2016 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Keirin (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Keirin
gender	Men
Attendees	27 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Velódromo Municipal do Rio
Competition phase	16th August 2016
Medalist  Jason Kenny ( GBR )  Matthijs Büchli ( NED )  Azizulhasni Awang ( MAS )
← 2012 2020 →

Cycling competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint	Women	Men
Keirin	Women	Men
Omnium	Women	Men
Team pursuit	Women	Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men
BMX
run	Women	Men

The men's keirin race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 16, 2016 at the Velódromo Municipal do Rio .

The British Jason Kenny became Olympic champion . The silver medal was won by Matthijs Büchli from the Netherlands and Azizulhasni Awang from Malaysia won bronze .

Results

1 round

The two best placed from each run qualified directly for the semi-finals, the other drivers had the opportunity to qualify for the second round via the repechage.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Michaël D'Almeida	France		Q
2	Joachim Eilers	Germany	+0.123	Q
3	Theo Bos	Netherlands	+0.387
4th	Christos Volikakis	Greece	+0.467
5	Patrick Constable	Australia	+0.637
6th	Im Chae-bin	South Korea	+0.859

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Damian Zieliński	Poland		Q
2	Matthew Glaetzer	Australia	+0.033	Q
3	Kang Dong-jin	South Korea	+0.063
4th	Edward Dawkins	New Zealand	+0.076
5	Kazunari Watanabe	Japan	+0.155
6th	Pavel Kelemen	Czech Republic	+0.214
7th	Denis Dmitriev	Russia	REL

Run 3

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Sam Webster	New Zealand		Q
2	Matthijs Büchli	Netherlands	+0.034	Q
3	François Pervis	France	+0.035
4th	Krzysztof Maksel	Poland	+0.378
5	Azizulhasni Awang	Malaysia	+0.484
6th	Callum Skinner	Great Britain	+1.069
7th	Ángel Pulgar	Venezuela	REL

Run 4

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Jason Kenny	Great Britain		Q
2	Fabián Puerta	Colombia	+0.014	Q
3	Maximilian Levy	Germany	+0.103
4th	Hugo Barrette	Canada	+0.110
5	Matthew Baranoski	United States	+0.237
6th	Yūta Wakimoto	Japan	+0.345
7th	Hersony Canelón	Venezuela	+0.986

Hope runs 1st round

The winners of each run qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Azizulhasni Awang	Malaysia		Q
2	Hugo Barrette	Canada	+0.038
3	Theo Bos	Netherlands	+0.079
4th	Pavel Kelemen	Czech Republic	+0.180

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Krzysztof Maksel	Poland		Q
2	Im Chae-bin	South Korea	+0.047
3	Kang Dong-jin	South Korea	+0.123
4th	Kazunari Watanabe	Japan	+0.485
5	Hersony Canelón	Venezuela	+1.237

Run 3

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	François Pervis	France		Q
2	Yūta Wakimoto	Japan	+0.075
3	Edward Dawkins	New Zealand	+0.114
4th	Ángel Pulgar	Venezuela	+0.378
5	Patrick Constable	Australia	+1.090

Run 4

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Christos Volikakis	Greece		Q
2	Denis Dmitriev	Russia	+0.066
3	Matthew Baranoski	United States	+0.640
4th	Maximilian Levy	Germany	+1.277
5	Callum Skinner	Great Britain	REL

Semifinals

The top three athletes from each semi-final run qualified for the final. The other athletes drove for positions seven to twelve.

Run 1

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Jason Kenny	Great Britain		Q
2	Matthijs Büchli	Netherlands	+0.261	Q
3	Azizulhasni Awang	Malaysia	+0.271	Q
4th	Matthew Glaetzer	Australia	+0.325
5	Christos Volikakis	Greece	+0.482
6th	Michaël D'Almeida	France	+1.088

Run 2

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
1	Joachim Eilers	Germany		Q
2	Damian Zieliński	Poland	+0.071	Q
3	Fabián Puerta	Colombia	+0.073	Q
4th	Krzysztof Maksel	Poland	+0.130
5	François Pervis	France	+0.137
6th	Sam Webster	New Zealand	+1.524

final

Final (places 7-12)

Final place 7-12

rank	Athlete	nation	deficit	Note
7th	Sam Webster	New Zealand
8th	Michaël D'Almeida	France	+0.009
9	Krzysztof Maksel	Poland	+0.107
10	Matthew Glaetzer	Australia	+0.322
11	François Pervis	France	+0.406
12	Christos Volikakis	Greece	+0.514

Final (places 1–6)

Olympic champion Elis Ligtlee

rank	Athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Jason Kenny	Great Britain
2	Matthijs Büchli	Netherlands	+0.040
3	Azizulhasni Awang	Malaysia	+0.085
4th	Joachim Eilers	Germany	+0.110
5	Fabián Puerta	Colombia	+0.113
6th	Damian Zieliński	Poland	+0.594

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence