| Event: | Men's sprint |
| Championship: | 2021 UEC European Track Championships |
| Venue: | Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen |
| Date: | 7–8 October |
| Competitors: | 29 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: | Harrie Lavreysen |
| Goldnoc: | NED |
| Silver: | Jeffrey Hoogland |
| Silvernoc: | NED |
| Bronze: | Mikhail Iakovlev |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's sprint competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 and 8 October 2021.[1]
The top 4 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals, 5th to 28th places qualified for the 1/16 finals.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.360 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 9.499 | +0.139 | Q | |||
| 3 | 9.513 | +0.153 | Q | |||
| 4 | 9.541 | +0.181 | Q | |||
| 5 | 9.566 | +0.206 | q | |||
| 6 | 9.594 | +0.234 | q | |||
| 7 | 9.661 | +0.301 | q | |||
| 8 | 9.739 | +0.379 | q | |||
| 9 | 9.762 | +0.402 | q | |||
| 10 | 9.796 | +0.436 | q | |||
| 11 | 9.839 | +0.479 | q | |||
| 12 | 9.850 | +0.490 | q | |||
| 13 | 9.892 | +0.532 | q | |||
| 14 | 9.928 | +0.548 | q | |||
| 15 | 9.908 | +0.568 | q | |||
| 16 | 10.003 | +0.643 | q | |||
| 17 | 10.067 | +0.707 | q | |||
| 18 | 10.091 | +0.731 | q | |||
| 19 | 10.131 | +0.771 | q | |||
| 20 | 10.200 | +0.840 | q | |||
| 21 | 10.202 | +0.842 | q | |||
| 22 | 10.220 | +0.860 | q | |||
| 23 | 10.228 | +0.868 | q | |||
| 24 | 10.268 | +0.908 | q | |||
| 25 | 10.299 | +0.939 | q | |||
| 26 | 10.311 | +0.951 | q | |||
| 27 | 10.340 | +0.980 | q | |||
| 28 | 10.499 | +1.139 | q | |||
| 29 | 10.536 | +1.176 |
Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.[3]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.169 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | +0.128 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +0.026 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | +0.233 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | +0.132 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | +0.397 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | +0.052 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | +0.136 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | +0.184 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | +0.071 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | +0.104 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 12 | 2 | +0.016 |
Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.[4]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.138 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | +1.011 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +0.069 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | +0.027 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | +0.008 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | +0.045 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | +0.043 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | X | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | +0.049 |
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.[5]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | Q | ||||
| 1 | 2 | +0.080 | +0.199 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | X | X | Q | ||||
| 2 | 2 | +0.063 | +2.830 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | X | X | Q | ||||
| 3 | 2 | +0.020 | +0.132 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | X | X | Q | ||||
| 4 | 2 | +0.093 | +0.071 |
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.[6]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | QG | ||||
| 1 | 2 | +0.266 | +0.096 | QB | ||||
| 2 | 1 | X | X | QG | ||||
| 2 | 2 | +0.013 | +0.094 | QB |
| Rank[7] | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal final | ||||||
| X | X | |||||
| +0.152 | +0.063 | |||||
| Bronze medal final | ||||||
| X | X | |||||
| 4 | +0.148 | +0.407 | ||||