The men's Keirin in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested by 22 cyclists. A Keirin race consisted of eight laps of the track, or 2 kilometres.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
First round The 22 cyclists competed in three heats of seven to eight riders each. The top two riders in each heat (six overall) advanced to the next round, while the other sixteen cyclists competed in the first repechage.
+ Heat 1 Place Name Nation 1 Ryan Bayley 2 Labros Vasilopoulos 3 Jamie Staff 4 Łukasz Kwiatkowski 5 Theo Bos 6 Toshiaki Fushimi 7 Jens Fiedler + Heat 2 Place Name Nation 1 René Wolff 2 José Antonio Escuredo 3 Marty Nothstein 4 Jeroslav Jerobek 5 Josiah Ng 6 Laurent Gané 7 Yang Hee-Chun + Heat 3 Place Name Nation 1 Shane Kelly 2 Ivan Vrba 3 Teun Mulder 4 José Alberto Sochón 5 Ross Edgar 6 Hong Suk-Hwan 7 Mickaël Bourgain REL José Antonio Villanueva
First repechage The first round repechage consisted of three heats of five to six riders each. The top two cyclists in each of the heats rejoined the winners from the first round in advancing to the second round. The rest were eliminated from competition.
+ Heat 1 Place Name Nation 1 Jamie Staff 2 Jens Fiedler 3 José Antonio Villanueva 4 Ross Edgar 5 Jeroslav Jerobek 6 Laurent Gané + Heat 2 Place Name Nation 1 Mickaël Bourgain 2 Josiah Ng 3 Jose Sochon 4 Marty Nothstein 5 Toshiaki Fushimi + Heat 3 Place Name Nation 1 Theo Bos 2 Łukasz Kwiatkowski 3 Hong Suk-Hwan 4 Teun Mulder 5 Yang Hee-Chun
Second round The second round consisted of two heats, with the twelve cyclists split into groups of six. The top three riders in each heat advanced to the final, while the bottom three in each heat competed in the classification race for seventh to twelfth places.
+ Heat 1 Place Name Nation 1 Ryan Bayley 2 Josiah Ng 3 José Antonio Escuredo 4 Ivan Vrba 5 Łukasz Kwiatkowski REL Jamie Staff + Heat 2 Place Name Nation 1 Shane Kelly 2 René Wolff 3 Mickaël Bourgain 4 Jens Fiedler DNF Theo Bos REL Labros Vasilopoulos
Classification 7-12 Place Name Nation 1 Łukasz Kwiatkowski 2 Jens Fiedler 3 Labros Vasilopoulos REL Ivan Vrba DNS Theo Bos DNS Jamie Staff
Final +Final results Place Name Nation 1 Ryan Bayley 2 José Antonio Escuredo 3 Shane Kelly DNF Mickaël Bourgain REL René Wolff REL Josiah Ng
References
External links Official Olympic Report