# 2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint

The men's sprint competition at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 and 6 August 2018.

## Results
### Qualifying

The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 finals.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | 9.722 | | Q |
| 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 9.727 | +0.005 | Q |
| 3 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 9.770 | +0.048 | Q |
| 4 | Sebastien Vigier | France | 9.783 | +0.061 | Q |
| 5 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | 9.789 | +0.067 | q |
| 6 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 9.863 | +0.141 | q |
| 7 | Philip Hindes | Great Britain | 9.875 | +0.153 | q |
| 8 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | 9.880 | +0.158 | q |
| 9 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | 9.905 | +0.183 | q |
| 10 | Grégory Baugé | France | 9.909 | +0.187 | q |
| 11 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | 9.979 | +0.257 | q |
| 12 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 9.982 | +0.260 | q |
| 13 | Maximilian Dörnbach | Germany | 10.004 | +0.282 | q |
| 14 | Mateusz Lipa | Poland | 10.014 | +0.292 | q |
| 15 | Martin Čechman | Czech Republic | 10.019 | +0.297 | q |
| 16 | Sandor Szalontay | Hungary | 10.037 | +0.315 | q |
| 17 | Jose Moreno | Spain | 10.131 | +0.409 | q |
| 18 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | 10.147 | +0.425 | q |
| 19 | Juan Peralta | Spain | 10.148 | +0.426 | q |
| 20 | Ayrton De Pauw | Belgium | 10.272 | +0.550 | q |
| 21 | Svajūnas Jonauskas | Lithuania | 10.378 | +0.656 | q |
| 22 | Luca Ceci | Italy | 10.418 | +0.696 | q |
| 23 | Davide Ceci | Italy | 10.432 | +0.710 | q |
| 24 | Artsiom Zaitsau | Belarus | 10.489 | +0.767 | q |
| 25 | Norbert Szabo | Romania | 10.624 | +0.902 | q |
| 26 | Yauhen Veramchuk | Belarus | 10.678 | +0.956 | q |
| 27 | Maksym Lopatiuk | Georgia | 10.772 | +1.050 | q |
| 28 | Sergii Omelchenko | Azerbaijan | 10.886 | +1.164 | q |
| 29 | David Askurava | Georgia | 11.082 | +1.360 | |

### 1/16 finals

Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | 10.605 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Sergii Omelchenko | Azerbaijan | | |
| 2 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 11.315 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maksym Lopatiuk | Georgia | | |
| 3 | 1 | Philip Hindes | Great Britain | 10.610 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yauhen Veramchuk | Belarus | | |
| 4 | 1 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | 10.870 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Norbert Szabo | Romania | | |
| 5 | 1 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | 10.549 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Artsiom Zaitsau | Belarus | | |
| 6 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.696 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Davide Ceci | Italy | | |
| 7 | 1 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | 10.752 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Luca Ceci | Italy | | |
| 8 | 1 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 10.364 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Svajūnas Jonauskas | Lithuania | | |
| 9 | 1 | Maximilian Dörnbach | Germany | 10.347 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Ayrton De Pauw | Belgium | | |
| 10 | 1 | Mateusz Lipa | Poland | 10.327 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Juan Peralta | Spain | | |
| 11 | 1 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | 10.294 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Martin Čechman | Czech Republic | | |
| 12 | 1 | Sandor Szalontay | Hungary | 10.641 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Jose Moreno | Spain | | |

### 1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | 10.855 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Sandor Szalontay | Hungary | | |
| 2 | 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 9.907 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rafał Sarnecki | Poland | | |
| 3 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 10.102 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mateusz Lipa | Poland | | |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastien Vigier | France | 10.357 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Maximilian Dörnbach | Germany | | |
| 5 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | 10.184 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | | |
| 6 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 10.379 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | | |
| 7 | 1 | Philip Hindes | Great Britain | 10.299 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Grégory Baugé | France | | |
| 8 | 1 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | 10.639 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | | |

### Quarterfinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | 10.209 | 10.236 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | | | |
| 2 | 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 10.104 | 10.075 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Philip Hindes | Great Britain | | | |
| 3 | 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 10.146 | 10.467 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | | | |
| 4 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | 10.398 | 10.298 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sebastien Vigier | France | | | |

### Semifinals

Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | 10.346 | REL | 10.173 | QG |
| 1 | 2 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | REL | 10.523 | | QB |
| 2 | 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | | 10.331 | 9.902 | QG |
| 2 | 2 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 10.067 | | | QB |

### Finals

| Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) |
| Gold medal final ||||||
| | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 9.952 | 10.113 | |
| | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | | | |
| Bronze medal final ||||||
| | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 10.424 | | 10.081 |
| 4 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | | 10.271 | |