Battle of Honey Springs

The men's Keirin at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 7 August.[1]

Chris Hoy from Great Britain won the gold medal.

Competition format

The Keirin races involve 6.5 laps of the track behind a pace-setter, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists. The final round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

Date Time Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012 10:00 & 16:35 Round 1, repechage, round 2 and final

Results

First round

Heat 1

Rank Rider Country
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain
2 Simon van Velthooven  New Zealand
3 Juan Peralta  Spain
4 Sergey Borisov  Russia
5 Njisane Phillip  Trinidad and Tobago
6 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan

Heat 2

Rank Rider Country
1 Maximilian Levy  Germany
2 Teun Mulder  Netherlands
3 Hersony Canelón  Venezuela
4 Kamil Kuczyński  Poland
5 Shane Perkins  Australia
6 Zhang Miao  China

Heat 3

Rank Rider Country
1 Mickaël Bourgain  France
2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia
3 Fabián Puerta  Colombia
4 Joseph Veloce  Canada
5 Denis Špička  Czech Republic
6 Christos Volikakis  Greece

Repechages

Heat 1

Rank Rider Country
1 Christos Volikakis  Greece
2 Juan Peralta  Spain
3 Njisane Phillip  Trinidad and Tobago
4 Joseph Veloce  Canada
5 Sergey Borisov  Russia
6 Zhang Miao  China

Heat 2

Rank Rider Country
1 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan
2 Hersony Canelón  Venezuela
3 Shane Perkins  Australia
4 Kamil Kuczyński  Poland
5 Fabián Puerta  Colombia
6 Denis Špička  Czech Republic

Second round

Heat 1

Rank Rider Country
1 Chris Hoy  Great Britain
2 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia
3 Teun Mulder  Netherlands
4 Njisane Phillip  Trinidad and Tobago
5 Juan Peralta  Spain
6 Christos Volikakis  Greece

Heat 2

Rank Rider Country
1 Maximilian Levy  Germany
2 Simon van Velthooven  New Zealand
3 Shane Perkins  Australia
4 Mickaël Bourgain  France
5 Hersony Canelón  Venezuela
6 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan

Finals

1st to 6th

Rank Rider Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hoy  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maximilian Levy  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Simon van Velthooven  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teun Mulder  Netherlands
5 Shane Perkins  Australia
6 Azizulhasni Awang  Malaysia

7th to 12th

Rank Rider Country
7 Njisane Phillip  Trinidad and Tobago
8 Mickaël Bourgain  France
9 Christos Volikakis  Greece
10 Juan Peralta  Spain
11 Kazunari Watanabe  Japan
12 Hersony Canelón  Venezuela

References

  1. ^ "Track Cycling – News, Athletes, Highlights & More". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Keirin men Results - Olympic cycling-track". Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.