Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Keirin

The men's Keirin in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was contested by 20 cyclists. A Keirin race consisted of eight laps of the track, or 2 kilometres.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Florian Rousseau (FRA)  Gary Neiwand (AUS)  Jens Fiedler (GER)

Results

First round

The 20 cyclists competed in three heats of six to seven riders each. The top two riders in each heat (six overall) advanced to the next round, while the other fourteen cyclists competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Jens Fiedler GermanyQ
2Gary Neiwand AustraliaQ
3Shinishi Ota Japan
4Lampros Vasilopoulos Greece
5Jaroslav Jeřábek Slovakia
6Christian Arrue United States
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Pavel Buran Czech RepublicQ
2Roberto Chiappa ItalyQ
3Eom In-yeong South Korea
4Chris Hoy Great Britain
5Florian Rousseau France
6Grzegorz Krejner Poland
Anthony Peden New Zealand
Heat 3
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Jan van Eijden GermanyQ
2Frédéric Magné FranceQ
3David Cabrero Spain
4Marty Nothstein United States
5Matt Sinton New Zealand
6Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan
Ainārs Ķiksis Latvia

First repechage

The first round repechage consisted of three heats of four to five 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
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Ainārs Ķiksis LatviaQ
2Shinishi Ota JapanQ
3Grzegorz Krejner Poland
4Matt Sinton New Zealand
Chris Hoy Great Britain
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Marty Nothstein United StatesQ
2Florian Rousseau FranceQ
3Anthony Peden New Zealand
4In-Young Eum South Korea
5Christian Arrue United States
Heat 3
PlaceNameNationQualify
1David Cabrero SpainQ
2Lampros Vasilopoulos GreeceQ
3Jaroslav Jeřábek Slovakia
4Yuichiro Kamiyama Japan

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.

Heat 1
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Jens Fiedler GermanyQ
2Jan van Eijden GermanyQ
3Florian Rousseau FranceQ
4Roberto Chiappa Italy
Lampros Vasilopoulos Greece
Ainārs Ķiksis Latvia
Heat 2
PlaceNameNationQualify
1Marty Nothstein United StatesQ
2Gary Neiwand AustraliaQ
3Frédéric Magné FranceQ
4David Cabrero Spain
5Pavel Buran Czech Republic
6Shinishi Ota Japan

Final

PlaceName
Florian Rousseau France
Gary Neiwand Australia
Jens Fiedler Germany
4Jan van Eijden Germany
5Marty Nothstein United States
6Frédéric Magné France

References

  1. "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Keirin". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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