2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint explained

The Men's sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 23 and 24 October 2021.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 23 October at 12:24.^[3] The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advance to the 1/16 final.

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			9.418		Q
2			9.421	+0.003	Q
3			9.499	+0.081	Q
4			9.583	+0.165	Q
5			9.641	+0.223	q
6			9.666	+0.248	q
7			9.686	+0.268	q
8			9.707	+0.289	q
9			9.723	+0.305	q
10			9.788	+0.370	q
11			9.800	+0.382	q
12			9.808	+0.390	q
13			9.834	+0.416	q
14			9.835	+0.417	q
15			9.836	+0.418	q
16			9.858	+0.440	q
17			9.931	+0.513	q
18			9.957	+0.539	q
19			9.979	+0.561	q
20			9.982	+0.564	q
21			10.004	+0.586	q
22			10.029	+0.611	q
23			10.060	+0.642	q
24			10.139	+0.721	q
25			10.201	+0.783	q
26			10.322	+0.904	q
27			10.375	+0.957	q
28			10.406	+0.988	q
29			10.485	+1.067
30			10.697	+1.279

1/16 finals

The 1/16 finals were started on 23 October at 12:47.^[4] Each heat winner advanced to the 1/8 finals.

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2			+0.109
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.084
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.142
4	1				Q
4	2			+0.202
5	1				Q
5	2			+0.238
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.045
7	1				Q
7	2			+1.160
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.161
9	1				Q
9	2			+0.060
10	1				Q
10	2			+0.047
11	1				Q
11	2			+0.057
12	2				Q
12	1			+0.072

1/8 finals

The 1/8 finals were started on 23 October at 14:17.^[5] Each heat winner advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2			+0.951
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.595
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.021
4	1				Q
4	2			+0.222
5	1				Q
5	2			+0.059
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.105
7	1				Q
7	2			+0.921
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.114

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were started on 23 October at 17:52.^[6] Matches were raced in a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.112	+1.482
2	1			+0.772	X	X	Q
2	2			X	+0.009	+0.037
3	1			+0.001	X	X	Q
3	2			X	+0.155	+0.346
4	1			X	X		Q
4	2			+0.101	+0.852

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 24 October at 13:00.^[7] Matches were raced in a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final, losers to the bronze medal race.

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.087	+0.248
2	1			+2.493	X	X	Q
2	2			X	+0.096	+0.085

Finals

The finals were started on 24 October at 14:27.^[8] Matches were raced in a best-of-three format hereon.

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider
Gold medal race
			X	X
			+0.152	+0.178
Bronze medal race
			X	+0.035	X
4			REL	X	+0.044

See also

• 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint

Notes and References

1. https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/47teR5xO8x5hgntcTLIQdv/fa8fede25ce116c7e63f845c5eb02595/2021_PIS_CompetitionSchedule_ROU_As_of_15.10.21.pdf Schedule
2. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01 Start list
3. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Qualifying results
4. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010102FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 1/16 finals results
5. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010103FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 1/8 finals results
6. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010104FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Quarterfinals results
7. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010105FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Semifinals results
8. https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003130103010106FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Semifinals results