2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint explained

The Men's sprint at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on March 24 and 25. The qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 24 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 25 March.^[1]

In January 2012, Grégory Baugé was stripped of his world title, following the nullification of his 2011 results after a 12-month backdated ban for drug test infringements.^[2] ^[3]

Format

50 athletes participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders advanced to the 1/16 finals.

The first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.

The first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders advanced to a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed the quarterfinals.

The first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes raced for 5th-8th place.

Results

Qualifying

The Qualifying was held at 14:15.^[4]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	10.043	Q
2	10.111	Q
3	10.120	Q
4	10.142	Q
5	10.148	Q
6	10.172	Q
7	10.219	Q
8	10.262	Q
9	10.267	Q
10	10.274	Q
11	10.295	Q
12	10.344	Q
13	10.353	Q
14	10.357	Q
15	10.360	Q
16	10.370	Q
17	10.391	Q
18	10.417	Q
19	10.441	Q
20	10.462	Q
21	10.489	Q
22	10.534	Q
23	10.538	Q
24	10.552	Q
25	10.564
26	10.569
27	10.576
28	10.580
29	10.580
30	10.593
31	10.606
32	10.638
33	10.650
34	10.691
35	10.698
36	10.708
37	10.710
38	10.719
39	10.725
40	10.750
41	10.779
42	10.786
43	10.805
44	10.809
45	10.810
46	10.819
47	10.942
48	11.062
49	11.446
50	11.610

1/16 Finals

1/16 Finals were held at 16:55.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Time	Notes
1	1	10.574	Q
1	2
2	1	10.713	Q
2	2
3	1	10.763	Q
3	2
4	1	10.839	Q
4	2
5	1	10.742	Q
5	2
6	1	10.541	Q
6	2
7	1	11.136	Q
7	2
8	1	10.666	Q
8	2
9	1	11.426	Q
9	2
10	1	10.667	Q
10	2
11	1	10.973	Q
11	2
12	1	10.964	Q
12	2

1/8 Finals

1/8 Finals were held at 19:30.^[6]

Heat	Rank	Time	Notes
1	1	10.649	Q
1	2
2	1	10.660	Q
2	2
3	1	10.652	Q
3	2
4	1	10.908	Q
4	2
5	1	10.977	Q
5	2
6	1	10.458	Q
6	2

1/8 Finals Repechage

1/8 Finals Repechage was held at 20:10.^[7]

Heat	Rank	Time	Notes
1	1	10.998	Q
1	2
1	3
2	1	10.817	Q
2	2
2	3

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were held at 20:30, 20:55 and 21:20.^[8]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Decider	Notes
1	1	10.567	10.972		Q
1	2
2	1	10.755	10.488		Q
2	2
3	1	10.437		10.571	Q
3	2		10.569
4	1	10.538	10.672		Q
4	2

Race for 5th-8th Places

The Race for 5th-8th Places was held at 21:50.^[9]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time
5			10.967
6
7
–			REL

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:50 and 19:05.^[10]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	10.510	10.608	Q
1	2
2	1	10.378	10.500	Q
2	2

Finals

The finals were held at 20:45, 21:15 and 21:40.^[11]

Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Decider
Gold Medal Races
DSQ	10.224	10.220

Bronze Medal Races
		10.442	10.652
	10.616

Notes and References

Web site: Start list . 2011-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422061558/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Qualifying_StartList.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
News: UCI confirms Jason Kenny, Germany are upgraded to 2011 world track champions. Shane. Stokes. 6 January 2012. 6 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
News: Jason Kenny named world sprint champion after Bauge ban. BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. 6 January 2012.
Web site: Qualifying Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062009/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Qualifying_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: 1/16 Finals Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062055/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_1-16%20Finals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: 1/8 Finals Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062115/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_1-8%20Finals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: 1/8 Finals Repechage Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062157/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_1-8%20Finals%20Repechage_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: Quarterfinal Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062245/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Quarterfinals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: Race for 5th-8th Places Results . 2011-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422062348/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Race%20for%205th-8th%20Places_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2011-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120430020547/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Semifinals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-30 . dead .
Web site: Finals Results . 2011-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120430021109/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Sprint_Finals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-30 . dead .