2012 European Track Championships – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint event at the 2012 European Track Championships of track cycling was held on 20 October 2012. The event began with 27 riders participating in a qualifying round, and culminated in a final where Russian cyclist Denis Dmitriev won the gold medal.[1]

UEC European Champion jersey

Medalists edit

Gold   Denis Dmitriev (RUS)
Silver   Max Niederlag (GER)
Bronze   Christos Volikakis (GRE)

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Fastest 24 riders advanced to the 1/16 finals, it was held at 10:00.[2]

Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Max Niederlag   Germany 10.097 Q
2 Andriy Vynokurov   Ukraine 10.223 Q
3 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.224 Q
4 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 10.224 Q
5 Lewis Oliva   Great Britain 10.267 Q
6 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.308 Q
7 Adam Ptáčník   Czech Republic 10.310 Q
8 Charlie Conord   France 10.311 Q
9 Christos Volikakis   Greece 10.325 Q
10 Tobias Wächter   Germany 10.367 Q
11 Damian Zieliński   Poland 10.418 Q
12 Matthijs Büchli   Netherlands 10.447 Q
13 Julien Palma   France 10.459 Q
14 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic 10.512 Q
15 Rafal Sarnecki   Poland 10.562 Q
16 Hylke van Grieken   Netherlands 10.567 Q
17 Sotirios Bretas   Greece 10.651 Q
18 Eoin Mullen   Ireland 10.695 Q
19 Francesco Ceci   Italy 10.712 Q
20 Andriy Kutsenko   Ukraine 10.735 Q
21 Miroslav Minchev   Bulgaria 10.888 Q
22 Jani Mikkonen   Finland 11.110 Q
23 Wille-Oskari Riihela   Finland 11.120 Q
24 Vladislav Novik   Belarus 11.243 Q
25 Airidas Videika   Lithuania 11.281
26 Evgeni Veremchuk   Belarus 11.395
Davit Askurava   Georgia DNS

1/16 Finals edit

Winner of each heat qualified to 1/8 Finals, the races were held at 10:55.[3]

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 Max Niederlag   Germany 10.868 Q
1 2 Vladislav Novik   Belarus
2 1 Andriy Vynokurov   Ukraine Q
2 2 Wille-Oskari Riihela   Finland DSQ
3 1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 11.787 Q
3 2 Jani Mikkonen   Finland
4 1 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 10.969 Q
4 2 Miroslav Minchev   Bulgaria
5 1 Lewis Oliva   Great Britain 10.911 Q
5 2 Andriy Kutsenko   Ukraine
6 1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.798 Q
6 2 Francesco Ceci   Italy
7 1 Adam Ptáčník   Czech Republic 11.069 Q
7 2 Eoin Mullen   Ireland
8 1 Charlie Conord   France 10.792 Q
8 2 Sotirios Bretas   Greece
9 1 Christos Volikakis   Greece 10.760 Q
9 2 Hylke van Grieken   Netherlands
10 1 Tobias Wächter   Germany 11.045 Q
10 2 Rafal Sarnecki   Poland
11 1 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic 10.862 Q
11 2 Damian Zieliński   Poland
12 1 Julien Palma   France 10.927 Q
12 2 Matthijs Büchli   Netherlands REL

1/8 Finals edit

Winner of each heat qualified to 1/4 Finals, losers went to the repêchage. The races were held at 11:41.[4]

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 Max Niederlag   Germany 10.628 Q
1 2 Julien Palma   France
2 1 Andriy Vynokurov   Ukraine 10.674 Q
2 2 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic
3 1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.717 Q
3 2 Tobias Wächter   Germany
4 1 Christos Volikakis   Greece 10.971 Q
4 2 Nikita Shurshin   Russia
5 1 Charlie Conord   France 10.628 Q
5 2 Lewis Oliva   Great Britain
6 1 Callum Skinner   Great Britain 10.852 Q
6 2 Adam Ptáčník   Czech Republic

1/8 Finals Repechage edit

The loser of the 1/8 Finals raced, winners advanced to the Quarterfinals. Races were held at 12:09.[5]

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 11.180 Q
1 2 Julien Palma   France
1 3 Adam Ptáčník   Czech Republic
2 1 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic 10.734 Q
2 2 Tobias Wächter   Germany
2 3 Lewis Oliva   Great Britain

Quarterfinals edit

The races were held at 12:42, 13:26 and 13:51.[6]

Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes
1 1 Max Niederlag   Germany 10.753 10.806 Q
1 2 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic
2 1 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 10.641 10.404 Q
2 2 Andriy Vynokurov   Ukraine 10.551
3 1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.342 10.575 Q
3 2 Callum Skinner   Great Britain
4 1 Christos Volikakis   Greece 10.716 10.698 Q
4 2 Charlie Conord   France

Race for 5th–8th Places edit

It was held at 20:56.[7]

Rank Name Nation Time
5 Andriy Vynokurov   Ukraine 10.790
6 Tomáš Bábek   Czech Republic
7 Charlie Conord   France
8 Callum Skinner   Great Britain

Semifinals edit

The races were held at 19:36 and 20:28.[8]

Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes
1 1 Max Niederlag   Germany 10.897 10.648 Q
1 2 Christos Volikakis   Greece
2 1 Denis Dmitriev   Russia 11.055 10.844 Q
2 2 Nikita Shurshin   Russia

Finals edit

The races were held at 21:12, 21:39 and 21:45.[9]

Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider
Gold Medal Races
  Denis Dmitriev   Russia 10.485 10.350
  Max Niederlag   Germany
Bronze Medal Races
  Christos Volikakis   Greece 10.727 10.704
4 Nikita Shurshin   Russia 10.760

References edit