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