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Keirin, Men

Date	7 – 8 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Izu Velodrome, 1826 Ono, Izu, Shizuoka 410-2402, Japan
Participants	30 from 18 countries

There was an extremely strong field for the keirin with the three Rio medallists , Jason Kenny (Great Britain), Matthijs Büchli (Netherlands) and “The Pocket Rocket”, the 1.68m tall Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia), appearing in his fourth Olympics, all competing in Tokyo. Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands), the recently crowned individual and team sprint champion, helped make the line-up an even stronger one, as did sprint bronze medallist Jack Carlin (Great Britain).

Perhaps surprisingly, Kenny, Büchli and Lavreysen failed to qualify for the quarter-final directly from their heats, but all three did get through following the repêchage, while all the other fancied riders qualified.

Kenny and Lavreysen both qualified from their quarter-final heat, as did Carlin and another favourite, Awang.

Jason Kenny was back to his best in winning his semi-final while his fellow Briton Carlin was eliminated in fourth place. Both Lavreysen and Awang also reached the final after finishing first and third in their semi-final respectively.

Kenny did not want to surrender the gold medal he won in Rio and made a rare sprint for the line immediately after the derny pace bike peeled away three laps from home. He soon built up a quarter-lap lead over the rest of the field as a result of his surprise tactics. He held that lead and ended up as champion for the second time, winning by 0.763 from the 2016 bronze medallist Awang, with the reigning world champion Lavreysen taking bronze, his third medal of the Games.

Victory for Kenny made him the most decorated British Olympian of all time with seven gold medals, one more than fellow keirin specialist Chris Hoy, and Kenny’s overall total of nine medals put him one ahead of Bradley Wiggins.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	R1 Rep	QF	SF	Final
1	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	at 0.462 (4 h1)	9.569 (1 h2)	at 0.045 (2 h1)	9.824 (1 h1)	10.481 (1 h1)	Gold
2	179	Azizul Awang	MAS	9.955 (1 h3)	–	at 0.039 (2 h3)	9.903 (1 h2)	at 0.763 (2 h1)	Silver
3	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	at 0.256 (5 h4)	9.746 (1 h3)	at 0.122 (4 h1)	at 0.073 (3 h2)	at 0.775 (3 h1)	Bronze
4	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 0.396 (6 h5)	at 0.577 (2 h3)	at 0.602 (3 h2)	at 0.089 (3 h1)	at 1.264 (4 h1)
5	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	at 0.093 (3 h4)	9.677 (1 h4)	at 0.104 (4 h3)	at 0.003 (2 h1)	at 1.344 (5 h1)
6	144	Maximilian Levy	GER	at 0.010 (2 h1)	–	at 0.667 (4 h2)	at 0.035 (2 h2)	at 2.344 (6 h1)
7	172	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	9.657 (1 h5)	at 0.124 (3 h4)	9.972 (1 h3)	at 0.775 (5 h2)	9.806 (1 h2)
8	128	Jack Carlin	GBR	9.951 (1 h2)	–	at 0.503 (2 h2)	at 0.240 (4 h1)	at 0.097 (2 h2)
9	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	at 0.248 (3 h1)	9.938 (1 h1)	at 0.098 (3 h3)	at 0.357 (5 h1)	at 0.203 (3 h2)
10	119	Rayan Helal	FRA	10.063 (1 h1)	–	at 0.105 (3 h1)	at 0.497 (4 h2)	at 0.251 (4 h2)
11	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	at 0.096 (3 h5)	at 0.069 (2 h4)	9.917 (1 h1)	at 0.397 (6 h1)	at 0.314 (5 h2)
12	227	Nicholas Paul	TTO	at 0.075 (2 h3)	–	9.500 (1 h2)	– (DQ h2)	–
=13	84	Matthew Richardson	AUS	at 0.070 (2 h2)	–	at 0.212 (5 h1)	–	–
=13	141	Stefan Bötticher	GER	at 0.115 (4 h3)	at 0.363 (2 h2)	at 0.192 (5 h3)	–	–
=13	194	Callum Saunders	NZL	at 0.089 (2 h5)	–	at 0.723 (5 h2)	–	–
=16	171	Yudai Nitta	JPN	9.899 (1 h4)	–	at 0.331 (6 h1)	–	–
=16	180	Shah Firdaus Sahrom	MAS	– (DNF h2)	at 0.010 (2 h1)	at 1.204 (6 h2)	–	–
=16	211	Denis Dmitriyev	ROC	at 0.004 (2 h4)	–	at 0.236 (6 h3)	–	–
=19	122	Sébastien Vigier	FRA	at 0.884 (6 h3)	at 0.037 (3 h1)	–	–	–
=19	175	Sergey Ponomaryov	KAZ	– (DNF h2)	–	–	–	–
=19	183	Matthijs Büchli	NED	– (DQ h2)	at 0.441 (3 h2)	–	–	–
=19	196	Sam Webster	NZL	at 0.546 (5 h1)	at 0.580 (3 h3)	–	–	–
=23	94	Hugo Barrette	CAN	– (DNF h2)	at 0.738 (4 h3)	–	–	–
=23	113	Tomáš Bábek	CZE	at 0.228 (4 h5)	at 0.638 (4 h1)	–	–	–
=23	206	Mateusz Rudyk	POL	at 0.974 (6 h4)	at 0.480 (4 h2)	–	–	–
=23	213	Ivan Gladyshev	ROC	at 3.173 (6 h1)	at 0.675 (4 h4)	–	–	–
=27	100	Nick Wammes	CAN	at 0.292 (5 h5)	at 0.564 (5 h2)	–	–	–
=27	108	Xu Chao	CHN	at 0.240 (4 h4)	at 0.979 (5 h1)	–	–	–
=27	205	Patryk Rajkowski	POL	at 0.104 (3 h3)	at 1.616 (5 h3)	–	–	–
=27	219	Jean Spies	RSA	at 0.739 (5 h3)	at 0.760 (5 h4)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	7 August 2021 — 15:48
Format	Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Time	15:48

