# 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin

The Men's keirin at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 27. 21 cyclists participated in the contest. After the four qualifying heats, the fastest rider in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that had not advanced to the second round, raced in four repechage heats. The first two riders in each heat advanced to the second round along with the four that qualified before.
The first three riders from each of the two Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.

## Medalists

| Gold | François Pervis (FRA) |
| Silver | Fabián Puerta (COL) |
| Bronze | Matthijs Büchli (NED) |

## Results
### First round

The first round was started at 13:10.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | +0.012 | |
| 3 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | +0.919 | |
| 4 | Valentin Savitskiy | Russia | +2.633 | |
| | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | | DNF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | | Q |
| 2 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.269 | |
| 3 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.375 | |
| 4 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | +0.616 | |
| | Edward Dawkins | New Zealand | | REL |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand | | Q |
| 2 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | +0.095 | |
| 3 | Tobias Wächter | Germany | +0.200 | |
| 4 | Kian Emadi | Great Britain | +0.216 | |
| 5 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.223 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | François Pervis | France | | Q |
| 2 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | +0.050 | |
| 3 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | +0.237 | |
| 4 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | +0.569 | |
| 5 | Sergio Aliaga | Spain | +1.225 | |
| 6 | Shane Perkins | Australia | +1.547 | |

### First round repechage

The first round repechage was started at 14:40.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | | Q |
| 2 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | +0.028 | Q |
| 3 | Kian Emadi | Great Britain | +0.786 | |
| 4 | Edward Dawkins | New Zealand | +7.131 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | | Q |
| 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.014 | Q |
| 3 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.112 | |
| 4 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | +0.242 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | +0.050 | Q |
| 3 | Valentin Savitskiy | Russia | +0.082 | |
| 4 | Sergio Aliaga | Spain | +0.419 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Shane Perkins | Australia | +0.011 | Q |
| 3 | Tobias Wächter | Germany | +0.097 | |
| 4 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | +0.773 | |
| 5 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +1.234 | |

### Second round

The second round was started at 20:00.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | François Pervis | France | | Q |
| 2 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 3 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +0.089 | Q |
| 4 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | +0.129 | |
| 5 | Shane Perkins | Australia | +0.233 | |
| 6 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | +0.233 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| 1 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | |
| 2 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.051 |
| 3 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | +0.164 |
| 4 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | DNF |
| 5 | Simon van Velthooven | New Zealand | DSQ |
| 6 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | DSQ |

### Finals

The finals were started at 20:45.

#### Small final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| 7 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | |
| 8 | Shane Perkins | Australia | +0.011 |
| 9 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | +0.104 |
| 10 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | DNS |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| | François Pervis | France | |
| | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.038 |
| | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | +0.086 |
| 4 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | +0.137 |
| 5 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +1.560 |
| 6 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | DNF |