# 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 and 3 March 2018.

## Results
### Qualifying

The top four riders advanced directly to the 1/8 finals; places 5 to 28 advanced to the 1/16 final.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 9.674 | | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | 9.677 | +0.003 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastien Vigier | France | 9.701 | +0.027 | Q |
| 4 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | 9.709 | +0.035 | Q |
| 5 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | 9.715 | +0.041 | q |
| 6 | Mateusz Rudyk | Poland | 9.728 | +0.068 | q |
| 7 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 9.754 | +0.080 | q |
| 8 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | 9.759 | +0.085 | q |
| 9 | Melvin Landerneau | France | 9.787 | +0.113 | q |
| 10 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | 9.788 | +0.114 | q |
| 11 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | 9.805 | +0.131 | q |
| 12 | Stefan Ritter | Canada | 9.828 | +0.154 | q |
| 13 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | 9.843 | +0.169 | q |
| 14 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | 9.852 | +0.178 | q |
| 15 | Rayan Helal | France | 9.878 | +0.204 | q |
| 16 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | 9.920 | +0.246 | q |
| 17 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | 9.923 | +0.249 | q |
| 18 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | 9.934 | +0.260 | q |
| 19 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | 9.944 | +0.270 | q |
| 20 | Martin Čechman | Czech Republic | 9.959 | +0.285 | q |
| 21 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | 9.962 | +0.288 | q |
| 22 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | 9.968 | +0.294 | q |
| 23 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | 9.969 | +0.295 | q |
| 24 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | 10.002 | +0.328 | q |
| 25 | Im Chae-bin | South Korea | 10.030 | +0.356 | q |
| 26 | Eric Engler | Germany | 10.056 | +0.382 | q |
| 27 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | 10.070 | +0.396 | q |
| 28 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | 10.072 | +0.398 | q |
| 29 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | 10.103 | +0.429 | |
| 30 | Juan Peralta | Spain | 10.112 | +0.438 | |
| 31 | Jair Tjon En Fa | Suriname | 10.137 | +0.463 | |
| 32 | David Sojka | Czech Republic | 10.203 | +0.529 | |
| 33 | Svajūnas Jonauskas | Lithuania | 10.243 | +0.569 | |
| 34 | Muhammad Sahrom | Malaysia | 10.293 | +0.619 | |
| 35 | Sotirios Bretas | Greece | 10.498 | +0.824 | |

### 1/16 finals

Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.052 | |
| 2 | 1 | Mateusz Rudyk | Poland | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Nikita Shurshin | Russia | +0.039 | |
| 3 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eric Engler | Germany | +0.290 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Im Chae-bin | South Korea | +0.071 | |
| 5 | 1 | Melvin Landerneau | France | | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +0.049 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | +0.131 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | +0.057 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stefan Ritter | Canada | +0.083 | |
| 9 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Martin Čechman | Czech Republic | +0.037 | |
| 10 | 1 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | REL | |
| 11 | 1 | Rayan Helal | France | | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.299 | |
| 12 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | +0.055 | |

### 1/8 finals

Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | +0.019 | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rayan Helal | France | +0.268 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastien Vigier | France | | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | +0.146 | |
| 4 | 1 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | +0.022 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.052 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mateusz Rudyk | Poland | | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ethan Mitchell | New Zealand | +0.214 | |
| 7 | 1 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | +0.297 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Melvin Landerneau | France | +0.033 | |

### Quarterfinals

Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | X | X | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Ryan Owens | Great Britain | +0.059 | +0.133 | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | X | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | +0.192 | +0.092 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastien Vigier | France | X | X | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mateusz Rudyk | Poland | +0.102 | +0.024 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | X | X | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.001 | +0.561 | |

### Semifinals

Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the final.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | X | X | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.053 | +0.118 | |
| 2 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | X | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sebastien Vigier | France | +0.252 | +0.144 | |

### Finals

The final classification were determined in the medal finals.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| Gold medal race ||||||
| | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | X | X |
| | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | +0.045 | +0.098 |
| Bronze medal race ||||||
| | Sebastien Vigier | France | X | X |
| 4 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.023 | +0.090 |