Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Times and average speeds are listed. Q denotes qualification for the next round.

After Tomohiro Nagatsuka dropped out of competition following the round, all of the cyclists following him advanced one position. This allowed Stefan Nimke to compete in the 1/16 final despite having originally placed 19th.

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qualify
1.	Ryan Bayley	Australia	10.177 s	70.747 km/h	Q
2.	Theo Bos	Netherlands	10.214 s	70.491 km/h	Q
3.	René Wolff	Germany	10.230 s	70.381 km/h	Q
4.	Mickaël Bourgain	France	10.264 s	70.148 km/h	Q
5.	Laurent Gané	France	10.271 s	70.100 km/h	Q
6.	Ross Edgar	United Kingdom	10.381 s	69.357 km/h	Q
7.	Damian Zielinski	Poland	10.441 s	68.958 km/h	Q
8.	José Antonio Villanueva	Spain	10.446 s	68.925 km/h	Q
9.	Sean Eadie	Australia	10.454 s	68.873 km/h	Q
10.	Łukasz Kwiatkowski	Poland	10.462 s	68.820 km/h	Q
11.	Josiah Ng	Malaysia	10.515 s	68.473 km/h	Q
12.	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	10.565 s	68.149 km/h	Q
13.	Barry Forde	Barbados	10.597 s	67.943 km/h	Q
14.	Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Japan	10.646 s	67.631 km/h	Q
15.	Kim Chi-beom	South Korea	10.673 s	67.459 km/h	Q
16.	Jaroslav Jeřábek	Slovakia	10.758 s	66.926 km/h	Q
17.	Yang Hui-cheon	South Korea	10.955 s	65.723 km/h	Q
18.	Alois Kaňkovský	Czech Republic	10.956 s	65.717 km/h	Q
19.	Stefan Nimke	Germany	11.338 s	63.503 km/h

The 1/16 round consisted of nine heats of two riders each. Winners advanced to the next round, losers competed in the 1/16 repechage.

The nine defeated cyclists from the 1/16 round took part in the 1/16 repechage. They raced in three heats of three riders each. The winner of each heat rejoined the nine victors of the 1/16 round in advancing to the 1/8 round

The 1/8 round consisted of six matches, each pitting two of the twelve remaining cyclists against each other. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the losers getting another chance in the 1/8 repechage.

The six cyclists defeated in the 1/8 round competed in the 1/8 repechage. Two heats of three riders were held. Winners rejoined the victors from the 1/8 round and advanced to the quarterfinals. The four other riders competed in the 9th through 12th place classification.

The 9-12 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the 1/8 repechage taking place. The winner of the race received 9th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

The eight riders that had advanced to the quarterfinals competed pairwise in four matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. All four quarterfinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the semifinals, losers competed in a 5th to 8th place classification.

The 5-8 classification was a single race with all four riders that had lost in the quarterfinals taking place. The winner of the race received 5th place, with the others taking the three following places in order.

The four riders that had advanced to the semifinals competed pairwise in two matches. Each match consisted of two races, with a potential third race being used as a tie-breaker if each cyclist won one of the first two races. Both semifinals matches were decided without a third race. Winners advanced to the finals, losers competed in the bronze medal match.

The bronze medal match was contested in a set of three races, with the winner of two races declared the winner. Since René Wolff won both of the first two races, the third was not run.

The final was a best-of-three match. Bos took a lead in the series when he won the first race, but Bayley defeated him in the second race. The third race was decisive and Bayley came out on top again.