2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint explained

Event:	Men's sprint
Championship:	2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue:	Hong Kong Velodrome, Hong Kong
Date:	14–15 April
Competitors:	33
Nations:	20
Gold:	Denis Dmitriev
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Harrie Lavreysen
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Ethan Mitchell
Bronzenoc:	NZL
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The Men's sprint event of the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 14 and 15 April 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			9.645		Q
2			9.665	+0.020	Q
3			9.753	+0.108	Q
4			9.767	+0.122	Q
5			9.815	+0.170	q
6			9.832	+0.187	q
7			9.865	+0.220	q
8			9.870	+0.225	q
9			9.879	+0.234	q
10			9.892	+0.247	q
11			9.895	+0.250	q
12			9.911	+0.266	q
13			9.948	+0.303	q
14			9.958	+0.313	q
15			9.969	+0.324	q
16	Patrick Constable		9.975	+0.330	q
17			9.982	+0.337	q
18			9.991	+0.346	q
19			9.996	+0.351	q
20			10.003	+0.358	q
21			10.005	+0.360	q
22			10.038	+0.393	q
23			10.057	+0.412	q
24			10.061	+0.416	q
25			10.083	+0.438	q
26			10.083		q
27			10.084	+0.439	q
28			10.105	+0.460	q
29			10.144	+0.499
30			10.156	+0.511
31			10.158	+0.513
32			10.427	+0.782
33			10.452	+0.807

• Q = qualified directly for 1/8 finals
• q = qualified for 1/16 finals

1/16 finals

Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2			+0.143
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.719
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.178
4	1				Q
4	2			+0.038
5	1				Q
5	2			+0.120
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.180
7	1				Q
7	2			+0.264
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.032
9	1				Q
9	2			+0.135
10	1				Q
10	2			+0.237
11	1				Q
11	2			+0.038
12	1	Patrick Constable			Q
12	2			+0.205

1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
1	1				Q
1	2	Patrick Constable		+0.632
2	1				Q
2	2			+0.070
3	1				Q
3	2			+0.011
4	1				Q
4	2			+1.890
5	1				Q
5	2			+0.128
6	1				Q
6	2			+0.109
7	1				Q
7	2			+0.062
8	1				Q
8	2			+0.074

Quarterfinals

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			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.776	+0.061
2	1			X	+0.014	X	Q
2	2			+0.096	X	REL
3	1			X	X		Q
3	2			+0.677	+0.004
4	1			+0.049	X	X	Q
4	2			X	+0.062	REL

• Max Niederlag and Matthew Glaetzer were relegated "for irregular movement to prevent his opponent from passing"

Semifinals

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			X	X		Q
1	2			+0.197	+0.154
2	1			X	X		Q
2	2			+0.066	+0.080

Finals

The final classification was determined in the medal finals.^[8]

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Gold medal final
			X	X
			+0.201	+0.179
Bronze medal final
			X	X
4			+0.526	+0.255

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104041142/http://www.trackworldchamp.hk/event-schedule . dead . 4 November 2016 . 14 April 2017 . 2017 WCh LOC .
2. Web site: Start list . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
3. Web site: Qualifying . 14 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
4. Web site: 1/16 Finals . 14 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
5. Web site: 1/8 Finals . 14 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
6. Web site: 1/4 Finals . 15 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
7. http://tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030E0002010102FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Semifinals results
8. http://tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030E0002010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final results