| Men's sprint at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hong Kong Velodrome, Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Date | 14–15 April | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's sprint event of the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 14 and 15 April 2017. [1] [2]
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final. [3]
Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals. [4]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer |  Australia | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Santiago Ramírez |  Colombia | +0.143 | |
| 2 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen |  Netherlands | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Sandor Szalontay |  Hungary | +0.719 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ryan Owens |  Great Britain | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Eric Engler |  Germany | +0.178 | |
| 4 | 1 | Andriy Vynokurov |  Ukraine | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Juan Peralta |  Spain | +0.038 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sam Webster |  New Zealand | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | +0.120 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hugo Barrette |  Canada | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Azizulhasni Awang |  Malaysia | +0.180 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jair Tjon En Fa |  Suriname | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Kamil Kuczyński |  Poland | +0.264 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pavel Yakushevskiy |  Russia | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | +0.032 | |
| 9 | 1 | François Pervis |  France | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | Pavel Kelemen |  Czech Republic | +0.135 | |
| 10 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | Vasilijus Lendel |  Lithuania | +0.237 | |
| 11 | 1 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | Xu Chao |  China | +0.038 | |
| 12 | 1 | Patrick Constable | Australia | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.205 |
Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals. [5]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Patrick Constable | Australia | +0.632 | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Niederlag | Germany | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Callum Skinner | Great Britain | +0.070 | |
| 3 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Sebastien Vigier | France | +0.011 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | François Pervis | France | +1.890 | |
| 5 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | +0.128 | |
| 6 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Jair Tjon En Fa | Suriname | +0.109 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.062 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.074 |
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals. [6]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | X | X | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.776 | +0.061 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | X | +0.014 | X | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Max Niederlag | Germany | +0.096 | X | REL [A] | |
| 3 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | X | X | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.677 | +0.004 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | +0.049 | X | X | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | +0.062 | REL [A] |
Winners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final. [7]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | X | X | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | +0.197 | +0.154 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | X | X | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | +0.066 | +0.080 |
The final classification was determined in the medal finals. [8]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal final | |||||
 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | X | X | |
 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | +0.201 | +0.179 | |
| Bronze medal final | |||||
 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | X | X | |
| 4 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | +0.526 | +0.255 | |
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