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Sprint, Men

Date	22 – 24 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Podilatodromio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	19 from 13 countries
Format	Qualifying over 3½ laps, or 875 metres. Match races over 3 laps, or 750 metres.

The event was not held over 1,000 metres, for the first time since 1908, but rather the qualifying was 3½ laps of the track, or 875 metres, and the match races were 3 laps, or 750 metres. The qualifying was led by Ryan Bayley (AUS), who recorded 10.177 to lead Theo Bos (NED), the 2004 World Champion. Bayley’s only serious achievement prior to the Olympics had been the 2001 world title in the keirin, the youngest ever champion in that event (18). Bayley and Bos were unbeaten as they made their way thru the rounds to meet each other in the final. They had met in the semi-finals at the 2004 Worlds, with Bos winning in three races. The Olympic final also went to three races, as Bos won the first race by a few centimeters, Bayley returning the favor in a similar close finish in the second race. In the deciding race, Bayley won decisively to win the gold medal. Bos would return to win the World Championships in 2006-2007, giving Australia it’s first ever sprint title, despite being a notable track cycling nation for ages. Bos is the brother of Jan Bos, a two-time Olympic silver medallist in 1000 m speed skating. He also competed in Athina, forming part of the Dutch team sprint trio.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	R1	R1 Rep	Eighth-Finals	1/8-Final Repêchage	QF	SF	Final
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	10.177 (1)	10.510 (1 h1)	–	10.520 (1 h1)	–	2 (1 h1)	2 (1 h1)	2 (1 h1)	Gold
2	Theo Bos	NED	10.214 (2)	10.799 (1 h2)	–	11.164 (1 h2)	–	2 (1 h2)	2 (1 h2)	1 (2 h1)	Silver
3	René Wolff	GER	10.230 (3)	11.104 (1 h3)	–	10.548 (1 h3)	–	2 (1 h3)	0 (2 h2)	2 (1 h2)	Bronze
4	Laurent Gané	FRA	10.271 (5)	11.166 (1 h5)	–	10.772 (1 h5)	–	2 (1 h4)	0 (2 h1)	0 (2 h2)
5	Ross Edgar	GBR	10.381 (6)	10.768 (1 h6)	–	– (2 h6)	10.906 (1 h1)	0 (2 h2)	–	11.214 (1 h3)
6	Barry Forde	BAR	10.597 (13)	– (2 h6)	10.731 (1 h1)	– (2 h3)	11.294 (1 h2)	0 (2 h1)	–	– (2 h3)
7	Damian Zieliński	POL	10.441 (7)	10.833 (1 h7)	–	10.848 (1 h6)	–	0 (2 h3)	–	– (3 h3)
8	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	10.264 (4)	10.988 (1 h4)	–	10.936 (1 h4)	–	0 (2 h4)	–	– (4 h3)
9	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	10.446 (8)	11.234 (1 h8)	–	– (2 h5)	– (DQ h2)	–	–	11.063 (1 h4)
10	Teun Mulder	NED	10.565 (12)	– (2 h7)	10.740 (1 h2)	– (2 h2)	– (2 h2)	–	–	– (2 h4)
11	Josiah Ng	MAS	10.515 (11)	– (2 h8)	11.006 (1 h3)	– (2 h1)	– (2 h1)	–	–	– (3 h4)
12	Sean Eadie	AUS	10.454 (9)	11.025 (1 h9)	–	– (2 h4)	– (3 h1)	–	–	– (4 h4)
2 h1 r2/7	Łukasz Kwiatkowski	POL	10.462 (10)	– (2 h9)	– (2 h1)	–	–	–	–	–
2 h2 r2/7	Kim Chi-Beom	KOR	10.673 (15)	– (2 h5)	– (2 h2)	–	–	–	–	–
2 h3 r2/7	Yang Hui-Cheon	KOR	10.955 (17)	– (2 h3)	– (2 h3)	–	–	–	–	–
3 h1 r2/7	Stefan Nimke	GER	11.338 (19)	– (2 h1)	– (3 h1)	–	–	–	–	–
3 h2 r2/7	Alois Kaňkovský	CZE	10.956 (18)	– (2 h2)	– (3 h2)	–	–	–	–	–
3 h3 r2/7	Jaroslav Jeřábek	SVK	10.758 (16)	– (2 h4)	– (3 h3)	–	–	–	–	–
14 r1/8	Tomohiro Nagatsuka	JPN	10.646 (14)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	22 August 2004 — 09:15-09:35

