| Event: | Cycling Track – Men's sprint |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Anna Meares Velodrome |
| Dates: | 7 April |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Sam Webster |
| Goldcga: | NZL |
| Silver: | Jack Carlin |
| Silvercga: | SCO |
| Bronze: | Jacob Schmid |
| Bronzecga: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 9.347 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 6 December 2013 | ||
| Games record | 9.779 | Glasgow, Scotland | 24 July 2014 |
The schedule is as follows:[1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 7 April 2018 | 13:32 | Qualifying | ||
| 14:23 | 1/8 Finals | |||
| 15:05 | Quarterfinals | |||
| 18:40 | Semifinals | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 20:47 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
16 riders will be qualified and seeded for the 1/8 finals according to their times in qualification.[2]
| Rank | Riders | Time | Behind | Average speed (km/h) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.583 | 75.133 | Q, GR | |||
| 2 | 9.650 | +0.067 | 74.611 | Q | ||
| 3 | 9.654 | +0.071 | 74.580 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9.662 | +0.079 | 74.519 | Q | ||
| 5 | 9.669 | +0.086 | 74.465 | Q | ||
| 6 | 9.690 | +0.107 | 74.303 | Q | ||
| 7 | 9.704 | +0.121 | 74.196 | Q | ||
| 8 | 9.737 | +0.154 | 73.945 | Q | ||
| 9 | 9.769 | +0.186 | 73.703 | Q | ||
| 10 | 9.780 | +0.197 | 73.620 | Q | ||
| 11 | 9.803 | +0.220 | 73.447 | Q | ||
| 12 | 9.809 | +0.226 | 73.402 | Q | ||
| 13 | 9.836 | +0.253 | 73.200 | Q | ||
| 14 | 9.890 | +0.307 | 72.801 | Q | ||
| 15 | 9.986 | +0.403 | 72.101 | Q | ||
| 16 | 10.013 | +0.430 | 71.907 | Q | ||
| 17 | 10.183 | +0.600 | 70.706 | |||
| 18 | 10.214 | +0.631 | 70.491 | |||
| 19 | 10.246 | +0.663 | 70.271 | |||
| 20 | 10.381 | +0.798 | 69.357 | |||
| 21 | 10.486 | +0.903 | 68.663 | |||
| 22 | 10.584 | +1.001 | 68.027 | |||
| 23 | 10.692 | +1.109 | 67.340 | |||
| DNS | ||||||
Heat winners advance to the quarterfinals.[3]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Time (Gap) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.024 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | +2.043 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +0.138 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | REL | |||
| 5 | 1 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | +0.042 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | +0.040 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | +0.202 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | +2.783 |
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.[4]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.304 | +0.169 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | +0.002 | X | X | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | X | +0.086 | +0.063 | |||
| 3 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | +0.030 | +0.002 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | X | X | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | +0.074 | +0.020 |
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.[5]
| Heat | Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | X | X | QG | |||
| 1 | 2 | +0.276 | +0.572 | QB | |||
| 2 | 1 | X | X | QG | |||
| 2 | 2 | +0.015 | +0.016 | QB |
The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[6]
| Rank | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze medal final | |||||
| X | X | ||||
| 4 | +0.235 | +0.032 | |||
| Gold medal final | |||||
| X | X | ||||
| +0.429 | +0.005 | ||||