Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin

Men's Keirin at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
Venues	Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Dates	10–11 August 2024
Competitors	30 from 19 nations
Medalists
Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands Matthew Richardson   Australia Matthew Glaetzer   Australia
←  2020 2028  →

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – 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: ^{[1] [2]}

• 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) ^[3]

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2024	17:19 17:50	First round Repechages
11 August 2024	11:29 12:29 13:23	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

Results

First round

Heat 1 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [4] Notes 1 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia QF 2 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands +0.011 QF 3 Kaiya Ota   Japan +0.031 R 4 Jaïr Tjon En Fa   Suriname +0.263 R 5 Rayan Helal   France +0.942 R Azizulhasni Awang   Malaysia DSQ Heat 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands QF 2 Jack Carlin   Great Britain +0.361 QF 3 Sébastien Vigier   France +0.535 R 4 Zhou Yu   China +0.819 R 5 Andrey Chugay   Kazakhstan +1.166 R 6 Maximilian Dörnbach   Germany +1.191 R Heat 3 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson   Australia QF 2 Shinji Nakano   Japan +0.119 QF 3 Liu Qi   China +0.157 R 4 Hamish Turnbull   Great Britain +0.353 R 5 James Hedgcock   Canada +0.400 R 6 Jean Spies   South Africa +1.506 R

Heat 4 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Mikhail Iakovlev   Israel QF 2 Kevin Quintero   Colombia +0.330 QF 3 Kwesi Browne   Trinidad and Tobago +0.427 R 4 Jai Angsuthasawit   Thailand +0.510 R 5 Nick Wammes   Canada +0.618 R 6 Luca Spiegel   Germany +0.767 R Heat 5 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Nicholas Paul   Trinidad and Tobago QF 2 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +0.023 QF 3 Cristian Ortega   Colombia +0.449 R 4 Sam Dakin   New Zealand +0.519 R 5 Vasilijus Lendel   Lithuania +3.197 R 6 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom   Malaysia REL R

Repechages

Heat 1 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [5] Notes 1 Kaiya Ota   Japan QF 2 Sam Dakin   New Zealand +0.143 QF 3 Jai Angsuthasawit   Thailand +0.188 4 Maximilian Dörnbach   Germany +0.194 5 Jean Spies   South Africa +0.249 Heat 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Hamish Turnbull   Great Britain QF 2 Luca Spiegel   Germany +0.069 QF 3 Sébastien Vigier   France +0.120 4 Vasilijus Lendel   Lithuania +0.146 5 Zhou Yu   China REL

Heat 3 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom   Malaysia QF 2 Nick Wammes   Canada +0.014 QF 3 Liu Qi   China +0.121 4 Jaïr Tjon En Fa   Suriname +0.144 5 Rayan Helal   France REL Heat 4 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 James Hedgcock   Canada QF 2 Cristian Ortega   Colombia +0.053 QF 3 Andrey Chugay   Kazakhstan +0.090 Kwesi Browne   Trinidad and Tobago DNF

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [6] Notes 1 Jack Carlin   Great Britain QF 2 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia +0.006 QF 3 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom   Malaysia +0.051 QF 4 Kaiya Ota   Japan +0.059 QF 5 Mikhail Iakovlev   Israel +0.215 5 James Hedgcock   Canada +0.310 Heat 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands QF 2 Hamish Turnbull   Great Britain +0.089 QF 3 Cristian Ortega   Colombia +0.138 QF 4 Shinji Nakano   Japan +0.261 QF 5 Nicholas Paul   Trinidad and Tobago +0.582 6 Nick Wammes   Canada +1.035

Heat 3 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson   Australia QF 2 Sam Dakin   New Zealand +0.346 QF 3 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +0.444 QF 4 Luca Spiegel   Germany +0.491 QF 5 Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands +0.514 6 Kevin Quintero   Colombia +0.554

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [7] Notes 1 Jack Carlin   Great Britain FA 2 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia +0.345 FA 3 Shinji Nakano   Japan +0.364 FA 4 Cristian Ortega   Colombia +0.470 FB 5 Sam Dakin   New Zealand +0.644 FB 6 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +2.528 FB

Heat 2 Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson   Australia +0.582 FA 2 Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands +0.234 FA 3 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom   Malaysia +0.437 FA Hamish Turnbull   Great Britain DNF FB Luca Spiegel   Germany DNF FB Kaiya Ota   Japan DSQ

Finals

Final A Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [8] Notes Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands Matthew Richardson   Australia +0.056 Matthew Glaetzer   Australia +0.881 Jack Carlin   Great Britain DNF Shinji Nakano   Japan DNF 6 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom   Malaysia REL Final B Rank Cyclist Nation Gap Notes 7 Cristian Ortega   Colombia 8 Sam Dakin   New Zealand +0.015 9 Luca Spiegel   Germany +0.147 10 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +0.248 Hamish Turnbull   Great Britain DNS

References

1. "UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS PART 3 TRACK RACES" (PDF). UCI. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
2. Liam Nee (26 March 2021). "Cycling 101: Competition format". NBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
3. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Track", Olympics.com . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
4. "Cycling Track – Men's Keirin – First Round Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP2024. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
5. "Cycling Track – Men's Keirin – Repechages Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP2024. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
6. "Cycling Track – Men's Keirin – Quarterfinals Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP2024. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
7. "Cycling Track – Men's Keirin – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP2024. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
8. "Cycling Track – Men's Keirin – Final Classification" (PDF). olympics.com. COJOP2024. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.