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	10.177	Q
2	Theo Bos	NED	10.214	Q
3	René Wolff	GER	10.230	Q
4	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	10.264	Q
5	Laurent Gané	FRA	10.271	Q
6	Ross Edgar	GBR	10.381	Q
7	Damian Zieliński	POL	10.441	Q
8	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	10.446	Q
9	Sean Eadie	AUS	10.454	Q
10	Łukasz Kwiatkowski	POL	10.462	Q
11	Josiah Ng	MAS	10.515	Q
12	Teun Mulder	NED	10.565	Q
13	Barry Forde	BAR	10.597	Q
14	Tomohiro Nagatsuka	JPN	10.646	Q	1
15	Kim Chi-Beom	KOR	10.673	Q
16	Jaroslav Jeřábek	SVK	10.758	Q
17	Yang Hui-Cheon	KOR	10.955	Q
18	Alois Kaňkovský	CZE	10.956	Q
19	Stefan Nimke	GER	11.338		2

Round One

Date	22 August 2004 — 16:50-17:25
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to eighth-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	10.510	Q
2	Stefan Nimke	GER	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Theo Bos	NED	10.799	Q
2	Alois Kaňkovský	CZE	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	René Wolff	GER	11.104	Q
2	Yang Hui-Cheon	KOR	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	10.988	Q
2	Jaroslav Jeřábek	SVK	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Laurent Gané	FRA	11.166	Q
2	Kim Chi-Beom	KOR	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ross Edgar	GBR	10.768	Q
2	Barry Forde	BAR	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Damian Zieliński	POL	10.833	Q
2	Teun Mulder	NED	–

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	11.234	Q
2	Josiah Ng	MAS	–

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Sean Eadie	AUS	11.025	Q
2	Łukasz Kwiatkowski	POL	–

Round One Repêchage

Date	22 August 2004 — 17:30-17:40
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to eighth-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Barry Forde	BAR	10.731	Q
2	Łukasz Kwiatkowski	POL	–
3	Stefan Nimke	GER	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Teun Mulder	NED	10.740	Q
2	Kim Chi-Beom	KOR	–
3	Alois Kaňkovský	CZE	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Josiah Ng	MAS	11.006	Q
2	Yang Hui-Cheon	KOR	–
3	Jaroslav Jeřábek	SVK	–

Eighth-Finals

Date	22 August 2004 — 18:00-18:20
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	10.520	Q
2	Josiah Ng	MAS	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Theo Bos	NED	11.164	Q
2	Teun Mulder	NED	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	René Wolff	GER	10.548	Q
2	Barry Forde	BAR	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	10.936	Q
2	Sean Eadie	AUS	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Laurent Gané	FRA	10.772	Q
2	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Damian Zieliński	POL	10.848	Q
2	Ross Edgar	GBR	–

1/8-Final Repêchage

Date	22 August 2004 — 18:50-19:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ross Edgar	GBR	10.906	Q
2	Josiah Ng	MAS	–
3	Sean Eadie	AUS	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Barry Forde	BAR	11.294	Q
2	Teun Mulder	NED	–
DQ	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 August 2004 — 17:05-17:20, 17:45-18:00, 18:10-18:20
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	2	Q
2	Barry Forde	BAR	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Theo Bos	NED	2	Q
2	Ross Edgar	GBR	0

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	René Wolff	GER	2	Q
2	Damian Zieliński	POL	0

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Laurent Gané	FRA	2	Q
2	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	0

Semi-Finals

Date	24 August 2004 — 16:40-16:50, 17:05-17:15, 17:25-17:30
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	2	Q
2	Laurent Gané	FRA	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Theo Bos	NED	2	Q
2	René Wolff	GER	0

Final Round

Date	24 August 2004 — 17:15-17:20, 18:30-18:45, 18:55-19:05, 19:20-19:25

Heat 1/2

Time	17:15-17:20

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Ryan Bayley	AUS	2
2	Theo Bos	NED	1

Heat 3/4

Time	18:40-18:45

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	René Wolff	GER	2
2	Laurent Gané	FRA	0

Heat 5-8

Time	18:30-18:35, 18:55-19:00, 19:20-19:22

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ross Edgar	GBR	11.214
2	Barry Forde	BAR	–
3	Damian Zieliński	POL	–
4	Mickaël Bourgain	FRA	–

Heat 9-12

Time	18:35-18:40, 19:00-19:05, 19:22-19:25

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	José Antonio Villanueva	ESP	11.063
2	Teun Mulder	NED	–
3	Josiah Ng	MAS	–
4	Sean Eadie	AUS	–