The Men's keirin at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 22. 28 athletes participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest two riders in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round, raced in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.[1]
Medalists
| Gold |  Jason Kenny (GBR)
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| Silver |  Maximilian Levy (GER)
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| Bronze |  Matthijs Büchli (NED)
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Results
First round
The heats were held at 13:30.[2]
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany |
Q | |
| 2 | Josiah Ng |  Malaysia |
+0.045 | Q |
| 3 | Edward Dawkins |  New Zealand |
+0.174 | |
| 4 | Quentin Lafargue |  France |
+0.242 | |
| 5 | Denis Dmitriev |  Russia |
+0.396 | |
| 6 | Edgar Verdugo |  Mexico |
+0.541 | |
| 7 | Francesco Ceci |  Italy |
+0.628 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Wachter | Germany |
Q | |
| 2 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands |
+0.080 | Q |
| 3 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain |
+0.296 | |
| 4 | Yudai Nitta |  Japan |
+0.316 | |
| 5 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain |
+0.447 | |
| 6 | Matthew Glaetzer |  Australia |
+0.558 | |
| 7 | Christos Volikakis |  Greece |
+0.688 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | François Pervis | France |
Q | |
| 2 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany |
+0.018 | Q |
| 3 | Andrew Taylor | Australia |
+0.134 | |
| 4 | Pavel Kelemen |  Czech Republic |
+0.223 | |
| 5 | Valentin Savitskiy | Russia |
+0.418 | |
| 6 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan |
+0.491 | |
| 7 | Hodei Mazquiarán |  Spain |
+1.600 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand |
Q | |
| 2 | Scott Sunderland | Australia |
+0.347 | Q |
| 3 | Fabián Puerta |  Colombia |
+0.543 | |
| 4 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic |
+0.604 | |
| 5 | Juan Peralta | Spain |
+0.675 | |
| 6 | Kamil Kuczyński |  Poland |
+0.917 | |
| 7 | Hugo Haak | Netherlands |
+0.990 |
First Round Repechage
The heats were held at 14:55.[3]
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia |
Q | |
| 2 | Valentin Savitskiy | Russia |
+0.103 | |
| 3 | Edward Dawkins | New Zealand |
+0.187 | |
| 4 | Francesco Ceci | Italy |
+0.205 | |
| 5 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic |
+0.250 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain |
Q | |
| 2 | Hugo Haak | Netherlands |
+0.120 | |
| 3 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain |
+0.130 | |
| 4 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico |
+0.158 | |
| 5 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic |
+0.207 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Taylor | Australia |
Q | |
| 2 | Hodei Uria | Spain |
+0.332 | |
| 3 | Kamil Kuczyński | Poland |
+0.433 | |
| 4 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia |
+0.547 | |
| 5 | Yudai Nitta | Japan |
REL |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christos Volikakis | Greece |
Q | |
| 2 | Quentin Lafargue | France |
+0.113 | |
| 3 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia |
+0.248 | |
| 4 | Juan Peralta | Spain |
+0.250 | |
| 5 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan |
+0.767 |
Second round
The heats were held at 19:50.[4]
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany |
Q | |
| 2 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands |
+0.102 | Q |
| 3 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany |
+0.187 | Q |
| 4 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand |
+0.216 | |
| 5 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia |
+0.283 | |
| 6 | Christos Volikakis | Greece |
REL |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Taylor | Australia |
Q | |
| 2 | Scott Sunderland | Australia |
+0.081 | Q |
| 3 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain |
+0.100 | Q |
| 4 | Tobias Wachter | Germany |
+0.247 | |
| 5 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
+0.474 | |
| 6 | François Pervis | France |
REL |
Finals
The finals were held at 21:15.[5]
Small Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | François Pervis | France |
||
| 8 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia |
+0.056 | |
| 9 | Christos Volikakis | Greece |
+0.070 | |
| 10 | Tobias Wachter | Germany |
+0.086 | |
| 11 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
+0.173 | |
| 12 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand |
REL |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Jason Kenny | Great Britain |
||
 |
Maximilian Levy | Germany |
+0.047 | |
 |
Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands |
+0.224 | |
| 4 | Andrew Taylor | Australia |
+0.307 | |
| 5 | Scott Sunderland | Australia |
+0.701 | |
| 6 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany |
+0.802 |
