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]

Medalists

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

Results

Qualifying

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heat	Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	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

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

[1] Start list

[2] Qualifying Results

[3] 1/16 Finals Results

[4] 1/8 Finals Results

[5] 1/8 Finals Repechage Results

[6] Quarterfinals Results

[7] Race for 5th–8th Places Results

[8] Semifinals Results

[9] Finals Results

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2012 UEC European Track Championships

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Team sprint	men	women
Keirin	men	women
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