The men's sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track. Only the time for the last 200 metres of the 750 metres covered was counted as official time. There were 19 competitors from 13 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists.
For the second consecutive Games, no nations made their debut in the men's sprint. France made its 23rd appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.
Competition format
This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches along with the new qualifying round of time trials. There were five main match rounds, with two one-round repechages.
- Qualifying round: Each of the 19 competitors completed a 200-metre flying time trial (reaching full speed before timing started for the last 200 metres). The top 18 advanced to the match rounds, seeded based on their time in the qualifying round. With only 19 riders starting, only the slowest cyclist was eliminated; however, one of the qualified riders withdrew, and the 19th-placed rider moved up to 18th and qualified.
- Round 1: The 18 cyclists were seeded into 9 heats of 2 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (9 cyclists) while the other cyclists went to the first repechage (9 cyclists).
- First repechage: The 9 cyclists were divided into 3 heats, each with 3 cyclists. The winner of each heat advanced to the 1/8 finals (3 cyclists) while the losers were eliminated (6 cyclists).
- 1/8 finals: The 12 remaining cyclists competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 2 cyclists in each. The winner in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the loser in each heat went to the second repechage (6 cyclists).
- Second repechage: This round featured 2 heats, with 3 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (2 cyclists); the losers competed in a ninth-twelfth classification race.
- Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser going to the fifth-eighth classification race.
- Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
- Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held, as well as a classification final for fifth through eighth places for quarterfinal losers.
Records
The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
<small>All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
| Sunday, 22 August 2004 || 9:15<br>16:50<br>17:30<br>18:00<br>18:50 || Qualifying round<br>Round 1<br>First repechage<br>1/8 finals<br>Second repechage
|-
| Monday, 23 August 2004 || 17:05 || Quarterfinals
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Tuesday, 24 August 2004 || 16:40<br>17:15<br>18:30<br> <br>18:40 || Semifinals<br>Classification 9–12<br>Final<br>Bronze medal match<br>Classification 5–8
|}
Results
Qualifying round
Times and average speeds are listed. Q denotes qualification for the next round.
After Tomohiro Nagatsuka dropped out of competition following the round, all of the cyclists following him advanced one position. This allowed Stefan Nimke to compete in the first round despite having originally placed 19th.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || 10.177 || 70.747 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 10.214 || 70.491 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3 ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left| || 10.230 || 70.381 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 4 ||align=left| Mickaël Bourgain ||align=left| || 10.264 || 70.148 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 5 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || 10.271 || 70.100 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 6 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || 10.381 || 69.357 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 7 ||align=left| Damian Zieliński ||align=left| || 10.441 || 68.958 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 8 ||align=left| José Antonio Villanueva ||align=left| || 10.446 || 68.925 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 9 ||align=left| Sean Eadie ||align=left| || 10.454 || 68.873 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 10 ||align=left| Łukasz Kwiatkowski ||align=left| || 10.462 || 68.820 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 11 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| || 10.515 || 68.473 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 12 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| || 10.565 || 68.149 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 13 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || 10.597 || 67.943 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 14 ||align=left| Tomohiro Nagatsuka ||align=left| || 10.646 || 67.631 || , withdrew
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 15 ||align=left| Kim Chi-beom ||align=left| || 10.673 || 67.459 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 16 ||align=left| Jaroslav Jeřábek ||align=left| || 10.758 || 66.926 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 17 ||align=left| Yang Hui-cheon ||align=left| || 10.955 || 65.723 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 18 ||align=left| Alois Kaňkovský ||align=left| || 10.956 || 65.717 ||
|- bgcolor=ccf9cc
| 19 ||align=left| Stefan Nimke ||align=left| || 11.338 || 63.503 ||
|}
Round 1
The first round consisted of nine heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the 1/16 repechage.
Heat 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || 10.510 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Stefan Nimke ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 10.799 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Alois Kaňkovský ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 3
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left| || 11.104 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Yang Hee-Chun ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 4
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Mickaël Bourgain ||align=left| || 10.988 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Jaroslav Jeřábek ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 5
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || 11.166 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Kim Chi-Bum ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 6
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || 10.768 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 7
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Damian Zieliński ||align=left| || 10.833 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 8
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Jose Villanueva ||align=left| || 11.234 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| || ||
|}
Heat 9
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Sean Eadie ||align=left| || 11.025 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Łukasz Kwiatkowski ||align=left| || ||
|}
First repechage
The nine defeated cyclists from the 1/16 round took part in the 1/16 repechage. They raced in three heats of three riders each. The winner of each heat rejoined the nine victors of the 1/16 round in advancing to the 1/8 round
First repechage heat 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || 10.731 || 67.095 ||
|-
| 2 ||align=left| Łukasz Kwiatkowski ||align=left| || || ||
|-
| 3 ||align=left| Stefan Nimke ||align=left| || || ||
|}
First repechage heat 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| || 10.740 || 67.039 ||
|-
| 2 ||align=left| Kim Chi-Bum ||align=left| || || ||
|-
| 3 ||align=left| Alois Kaňkovský ||align=left| || || ||
|}
First repechage heat 3
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| || 11.006 || 65.418 ||
|-
| 2 ||align=left| Yang Hee-Chun ||align=left| || || ||
|-
| 3 ||align=left| Jaroslav Jeřábek ||align=left| || || ||
|}
1/8 finals
The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve remaining cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.
