# 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint event of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 27 and 28 March 2008.

## Results
### Qualifying (200 m time trial)

| Rank | Name | Nation | 100m | Time | Speed (km/h) |
| 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | 4.959 (3) | 9.992 | 72.057 |
| 2 | Grégory Baugé | France | 4.914 (1) | 10.028 | 71.798 |
| 3 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 4.952 (2) | 10.029 | 71.791 |
| 4 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 4.983 (6) | 10.032 | 71.77 |
| 5 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | 4.974 (5) | 10.032 | 71.77 |
| 6 | François Pervis | France | 4.967 (4) | 10.035 | 71.748 |
| 7 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 4.996 (7) | 10.067 | 71.52 |
| 8 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | 5.021 (10) | 10.073 | 71.478 |
| 9 | Ryan Bayley | Australia | 5.001 (8) | 10.126 | 71.104 |
| 10 | Shane Perkins | Australia | 5.018 (9) | 10.15 | 70.935 |
| 11 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | 5.070 (14) | 10.16 | 70.866 |
| 12 | Ross Edgar | United Kingdom | 5.029 (12) | 10.178 | 70.74 |
| 13 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | 5.027 (11) | 10.187 | 70.678 |
| 14 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 5.045 (13) | 10.201 | 70.581 |
| 15 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | 5.085 (17) | 10.275 | 70.072 |
| 16 | Carsten Bergemann | Germany | 5.095 (19) | 10.276 | 70.066 |
| 17 | Sergey Ruban | Russia | 5.107 (20) | 10.287 | 69.991 |
| 18 | Kiyofumi Nagai | Japan | 5.116 (23) | 10.292 | 69.957 |
| 19 | Mark French | Australia | 5.083 (16) | 10.296 | 69.93 |
| 20 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 5.088 (18) | 10.31 | 69.835 |
| 21 | Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland | 5.121 (25) | 10.312 | 69.821 |
| 22 | Michael Blatchford | United States | 5.081 (15) | 10.313 | 69.814 |
| 23 | Filip Ptáčník | Czech Republic | 5.108 (21) | 10.316 | 69.794 |
| 24 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | | 10.34 | 69.632 |
| 25 | Josiah Ng Onn Lam | Malaysia | 5.138 (28) | 10.352 | 69.551 |
| 26 | Hodei Mazquiarán Uría | Spain | 5.115 (22) | 10.366 | 69.457 |
| 27 | Tim Veldt | Netherlands | 5.137 (27) | 10.373 | 69.41 |
| 28 | Daniel Ellis | Australia | 5.118 (24) | 10.377 | 69.384 |
| 29 | Sergey Borisov | Russia | 5.125 (26) | 10.379 | 69.37 |
| 30 | Adam Duvendeck | United States | 5.193 (34) | 10.419 | 69.104 |
| 31 | Ricardo Lynch | Jamaica | 5.145 (29) | 10.439 | 68.972 |
| 32 | Álvaro Alonso Rubio | Spain | 5.145 (29) | 10.456 | 68.859 |
| 33 | Wen Hao Li | China | 5.171 (33) | 10.46 | 68.833 |
| 34 | Travis Smith | Canada | 5.152 (31) | 10.475 | 68.735 |
| 35 | Giddeon Massie | United States | 5.152 (31) | 10.475 | 68.735 |
| 36 | Stefan Nimke | Germany | 5.241 (41) | 10.5 | 68.571 |
| 37 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 5.214 (36) | 10.512 | 68.493 |
| 38 | Qi Tang | China | 5.213 (35) | 10.539 | 68.317 |
| 39 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | 5.243 (42) | 10.592 | 67.975 |
| 40 | Vasileios Reppas | Greece | 5.228 (37) | 10.617 | 67.815 |
| 41 | Maciej Bielecki | Poland | 5.236 (38) | 10.638 | 67.681 |
| 42 | Tomáš Bábek | Czech Republic | 5.240 (40) | 10.647 | 67.624 |
| 43 | Salvador Meliá Mangriñan | Spain | 5.238 (39) | 10.684 | 67.39 |
| 44 | Athanasios Mantzouranis | Greece | 5.274 (43) | 10.736 | 67.064 |

### 1/16 finals

| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Speed (km/h) |
| 1 | 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | 10.549 | 68.252 |
| 1 | 2 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | | |
| 2 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 63.773 | 11.29 |
| 2 | 2 | Filip Ptáčník | Czech Republic | | |
| 3 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 68.123 | 10.569 |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Blatchford | United States | | |
| 4 | 1 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | 67.039 | 10.74 |
| 4 | 2 | Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland | | |
| 5 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 66.951 | 10.754 |
| 5 | 2 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | | |
| 6 | 1 | François Pervis | France | 66.085 | 10.895 |
| 6 | 2 | Mark French | Australia | | |
| 7 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 68.091 | 10.574 |
| 7 | 2 | Kiyofumi Nagai | Japan | | |
| 8 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | 65.813 | 10.94 |
| 8 | 2 | Sergey Ruban | Russia | | |
| 9 | 1 | Ryan Bayley | Australia | 67.873 | 10.608 |
| 9 | 2 | Carsten Bergemann | Germany | | |
| 10 | 1 | Shane Perkins | Australia | 66.852 | 10.77 |
| 10 | 2 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | | |
| 11 | 1 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 63.235 | 11.386 |
| 11 | 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | | |
| 12 | 1 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | 67.694 | 10.636 |
| 12 | 2 | Ross Edgar | United Kingdom | | |

### 1/8 finals

| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Speed (km/h) |
| 1 | 1 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | 10.572 | 68.104 |
| 1 | 2 | Kévin Sireau | France | | |
| 2 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 67.157 | 10.721 |
| 2 | 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | | |
| 3 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 68.827 | 10.461 |
| 3 | 2 | Shane Perkins | Australia | | |
| 4 | 1 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | 68.11 | 10.571 |
| 4 | 2 | Ryan Bayley | Australia | | |
| 5 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 65.921 | 10.922 |
| 5 | 2 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | |
| 6 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 66.852 | 10.77 |
| 6 | 2 | François Pervis | France | | |

### 1/8 finals repechage

| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Speed (km/h) |
| 1 | 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | 11.000 | 65.454 |
| 1 | 2 | François Pervis | France | | |
| 1 | 3 | Ryan Bayley | Australia | | |
| 2 | 1 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 10.682 | 67.403 |
| 2 | 2 | Shane Perkins | Australia | | |
| 2 | 3 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | |

### Quarter finals

| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run |
| 1 | 1 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | 10.619 | 10.613 | |
| 1 | 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | | | |
| 2 | 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | | 10.31 | 10.749 |
| 2 | 2 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.744 | | |
| 3 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.726 | 10.636 | |
| 3 | 2 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | | | |
| 4 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | | 10.563 | 10.424 |
| 4 | 2 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | 13.334 | | |

### Semi finals

| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | 1st run | 2nd run |
| 1 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.955 | 10.669 |
| 1 | 2 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | | |
| 2 | 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | 10.444 | 10.481 |
| 2 | 2 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | | |

### Finals

| Rank | Name | Nation | 1st run | 2nd run |
| Bronze medal race ||||||
| | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.545 | 10.636 |
| 4 | Roberto Chiappa | Italy | | |
| Gold medal race ||||||
| | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.432 | 10.497 |
| | Kévin Sireau | France | | |

#### Race for 5th–8th places

| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Speed (km/h) |
| 5 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.878 | 66.188 |
| 6 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | | |
| 7 | Grégory Baugé | France | | |
| 8 | Theo Bos | Netherlands | | |