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

The men's keirin competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 1 March 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

## Results
### First round

The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.078 | |
| 3 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | +0.253 | |
| 4 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.319 | |
| 5 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +3.340 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Truman | Great Britain | | |
| 3 | Yudai Nitta | Japan | +0.448 | |
| 4 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | +0.515 | |
| 5 | Jean Spies | South Africa | +0.569 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | | Q |
| 2 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | +0.027 | |
| 3 | Maximilian Dornbach | Germany | +0.140 | |
| 4 | Juan Peralta | Spain | +0.328 | |
| 5 | Kang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei | +0.666 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | | Q |
| 2 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | +0.160 | |
| 3 | Santiago Ramírez | Colombia | +0.406 | |
| 4 | Patryk Rajkowski | Poland | +0.426 | |
| 5 | François Pervis | France | +2.127 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | | Q |
| 2 | Muhammad Sahrom | Malaysia | +0.125 | |
| 3 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.664 | |
| 4 | David Sojka | Czech Republic | +0.792 | |
| 5 | Quentin Lafargue | France | +0.894 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | | Q |
| 2 | Jordan Castle | New Zealand | +0.081 | |
| 3 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.526 | |
| 4 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | +1.470 | |

### First round repechage

The winner of each heat qualified to the second round.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | | Q |
| 2 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | +0.035 | |
| 3 | François Pervis | France | +0.103 | |
| 4 | David Sojka | Czech Republic | +0.913 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | | Q |
| 2 | Patryk Rajkowski | Poland | +0.100 | |
| 3 | Joseph Truman | Great Britain | +0.132 | |
| 4 | Kang Shih-feng | Chinese Taipei | +4.219 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Juan Peralta | Spain | | Q |
| 2 | Pavel Kelemen | Czech Republic | +0.034 | |
| 3 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | +18.502 | |
| 4 | Santiago Ramírez | Colombia | +0.111 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | | Q |
| 2 | Eddie Dawkins | New Zealand | | |
| 3 | Maximilian Dornbach | Germany | +0.169 | |
| 4 | Jean Spies | South Africa | +1.987 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | | Q |
| 2 | Vasilijus Lendel | Lithuania | +0.124 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Sahrom | Malaysia | | |
| 4 | Quentin Lafargue | France | +0.441 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | | Q |
| 2 | Jordan Castle | New Zealand | +0.344 | |
| 3 | Yudai Nitta | Japan | +0.459 | |

### Second round

The first three riders in each heat qualify to final 1–6, all other riders advance to final 7–12.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | | Q |
| 2 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.068 | Q |
| 3 | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | +0.094 | Q |
| 4 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | +0.144 | |
| 5 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.245 | |
| 6 | Juan Peralta | Spain | +0.400 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap | Notes |
| 1 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | | Q |
| 2 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | +0.197 | Q |
| 3 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | +0.214 | Q |
| 4 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.249 | |
| 5 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.671 | |
| 6 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | +1.367 | |

### Finals

The finals were started at 20:39.

#### Small final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| 7 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | |
| 8 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | +0.101 |
| 9 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | +0.143 |
| 10 | Hugo Barrette | Canada | +0.144 |
| 11 | Juan Peralta | Spain | +0.233 |
| 12 | Joachim Eilers | Germany | +1.219 |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Gap |
| | Fabián Puerta | Colombia | |
| | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | +0.043 |
| | Maximilian Levy | Germany | +0.101 |
| 4 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | +0.161 |
| 5 | Jack Carlin | Great Britain | +0.200 |
| 6 | Harrie Lavreysen | Netherlands | +0.827 |