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

The men's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

## Results
### Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.
| Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Netherlands Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland | 42.869 | | Q |
| 2 | France François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue | 43.389 | +0.520 | Q |
| 3 | Germany Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy Joachim Eilers | 43.452 | +0.583 | Q |
| 4 | Great Britain Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Joseph Truman | 43.553 | +0.684 | Q |
| 5 | New Zealand Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins | 43.736 | +0.867 | Q |
| 6 | Russia Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko | 43.905 | +1.036 | Q |
| 7 | Japan Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe | 44.240 | +1.371 | Q |
| 8 | Czech Republic Pavel Kelemen Martin Čechman Robin Wagner | 44.410 | +1.541 | Q |
| 9 | China Li Jianxin Luo Yongjia Bi Wenjun | 44.524 | +1.655 | |
| 10 | Spain Alejandro Martínez Juan Peralta José Moreno Sánchez | 44.665 | +1.796 | |
| 11 | Colombia Kevin Quintero Rubén Murillo Santiago Ramírez | 45.137 | +2.268 | |
| 12 | Belarus Yauhen Veramchuk Artsiom Zaitsau Uladzislau Novik | 45.227 | +2.358 | |
| 13 | Poland Rafał Sarnecki Mateusz Rudyk Krzysztof Maksel | REL 43.505 | | |
* $^A$ Poland were relegated "for incorrect change" (Art 3.2.153)

### First round

First round heats were held as follows: Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.
| Rank | Overall Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 4 vs 5 |||||||
| 1 | 2 | Jack Carlin Philip Hindes Jason Kenny | Great Britain | 43.434 | | QG |
| 2 | 6 | Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | 44.146 | +0.712 | |
| 3 vs 6 |||||||
| 1 | 3 | Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko | Russia | 43.557 | | QB |
| 2 | 5 | Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy Joachim Eilers | Germany | 43.594 | +0.037 | |
| 2 vs 7 |||||||
| 1 | 4 | François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Michaël D'Almeida | France | 43.737 | | QB |
| 2 | 8 | Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | REL | | |
| 1 vs 8 |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | 43.234 | | QG |
| 2 | 7 | Pavel Kelemen Martin Čechman Robin Wagner | Czech Republic | 44.559 | +1.325 | |
* QG = qualified for gold medal final
* QB = qualified for bronze medal final
* $^B$ Japan were relegated "for two false start[s]" (Art 3.2.155)

### Finals

The final was started at 20:36.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| Gold medal race ||||||
| | Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland | Netherlands | 42.727 | | CR |
| | Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Jason Kenny | Great Britain | 43.231 | +0.504 | |
| Bronze medal race ||||||
| | François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue | France | 43.373 | | |
| 4 | Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko | Russia | 43.584 | +0.211 | |