The men's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 7 August.[1]
| Men's Keirin at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | London Velopark | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 7 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Chris Hoy from Great Britain won the gold medal.
Competition format edit
The Keirin races involve 6.5 laps of the track behind a pace-setter, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The final round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.[2]
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 10:00 & 16:35 | Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final |
Results edit
First round edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
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| 1 | Chris Hoy |  Great Britain
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| 2 | Simon van Velthooven |  New Zealand
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| 3 | Juan Peralta |  Spain
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| 4 | Sergey Borisov |  Russia
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| 5 | Njisane Phillip |  Trinidad and Tobago
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| 6 | Kazunari Watanabe |  Japan
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Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Levy |  Germany
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| 2 | Teun Mulder |  Netherlands
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| 3 | Hersony Canelón |  Venezuela
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| 4 | Kamil Kuczyński |  Poland
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| 5 | Shane Perkins |  Australia
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| 6 | Zhang Miao |  China
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Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickaël Bourgain |  France
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| 2 | Azizulhasni Awang |  Malaysia
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| 3 | Fabián Puerta |  Colombia
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| 4 | Joseph Veloce |  Canada
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| 5 | Denis Špička |  Czech Republic
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| 6 | Christos Volikakis |  Greece
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Repechages edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christos Volikakis | Greece
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| 2 | Juan Peralta | Spain
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| 3 | Njisane Phillip | Trinidad and Tobago
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| 4 | Joseph Veloce | Canada
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| 5 | Sergey Borisov | Russia
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| 6 | Zhang Miao | China
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Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan
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| 2 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela
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| 3 | Shane Perkins | Australia
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| 4 | Kamil Kuczyński | Poland
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| 5 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia
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| 6 | Denis Špička | Czech Republic
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Second round edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain
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| 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia
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| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands
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| 4 | Njisane Phillip | Trinidad and Tobago
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| 5 | Juan Peralta | Spain
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| 6 | Christos Volikakis | Greece
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Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany
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| 2 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand
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| 3 | Shane Perkins | Australia
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| 4 | Mickaël Bourgain | France
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| 5 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela
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| 6 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan
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Finals edit
1st to 6th edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
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Chris Hoy | Great Britain
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Maximilian Levy | Germany
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Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand
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Teun Mulder | Netherlands
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| 5 | Shane Perkins | Australia
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| 6 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia
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7th to 12th edit
| Rank | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Njisane Phillip | Trinidad and Tobago
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| 8 | Mickaël Bourgain | France
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| 9 | Christos Volikakis | Greece
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| 10 | Juan Peralta | Spain
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| 11 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan
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| 12 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela
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References edit
- ^ "Track Cycling – News, Athletes, Highlights & More". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 Keirin men Results - Olympic cycling-track". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.