028 |
The race for 5th–8th places was held at 17:00. [8]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | |
| 6 | Grégory Baugé | France | +0.016 |
| 7 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.125 |
| 8 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | +0.206 |
The semifinals were started at 19:00. [9]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | X | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | +0.083 | +0.010 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | X | X | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | +0.156 | +0.067 |
The finals were started at 21:03. [10]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal Races | |||||
 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +0.002 | X | X |
 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | +0.060 | +0.050 |
| Bronze Medal Races | |||||
 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | X | X | |
| 4 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | +0.072 | +0.039 | |
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