Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint


The men's cycling sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 4 to 6 August.
Jason Kenny from Great Britain won the gold medal, beating Grégory Baugé of France in the final. Australia's Shane Perkins took bronze.

Competition format

The event was a single-elimination tournament after seeding via time trial. Each match pitted two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races. Each race was three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.

Schedule

All times are
DateTimeRound
Saturday 4 August 201210:00 & 16:00Qualifications / Heats
Sunday 5 August 201216:35Quarter-finals
Monday 6 August 201216:00
17:40		Semi-finals
Final

Results

Qualification

First round

;Match 1
;Match 3
NameTimeAverage speed
11.10064.864

;Match 5
NameTimeAverage speed
10.84066.420

;Match 7
NameTimeAverage speed
10.47368.748

;Match 2
NameTimeAverage speed
10.72267.151

;Match 4
NameTimeAverage speed
10.69067.352

;Match 6
NameTimeAverage speed
10.39969.237

;Match 8
NameTimeAverage speed
10.22170.443

First round repechage

;Match 1
NameTimeAvg speed
10.43968.972

;Match 2
NameTimeAverage speed
10.79266.716

;Match 3
NameTimeAverage speed
10.76266.902

Second round

;Match 1
NameTimeAvg speed
10.36369.477

;Match 3
;Match 5
NameTimeAverage speed
10.27870.052

;Match 2
NameTimeAverage speed
10.49068.636

;Match 4
NameTimeAverage speed
10.467

;Match 6
NameTimeAverage speed
10.51168.499

Second round repechage

;Match 1
NameTimeAvg speed
10.88166.170

;Match 2
NameTimeAverage speed
10.45668.859

9th—12th place classifications

Quarter-finals

;Match 1
NameTime Time
10.43310.030

;Match 2
NameTime Time
10.47210.300

;Match 3
NameTime Time
10.52010.263

;Match 4
NameTime Time
10.54510.300

5th—8th place classifications

Semi-finals

;Match 1
NameTime Time
10.15910.166

;Match 2
NameTime Time
10.35810.268

Finals

;Bronze medal match
NameTime Time Rank
4
10.48910.297

;Gold medal match
NameTime Time Rank
10.23210.308