Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's sprint

The men's sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018.

Cycling Track – Men's sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates	7 April
Competitors	23 from 9 nations
Medalists
Sam Webster    New Zealand   Jack Carlin    Scotland   Jacob Schmid    Australia
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Francois Pervis (FRA)	9.347	Aguascalientes, Mexico	6 December 2013
Games record	Matthew Glaetzer (AUS)	9.779	Glasgow, Scotland	24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 7 April 2018	13:32	Qualifying
	14:23	1/8 Finals
	15:05	Quarterfinals
	18:40	Semifinals
	20:47	Finals

Results

Qualifying

16 riders will be qualified and seeded for the 1/8 finals according to their times in qualification.^[2]

Rank	Riders	Time	Behind	Average speed (km/h)	Notes
1	Matthew Glaetzer (AUS)	9.583	—	75.133	Q, GR
2	Jack Carlin (SCO)	9.650	+0.067	74.611	Q
3	Ethan Mitchell (NZL)	9.654	+0.071	74.580	Q
4	Ryan Owens (ENG)	9.662	+0.079	74.519	Q
5	Philip Hindes (ENG)	9.669	+0.086	74.465	Q
6	Jacob Schmid (AUS)	9.690	+0.107	74.303	Q
7	Eddie Dawkins (NZL)	9.704	+0.121	74.196	Q
8	Lewis Oliva (WAL)	9.737	+0.154	73.945	Q
9	Hugo Barrette (CAN)	9.769	+0.186	73.703	Q
10	Joseph Truman (ENG)	9.780	+0.197	73.620	Q
11	Stefan Ritter (CAN)	9.803	+0.220	73.447	Q
12	Sam Webster (NZL)	9.809	+0.226	73.402	Q
13	Nicholas Paul (TTO)	9.836	+0.253	73.200	Q
14	Patrick Constable (AUS)	9.890	+0.307	72.801	Q
15	Njisane Phillip (TTO)	9.986	+0.403	72.101	Q
16	Muhammad Sahrom (MAS)	10.013	+0.430	71.907	Q
17	Fadhil Mohd Zonis (MAS)	10.183	+0.600	70.706
18	Keron Bramble (TTO)	10.214	+0.631	70.491
19	Patrice St-Louis Pivin (CAN)	10.246	+0.663	70.271
20	Sanuraj Sanandaraj (IND)	10.381	+0.798	69.357
21	Ranjit Singh (IND)	10.486	+0.903	68.663
22	Sahil Kumar (IND)	10.584	+1.001	68.027
23	Shariz Efendi Shahrin (MAS)	10.692	+1.109	67.340
	Callum Skinner (SCO)	DNS

1/8 Finals

Heat winners advance to the quarterfinals.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Time (Gap)	Notes
1	1	Muhammad Sahrom (MAS)	—	Q
1	2	Matthew Glaetzer (AUS)	+0.024
2	1	Jack Carlin (SCO)	—	Q
2	2	Njisane Phillip (TTO)	+2.043
3	1	Ethan Mitchell (NZL)	—	Q
3	2	Patrick Constable (AUS)	+0.138
4	1	Ryan Owens (ENG)	—	Q
4	2	Nicholas Paul (TTO)	REL[R1]
5	1	Sam Webster (NZL)	—	Q
5	2	Philip Hindes (ENG)	+0.042
6	1	Jacob Schmid (AUS)	—	Q
6	2	Stefan Ritter (CAN)	+0.040
7	1	Joseph Truman (ENG)	—	Q
7	2	Eddie Dawkins (NZL)	+0.202
8	1	Lewis Oliva (WAL)	—	Q
8	2	Hugo Barrette (CAN)	+2.783

• ^R1 Relegation for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there

Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.^[4]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Muhammad Sahrom (MAS)	X	X		Q
1	2	Lewis Oliva (WAL)	+0.304	+0.169
2	1	Jack Carlin (SCO)	+0.002	X	X	Q
2	2	Joseph Truman (ENG)	X	+0.086	+0.063
3	1	Jacob Schmid (AUS)	X	X		Q
3	2	Ethan Mitchell (NZL)	+0.030	+0.002
4	1	Sam Webster (NZL)	X	X		Q
4	2	Ryan Owens (ENG)	+0.074	+0.020

Semifinals

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[5]

Heat	Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Sam Webster (NZL)	X	X		QG
1	2	Muhammad Sahrom (MAS)	+0.276	+0.572		QB
2	1	Jack Carlin (SCO)	X	X		QG
2	2	Jacob Schmid (AUS)	+0.015	+0.016		QB

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[6]

Rank	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Bronze medal final
	Jacob Schmid (AUS)	X	X
4	Muhammad Sahrom (MAS)	+0.235	+0.032
Gold medal final
	Sam Webster (NZL)	X	X
	Jack Carlin (SCO)	+0.429	+0.005