# UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin is the world championship Keirin event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was first held at the 1980 championships in Besançon, France. As of 2022, Chris Hoy from Great Britain has the most titles with four, as well as being the only man to win the World and Olympic titles in the same year, which he achieved twice, in 2008 and 2012.

## Medalists

| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
| 1980 Besançon details | Danny Clark (AUS) | Daniel Morelon (FRA) | Niels Fredborg (DEN) |
| 1981 Brno details | Danny Clark (AUS) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) | Chiyoshi Kubo (久保千代志) (JPN) |
| 1982 Leicester details | Gordon Singleton (CAN) | Danny Clark (AUS) | Toru Kitamura (北村徹) (JPN) |
| 1983 Zürich details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Danny Clark (AUS) | Gibby Hatton (USA) |
| 1984 Barcelona details | Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) | Ottavio Dazzan (ITA) | Urs Freuler (SUI) |
| 1985 Bassano del Grappa details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Ottavio Dazzan (ITA) | Masamitsu Takizawa (滝澤正光) (JPN) Dieter Giebken (FRG) |
| 1986 Colorado Springs details | Michel Vaarten (BEL) | Dieter Giebken (FRG) | Urs Freuler (SUI) |
| 1987 Vienna details | Harumi Honda (JPN) | Claudio Golinelli (ITA) | Shigenori Inoue (井上茂徳) (JPN) |
| 1988 Ghent details | Claudio Golinelli (ITA) | Ottavio Dazzan (ITA) | Michel Vaarten (BEL) |
| 1989 Lyon details | Claudio Golinelli (ITA) | Patrick Da Rocha (FRA) | Sako Masatoshi (佐古雅俊) (JPN) |
| 1990 Maebashi details | Michael Hübner (GDR) | Michel Vaarten (BEL) | Claudio Golinelli (ITA) |
| 1991 Stuttgart details | Michael Hübner (GER) | Claudio Golinelli (ITA) | Fabrice Colas (FRA) |
| 1992 Valencia details | Michael Hübner (GER) | Stephen Pate (AUS) | Frédéric Magné (FRA) |
| 1993 Hamar details | Gary Neiwand (AUS) | Marty Nothstein (USA) | Toshimasa Yoshioka (吉岡稔真) (JPN) |
| 1994 Palermo details | Marty Nothstein (USA) | Michael Hübner (GER) | Federico Paris (ITA) |
| 1995 Bogotá details | Frédéric Magné (FRA) | Michael Hübner (GER) | Federico Paris (ITA) |
| 1996 Manchester details | Marty Nothstein (USA) | Gary Neiwand (AUS) | Frédéric Magné (FRA) |
| 1997 Perth details | Frédéric Magné (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) | Marty Nothstein (USA) |
| 1998 Bordeaux details | Jens Fiedler (GER) | Ainārs Ķiksis (LAT) | Laurent Gané (FRA) |
| 1999 Berlin details | Jens Fiedler (GER) | Anthony Peden (NZL) | Frédéric Magné (FRA) |
| 2000 Manchester details | Frédéric Magné (FRA) | Jens Fiedler (GER) | Pavel Buráň (CZE) |
| 2001 Antwerp details | Ryan Bayley (AUS) | Laurent Gané (FRA) | Jens Fiedler (GER) |
| 2002 Ballerup details | Jobie Dajka (AUS) | José Antonio Villanueva (ESP) | René Wolff (GER) |
| 2003 Stuttgart details | Laurent Gané (FRA) | Jobie Dajka (AUS) | Barry Forde (BAR) |
| 2004 Melbourne details | Jamie Staff (GBR) | José Antonio Escuredo (ESP) | Ivan Vrba (CZE) |
| 2005 Los Angeles details | Teun Mulder (NED) | Barry Forde (BAR) | Shane John Kelly (AUS) |
| 2006 Bordeaux details | Theo Bos (NED) | José Antonio Escuredo (ESP) | Arnaud Tournant (FRA) |
| 2007 Palma de Mallorca details | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Theo Bos (NED) | Ross Edgar (GBR) |
| 2008 Manchester details | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Teun Mulder (NED) | Christos Volikakis (GRE) |
| 2009 Pruszków details | Maximilian Levy (GER) | François Pervis (FRA) | Teun Mulder (NED) |
| 2010 Ballerup details | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) | Maximilian Levy (GER) |
| 2011 Apeldoorn details | Shane Perkins (AUS) | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Teun Mulder (NED) |
| 2012 Melbourne details | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Maximilian Levy (GER) | Jason Kenny (GBR) |
| 2013 Minsk details | Jason Kenny (GBR) | Maximilian Levy (GER) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) |
| 2014 Cali details | François Pervis (FRA) | Fabián Puerta (COL) | Matthijs Büchli (NED) |
| 2015 Yvelines details | François Pervis (FRA) | Eddie Dawkins (NZL) | Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) |
| 2016 London details | Joachim Eilers (GER) | Eddie Dawkins (NZL) | Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) |
| 2017 Hong Kong details | Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) | Fabián Puerta (COL) | Tomáš Bábek (CZE) |
| 2018 Apeldoorn details | Fabián Puerta (COL) | Tomoyuki Kawabata (JPN) | Maximilian Levy (GER) |
| 2019 Pruszków details | Matthijs Büchli (NED) | Yudai Nitta (JPN) | Stefan Bötticher (GER) |
| 2020 Berlin details | Harrie Lavreysen (NED) | Yuta Wakimoto (JPN) | Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) |
| 2021 Roubaix details | Harrie Lavreysen (NED) | Jeffrey Hoogland (NED) | Mikhail Iakovlev (RCF) |
| 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines details | Harrie Lavreysen (NED) | Jeffrey Hoogland (NED) | Kevin Quintero (COL) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Kevin Quintero (COL) | Matthew Richardson (AUS) | Shinji Nakano (JPN) |
| 2024 Ballerup details | Kento Yamasaki (JPN) | Mikhail Iakovlev (ISR) | Kevin Quintero (COL) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Germany | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | France | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | Colombia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Barbados | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Russian Cycling Federation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 45 | 45 | 46 | 136 |