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Omnium, Men

Date 5 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationIzu Velodrome, 1826 Ono, Izu, Shizuoka 410-2402, Japan
Participants20 from 20 countries
FormatFour events, points given for placement in each event. Final standings determined by total points for the four events.

There was a change to the omnium in Tokyo. At Rio, it consisted of six endurance events over two days, now it was just four events, but over one gruelling day.

The omnium was much awaited as it contained some of the best endurance riders in the world including the 2019 and 2020 world omnium champions Campbell Stewart of New Zealand and France’s Benjamin Thomas. British bronze medallist from the last two World Championships, Ethan Hayter and Matthew Walls, were also in the field as was the 2012 Olympic champion, and Rio bronze medallist, Lasse Norman Hansen, fresh from his team pursuit silver in Tokyo. The defending Olympic champion Elia Viviani of Italy, and Netherlands’ Jan-Willem van Schip made up an already strong start list.

After the opening Scratch Race, Walls led by two points from Thomas with Van Schip a further two points behind. The same three riders occupied the top three paces in the newly added Tempo Race, with Van Schip first, Thomas second and Walls third, but the British rider retained the overall lead. The elimination race was won by Italy’s Viviani, but Matthew Walls still held a four-point overall lead over Van Schip going into the final race, the 100 km Points Race.

Walls took gold after finishing second in the final race, winning by 29 points from New Zealander Campbell Stewart, who pipped Viviani for the silver medal late in the race. Walls became first Briton to win the men’s omnium, and was also the winner of Britain’s 50th medal of the Tokyo Olympics, but more significantly, it was their first cycling gold medal of the Games.

PosCompetitorNOCEvent PointsScratch Race PointsScratch Race PlaceTempo Race PointsTempo Race PlacementElimination Race PointsElimination Race PlacementPoints Race PointsPoints Race Placement
1Matthew WallsGBR153401363382395Gold
2Campbell StewartNZL1292871812325511Silver
3Elia VivianiITA1241613268401424Bronze
4Benjamin ThomasFRA1183823823061210
5Niklas LarsenDEN113325306268257
6Jan-Willem van SchipNED112363401344212
7Théry SchirSUI109249344363159
8Gavin HooverUSA9922103252011256
9Roger KlugeGER9118122011817453
10Albert TorresESP8412152210287228
11Sam WelsfordAUS793061613249911
12Yauheni KaraliokBLR766181414618502
13Kenny De KeteleBEL7020112872210014
14Artyom ZakharovKAZ6234412151613017
15Eiya HashimotoJPN5426810161812013
16Szymon SajnokPOL4814142491016016
17Mark DowneyIRL181016419419015
18Andreas MüllerAUT8419220220018
19David MareeRSA-172206181215-3719
DNFChristos VolikakisGRE8178171414DNFAC