Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Keirin

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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 2 kilometres. [1]

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of France.svg  Florian Rousseau  (FRA)Flag of Australia.svg  Gary Neiwand  (AUS)Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Fiedler  (GER)

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
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Jens Fiedler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
2 Gary Neiwand Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
3 Shinishi Ota Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4 Lampros Vasilopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
5 Jaroslav Jeřábek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
6 Christian Arrue Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Pavel Buran Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Q
2 Roberto Chiappa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Q
3 Eom In-yeong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
4 Chris Hoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5 Florian Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France
6 Grzegorz Krejner Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Anthony Peden Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Heat 3
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Jan van Eijden Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
2 Frédéric Magné Flag of France.svg  France Q
3 David Cabrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4 Marty Nothstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 Matt Sinton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
6 Yuichiro Kamiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Ainārs Ķiksis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia

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
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Ainārs Ķiksis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Q
2 Shinishi Ota Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Q
3 Grzegorz Krejner Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
4 Matt Sinton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Chris Hoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Marty Nothstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
2 Florian Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France Q
3 Anthony Peden Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
4 In-Young Eum Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
5 Christian Arrue Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Heat 3
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 David Cabrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Q
2 Lampros Vasilopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Q
3 Jaroslav Jeřábek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
4 Yuichiro Kamiyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

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
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Jens Fiedler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
2 Jan van Eijden Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
3 Florian Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France Q
4 Roberto Chiappa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lampros Vasilopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Ainārs Ķiksis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1 Marty Nothstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
2 Gary Neiwand Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Q
3 Frédéric Magné Flag of France.svg  France Q
4 David Cabrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5 Pavel Buran Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6 Shinishi Ota Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Final

PlaceName
Gold medal icon.svg Florian Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Gary Neiwand Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jens Fiedler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4 Jan van Eijden Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
5 Marty Nothstein Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 Frédéric Magné Flag of France.svg  France

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References

  1. "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Keirin". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.