1/8 final 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || 10.520 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| || ||
|}
1/8 final 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 11.164 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| || ||
|}
1/8 final 3
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left||| 10.548 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || ||
|}
1/8 final 4
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Mickaël Bourgain ||align=left| || 10.936 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Sean Eadie ||align=left| || ||
|}
1/8 final 5
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || 10.772 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Jose Villanueva ||align=left| || ||
|}
1/8 final 6
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Damian Zieliński ||align=left| || 10.848 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || ||
|}
Second repechage
The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.
Second repechage heat 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || 10.906 || 66.018 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| || || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| Sean Eadie ||align=left| || || ||
|}
Second repechage heat 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m || Speed<br>km/h || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || 11.294 || 63.750 ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| || || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| Jose Villanueva ||align=left| || || ||
|}
Quarterfinals
The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.
Quarterfinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || 10.733 || 10.807 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Quarterfinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 11.024 || 10.905 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Quarterfinal 3
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left||| 10.556 || 10.749 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Damian Zieliński ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Quarterfinal 4
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || 11.018 || 10.876 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Mickaël Bourgain ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Semifinals
The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Both semifinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.
Semifinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || 10.546 || 10.638 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Semifinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3 || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 10.502 || 10.639 || ||
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left| || || || ||
|}
Finals
Classification 9-12
The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m
|-
| 9 ||align=left| Jose Villanueva ||align=left| || 11.063
|-
| 10 ||align=left| Teun Mulder ||align=left| ||
|-
| 11 ||align=left| Josiah Ng ||align=left| ||
|-
| 12 ||align=left| Sean Eadie ||align=left| ||
|}
Classification 5-8
The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Time<br>200 m
|-
| 5 ||align=left| Ross Edgar ||align=left| || 11.214
|-
| 6 ||align=left| Barry Forde ||align=left| ||
|-
| 7 ||align=left| Damian Zieliński ||align=left| ||
|-
| 8 ||align=left| Mickaël Bourgain ||align=left| ||
|}
Bronze medal match
The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner. Since René Wolff won both of the first two races, the third was not run.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3
|-
| ||align=left| René Wolff ||align=left| || 10.677 || 10.612 ||
|-
| 4 ||align=left| Laurent Gané ||align=left| || || ||
|}
Final
The final was a best-of-three match. Bos took a lead in the series when he won the first race, but Bayley defeated him in the second race. The third race was decisive and Bayley came out on top again.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation || Race 1 || Race 2 || Race 3
|-
| ||align=left| Ryan Bayley ||align=left| || || 10.661 || 10.743
|-
| ||align=left| Theo Bos ||align=left| || 10.710 || ||
|}
Final classification
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank || Cyclist || Nation
|-
|align=center| || Ryan Bayley ||
|-
|align=center| || Theo Bos ||
|-
|align=center| || René Wolff ||
|-
|align=center| 4 || Laurent Gané ||
|-
|align=center| 5 || Ross Edgar ||
|-
|align=center| 6 || Barry Forde ||
|-
|align=center| 7 || Damian Zieliński ||
|-
|align=center| 8 || Mickaël Bourgain ||
|-
|align=center| 9 || José Antonio Villanueva ||
|-
|align=center| 10 || Teun Mulder ||
|-
|align=center| 11 || Josiah Ng ||
|-
|align=center| 12 || Sean Eadie ||
|-
|align=center rowspan=3| 13 || Łukasz Kwiatkowski ||
|-
| Kim Chi-Bum ||
|-
| Yang Hee-Chun ||
|-
|align=center rowspan=3| 16 || Stefan Nimke ||
|-
| Alois Kaňkovský ||
|-
| Jaroslav Jeřábek ||
|-
|align=center data-sort-value=19| — || Tomohiro Nagatsuka ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report