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	119	Rayan Helal	FRA	10.063	Q
2	144	Maximilian Levy	GER	at 0.010	Q
3	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	at 0.248
4	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	at 0.462
5	196	Sam Webster	NZL	at 0.546
6	213	Ivan Gladyshev	ROC	at 3.173

Heat #2

Time	15:53

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	128	Jack Carlin	GBR	9.951	Q
2	84	Matthew Richardson	AUS	at 0.070	Q
DQ	183	Matthijs Büchli	NED	–		1
DNF	94	Hugo Barrette	CAN	–
DNF	175	Sergey Ponomaryov	KAZ	–
DNF	180	Shah Firdaus Sahrom	MAS	–

Heat #3

Time	15:58

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	179	Azizul Awang	MAS	9.955	Q
2	227	Nicholas Paul	TTO	at 0.075	Q
3	205	Patryk Rajkowski	POL	at 0.104
4	141	Stefan Bötticher	GER	at 0.115
5	219	Jean Spies	RSA	at 0.739
6	122	Sébastien Vigier	FRA	at 0.884

Heat #4

Time	16:03

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	171	Yudai Nitta	JPN	9.899	Q
2	211	Denis Dmitriyev	ROC	at 0.004	Q
3	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	at 0.093
4	108	Xu Chao	CHN	at 0.240
5	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	at 0.256
6	206	Mateusz Rudyk	POL	at 0.974

Heat #5

Time	16:08

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	172	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	9.657	Q
2	194	Callum Saunders	NZL	at 0.089	Q
3	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	at 0.096
4	113	Tomáš Bábek	CZE	at 0.228
5	100	Nick Wammes	CAN	at 0.292
6	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 0.396

Round One Repêchage

Date	7 August 2021 — 16:19
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Time	16:19

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	9.938	Q
2	180	Shah Firdaus Sahrom	MAS	at 0.010	Q
3	122	Sébastien Vigier	FRA	at 0.037
4	113	Tomáš Bábek	CZE	at 0.638
5	108	Xu Chao	CHN	at 0.979

Heat #2

Time	16:24

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	9.569	Q
2	141	Stefan Bötticher	GER	at 0.363	Q
3	183	Matthijs Büchli	NED	at 0.441
4	206	Mateusz Rudyk	POL	at 0.480
5	100	Nick Wammes	CAN	at 0.564

Heat #3

Time	16:34

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	9.746	Q
2	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 0.577	Q
3	196	Sam Webster	NZL	at 0.580
4	94	Hugo Barrette	CAN	at 0.738
5	205	Patryk Rajkowski	POL	at 1.616

Heat #4

Time	16:39

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	9.677	Q
2	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	at 0.069	Q
3	174	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	at 0.124
4	213	Ivan Gladyshev	ROC	at 0.675
5	219	Jean Spies	RSA	at 0.760

Quarter-Finals

Date	8 August 2021 — 10:24
Format	Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	10:24

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	9.917	Q
2	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	at 0.045	Q
3	119	Rayan Helal	FRA	at 0.105	Q
4	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	at 0.122	Q
5	84	Matthew Richardson	AUS	at 0.212
6	171	Yudai Nitta	JPN	at 0.331

Heat #2

Time	10:29

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	227	Nicholas Paul	TTO	9.500	Q
2	128	Jack Carlin	GBR	at 0.503	Q
3	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 0.602	Q
4	144	Maximilian Levy	GER	at 0.667	Q
5	194	Callum Saunders	NZL	at 0.723
6	180	Shah Firdaus Sahrom	MAS	at 1.204

Heat #3

Time	10:34

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	172	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	9.972	Q
2	179	Azizul Awang	MAS	at 0.039	Q
3	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	at 0.098	Q
4	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	at 0.104	Q
5	141	Stefan Bötticher	GER	at 0.192
6	211	Denis Dmitriyev	ROC	at 0.236

Semi-Finals

Date	8 August 2021 — 11:09
Format	Top three finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

Time	11:09

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	9.824
2	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	at 0.003
3	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 0.089
4	128	Jack Carlin	GBR	at 0.240
5	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	at 0.357
6	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	at 0.397

Heat #2

Time	11:14

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	179	Azizul Awang	MAS	9.903
2	144	Maximilian Levy	GER	at 0.035
3	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	at 0.073
4	119	Rayan Helal	FRA	at 0.497
5	172	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	at 0.775
DQ	227	Nicholas Paul	TTO	–	2

Final Round

Date	8 August 2021 — 11:51

Heat 1-6

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	131	Jason Kenny	GBR	10.481
2	179	Azizul Awang	MAS	at 0.763
3	185	Harrie Lavreysen	NED	at 0.775
4	225	Jaïr Tjon En Fa	SUR	at 1.264
5	77	Matthew Glaetzer	AUS	at 1.344
6	144	Maximilian Levy	GER	at 2.344

Heat 7-12

Time	11:51

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	172	Yuta Wakimoto	JPN	9.806
2	128	Jack Carlin	GBR	at 0.097
3	226	Kwesi Browne	TTO	at 0.203
4	119	Rayan Helal	FRA	at 0.251
5	112	Kevin Quintero	COL	at 0.314