2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The Men's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 and 3 March 2018.Results
Qualifying
The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | | 9.674 | | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | | 9.677 | +0.003 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastien Vigier | | 9.701 | +0.027 | Q |
| 4 | Harrie Lavreysen | | 9.709 | +0.035 | Q |
| 5 | Jack Carlin | | 9.715 | +0.041 | q |
| 6 | Mateusz Rudyk | | 9.728 | +0.068 | q |
| 7 | Denis Dmitriev | | 9.754 | +0.080 | q |
| 8 | Ryan Owens | | 9.759 | +0.085 | q |
| 9 | Melvin Landerneau | | 9.787 | +0.113 | q |
| 10 | Vasilijus Lendel | | 9.788 | +0.114 | q |
| 11 | Ethan Mitchell | | 9.805 | +0.131 | q |
| 12 | Stefan Ritter | | 9.828 | +0.154 | q |
| 13 | Eddie Dawkins | | 9.843 | +0.169 | q |
| 14 | Fabián Puerta | | 9.852 | +0.178 | q |
| 15 | Rayan Helal | | 9.878 | +0.204 | q |
| 16 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | | 9.920 | +0.246 | q |
| 17 | Maximilian Levy | | 9.923 | +0.249 | q |
| 18 | Hugo Barrette | | 9.934 | +0.260 | q |
| 19 | Kazunari Watanabe | | 9.944 | +0.270 | q |
| 20 | Martin Čechman | | 9.959 | +0.285 | q |
| 21 | Yuta Wakimoto | | 9.962 | +0.288 | q |
| 22 | Damian Zieliński | | 9.968 | +0.294 | q |
| 23 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | | 9.969 | +0.295 | q |
| 24 | Sam Webster | | 10.002 | +0.328 | q |
| 25 | Im Chae-bin | | 10.030 | +0.356 | q |
| 26 | Eric Engler | | 10.056 | +0.382 | q |
| 27 | Nikita Shurshin | | 10.070 | +0.396 | q |
| 28 | Azizulhasni Awang | | 10.072 | +0.398 | q |
| 29 | Andriy Vynokurov | | 10.103 | +0.429 | |
| 30 | Juan Peralta | | 10.112 | +0.438 | |
| 31 | Jair Tjon En Fa | | 10.137 | +0.463 | |
| 32 | David Sojka | | 10.203 | +0.529 | |
| 33 | Svajūnas Jonauskas | | 10.243 | +0.569 | |
| 34 | Muhammad Sahrom | | 10.293 | +0.619 | |
| 35 | Sotirios Bretas | | 10.498 | +0.824 | |
1/16 finals
Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Carlin | | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | | +0.052 | |
| 2 | 1 | Mateusz Rudyk | | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Nikita Shurshin | | +0.039 | |
| 3 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | | | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eric Engler | | +0.290 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ryan Owens | | | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Im Chae-bin | | +0.071 | |
| 5 | 1 | Melvin Landerneau | | | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sam Webster | | +0.049 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vasilijus Lendel | | | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | | +0.131 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ethan Mitchell | | | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Damian Zieliński | | +0.057 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yuta Wakimoto | | | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stefan Ritter | | +0.083 | |
| 9 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | | | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Martin Čechman | | +0.037 | |
| 10 | 1 | Kazunari Watanabe | | | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Fabián Puerta | | | |
| 11 | 1 | Rayan Helal | | | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Hugo Barrette | | +0.299 | |
| 12 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | | | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | | +0.055 | |
1/8 finals
Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland | | +0.019 | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rayan Helal | | +0.268 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastien Vigier | | | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kazunari Watanabe | | +0.146 | |
| 4 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | | | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Harrie Lavreysen | | +0.022 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jack Carlin | | | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yuta Wakimoto | | +0.052 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mateusz Rudyk | | | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ethan Mitchell | | +0.214 | |
| 7 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | | | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Vasilijus Lendel | | +0.297 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ryan Owens | | | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Melvin Landerneau | | +0.033 | |
Quarterfinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | | X | X | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Ryan Owens | | +0.059 | +0.133 | | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | | X | X | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Denis Dmitriev | | +0.192 | +0.092 | | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastien Vigier | | X | X | | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mateusz Rudyk | | +0.102 | +0.024 | | |
| 4 | 1 | Jack Carlin | | X | X | | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Eddie Dawkins | | +0.001 | +0.561 | | |
Semifinals
Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Carlin | | X | X | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Maximilian Levy | | +0.053 | +0.118 | | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | | X | X | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sebastien Vigier | | +0.252 | +0.144 | | |
Finals
The final classification were determined in the medal finals.
