# Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's sprint

The men's sprint competition of the cycling events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held from October 25 to 26 at the Velodrome in Santiago, Chile.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Nicholas Paul (TTO) | 9.100 | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 4 September 2019 |
| Games record | Nicholas Paul (TTO) | 9.808 | Lima, Peru | 2 August 2019 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| October 25, 2023 | 10:05 | Qualification |
| October 25, 2023 | 10:42 | Eighth-finals |
| October 25, 2023 | 11:00 | Repechage |
| October 25, 2023 | 18:05 | Quarterfinals |
| October 25, 2023 | 19:29 | Race For 5th-8th Places |
| October 26, 2023 | 11:11 | Semifinals |
| October 26, 2023 | 19:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Qualification

Fastest 12 riders continue to the eighth-finals.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nicholas Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.574 | Q, GR |
| 2 | Nick Wammes | Canada | 9.689 | Q |
| 3 | Jaïr Tjon En Fa | Suriname | 9.703 | Q |
| 4 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | 9.806 | Q |
| 5 | Kevin Quintero | Colombia | 9.814 | Q |
| 6 | Cristian Ortega | Colombia | 9.836 | Q |
| 7 | Tyler Rorke | Canada | 9.909 | Q |
| 8 | Lucas Vilar | Argentina | 9.958 | Q |
| 9 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico | 9.981 | Q |
| 10 | João Vitor da Silva | Brazil | 10.019 | Q |
| 11 | Kwesi Browne | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.073 | Q |
| 12 | Juan Carlos Ruíz | Mexico | 10.108 | Q |
| 13 | Juan Bautista | Argentina | 10.134 | |
| 14 | Jamie Alvord | United States | 10.147 | |
| 15 | Luis Yáñez | Venezuela | 10.154 | |
| 16 | Evan Boone | United States | 10.308 | |
| 17 | Joaquín Fuenzalida | Chile | 10.432 | |
| 18 | Diego Fuenzalida | Chile | 10.625 | |
| 19 | Alexis Domínguez | Paraguay | 10.638 | |

### Eighth-finals

The winners of each advance to the quarterfinals, while the losers advance to the repechage.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nicholas Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Juan Carlos Ruíz | Mexico | |
| 2 | 1 | Nick Wammes | Canada | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kwesi Browne | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | 1 | Jaïr Tjon En Fa | Suriname | Q |
| 3 | 2 | João Vitor da Silva | Brazil | |
| 4 | 1 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico | |
| 5 | 1 | Kevin Quintero | Colombia | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Lucas Vilar | Argentina | |
| 6 | 1 | Tyler Rorke | Canada | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Cristian Ortega | Colombia | |

### Repechage

The winner of each advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Juan Carlos Ruíz | Mexico | |
| 1 | 3 | Lucas Vilar | Argentina | |
| 2 | 1 | Cristian Ortega | Colombia | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kwesi Browne | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | 3 | João Vitor da Silva | Brazil | |

### Quarterfinals

The winner of each advanced to the semifinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nicholas Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Cristian Ortega | Colombia | |
| 2 | 1 | Nick Wammes | Canada | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico | |
| 3 | 1 | Jaïr Tjon En Fa | Suriname | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tyler Rorke | Canada | |
| 4 | 1 | Kevin Quintero | Colombia | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | |

### Race for 5th–8th Places

| Rank | Name | Nation |
| 5 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia |
| 6 | Cristian Ortega | Colombia |
| 7 | Tyler Rorke | Canada |
| 8 | Edgar Verdugo | Mexico |

### Semifinals

The winner of each advanced to the final.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decide | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nicholas Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.768 | 9.760 | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Kevin Quintero | Colombia | | | | |
| 2 | 1 | Jaïr Tjon En Fa | Suriname | | 10.103 | 10.478 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Nick Wammes | Canada | 10.161 | | | |

### Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| Gold medal final |||||
| | Nicholas Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.978 | 10.205 |
| | Jaïr Tjon En Fa | Suriname | | |
| Bronze medal final |||||
| | Kevin Quintero | Colombia | 10.161 | 10.109 |
| 4 | Nick Wammes | Canada | | |