| Race format | ||||||
| Gate | A (inside) |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F (outside) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat No | Riders starting No | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 3 |