# 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin

The Men's keirin event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 6 March 2016. Joachim Eilers of Germany won the gold medal.

## Results
### First round

The first round was held at 11:00.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | | Q |
| 2 | Im Chae-bin | South Korea | +0.062 | Q |
| 3 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | +0.063 | |
| 4 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | +0.115 | |
| 5 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela | +0.344 | |
| 6 | François Pervis | France | +1.745 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | | Q |
| 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.311 | Q |
| 3 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.378 | |
| 4 | Jacob Schmid | Australia | +0.383 | |
| 5 | Francesco Ceci | Italy | +0.565 | |
| 6 | Xu Chao | China | +2.061 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +0.109 | Q |
| 3 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.310 | |
| 4 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | +0.312 | |
| 5 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | DNF | |
| 6 | Matthew Baranoski | United States | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Sergiy Omelchenko | Azerbaijan | +0.252 | Q |
| 3 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.297 | |
| 4 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | +0.524 | |
| 5 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | +0.534 | |
| 6 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.833 | |
| 7 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | +1.220 | |

### First round repechage

The first round repechage was held at 12:00.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | | Q |
| 2 | Xu Chao | China | +0.068 | |
| 3 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | DNF | |
| | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | DSQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | François Pervis | France | | Q |
| 2 | Francesco Ceci | Italy | +0.076 | |
| 3 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | +0.197 | |
| 4 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.424 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | | Q |
| 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.073 | |
| 3 | Jacob Schmid | Australia | +0.389 | |
| 4 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela | +0.591 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | +0.072 | |
| 3 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.104 | |
| 4 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | +0.193 | |
| 5 | Matthew Baranoski | United States | +0.924 | |

### Second round

The second round was started at 14:16.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.007 | Q |
| 3 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +0.060 | Q |
| 4 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | +0.163 | |
| 5 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | +0.415 | |
| 6 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +1.180 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.162 | Q |
| 3 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.197 | Q |
| 4 | François Pervis | France | +0.306 | |
| 5 | Sergiy Omelchenko | Azerbaijan | +0.306 | |
| 6 | Im Chae-bin | South Korea | +0.306 | |

### Finals

The finals were started at 15:47.

#### Small final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| 7 | Sergiy Omelchenko | Azerbaijan | |
| 8 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | +0.010 |
| 9 | Im Chae-bin | South Korea | +0.090 |
| 10 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.136 |
| 11 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | +0.237 |
| 12 | François Pervis | France | +2.983 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| | Joachim Eilers | Germany | |
| | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.002 |
| | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.068 |
| 4 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.266 |
| 5 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.565 |
| 6 | Jason Kenny | Great Britain | +2.750 |