Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin explained

Event:	Men's Keirin
Games:	2016 Summer
Venue:	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date:	16 August
Competitors:	27
Nations:	18
Gold:	Jason Kenny
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Matthijs Büchli
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Azizulhasni Awang
Bronzenoc:	MAS
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

The men's Keirin at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 16 August.^[1]

The medals were presented by Prince Tunku Imran, IOC member, Malaysia and Dr Wagih Azzam, Vice President of the UCI.

Competition format

The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The finals round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time

Results

First round

Top two in each heat qualified directly for the second round; the remainder advanced to the first round repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.123	Q
3	+0.387
4	+0.467
5	+0.637
6	+0.859

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.034	Q
3	+0.035
4	+0.378
5	+0.484
6	+1.069
7	REL

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.033	Q
3	+0.063
4	+0.076
5	+0.155
6	+0.214
7	REL

Heat 4

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.014	Q
3	+0.103
4	+0.110
5	+0.237
6	+0.345
7	+0.986

Relegation for moving down towards the inside of the track and forcing other competitor off the track
Relegation and Warning for moving down towards the inside of the track when a rival was already there

First round Repechages

The winner of each heat qualified for the second round.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.038
3	+0.079
4	+0.180

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.075
3	+0.114
4	+0.378
5	+1.090

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.047
3	+0.123
4	+0.485
5	+1.237

Heat 4

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.066
3	+0.640
4	+1.277
5	REL

Relegation for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there

Second round

First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder advanced to the small final (for places 7–12).^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.261	Q
3	+0.271	Q
4	+0.325
5	+0.482
6	+1.088

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Note
1		Q
2	+0.071	Q
3	+0.073	Q
4	+0.130
5	+0.137
6	+1.524

Finals

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.^[5]

Final (places 7–12)

Rank	Rider	Time	Note
7
8		+0.009
9		+0.107
10		+0.322
11		+0.406
12		+0.514

Final (places 1–6)

Rank	Rider	Time	Note

		+0.040
		+0.085
4		+0.110
5		+0.113
6		+0.594

Notes and References

Web site: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922182120/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-track-standings-ct-mens-keirin . 22 September 2016 .
Web site: First Round . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010151736/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTM008800_Results_2016_08_16_838f998e_ec90_45e8_abc7_7ba5b0c37e3d.pdf# . 2016-10-10 . live .
Web site: First Round Repechages . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010160338/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTM008850_Results_2016_08_16_cd12273f_ea5a_486c_a768_39eac0e451c8.pdf# . 2016-10-10 . live .
Web site: Second Round . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010160656/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTM008700_Results_2016_08_16_35c08629_5e9c_45fd_a025_3be14f1da7ff.pdf# . 2016-10-10 . live .
Web site: Results and Final Classification . 8 October 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010145630/https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/_odf-documents/c/t/CTM008100_Results_2016_08_16_23ec5b6b_733f_439d_9d16_91113877ca5e.pdf# . 2016-10-10 . live .