2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint explained

Event:	Men's sprint
Championship:	2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	2–3 March
Venue:	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Location:	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Competitors:	35
Nations:	19
Gold:	Matthew Glaetzer
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Jack Carlin
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Sebastien Vigier
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The Men's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 and 3 March 2018.^[1] ^[2]

Results

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

Rank	Time	Behind	Notes
1	9.674		Q
2	9.677	+0.003	Q
3	9.701	+0.027	Q
4	9.709	+0.035	Q
5	9.715	+0.041	q
6	9.728	+0.068	q
7	9.754	+0.080	q
8	9.759	+0.085	q
9	9.787	+0.113	q
10	9.788	+0.114	q
11	9.805	+0.131	q
12	9.828	+0.154	q
13	9.843	+0.169	q
14	9.852	+0.178	q
15	9.878	+0.204	q
16	9.920	+0.246	q
17	9.923	+0.249	q
18	9.934	+0.260	q
19	9.944	+0.270	q
20	9.959	+0.285	q
21	9.962	+0.288	q
22	9.968	+0.294	q
23	9.969	+0.295	q
24	10.002	+0.328	q
25	10.030	+0.356	q
26	10.056	+0.382	q
27	10.070	+0.396	q
28	10.072	+0.398	q
29	10.103	+0.429
30	10.112	+0.438
31	10.137	+0.463
32	10.203	+0.529
33	10.243	+0.569
34	10.293	+0.619
35	10.498	+0.824

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

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.^[5]

Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.^[6]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	X	X	Q
1	2	+0.059	+0.133
2	1	X	X	Q
2	2	+0.192	+0.092
3	1	X	X	Q
3	2	+0.102	+0.024
4	1	X	X	Q
4	2	+0.001	+0.561

Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.^[7]

Heat	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Notes
1	1	X	X	Q
1	2	+0.053	+0.118
2	1	X	X	Q
2	2	+0.252	+0.144

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