The men's sprint at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 6–7 April. 53 cyclists participated in the contest.

Results

Qualifying The qualifying was held at 13:00.

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Grégory Baugé 9.854 Q 2 Robert Förstemann 9.873 Q 3 Kévin Sireau 9.893 Q 4 Chris Hoy 9.902 Q 5 Matthew Glaetzer 9.902 Q 6 Jason Kenny 9.953 Q 7 Edward Dawkins 9.963 Q 8 Shane Perkins 9.965 Q 9 Mickaël Bourgain 9.966 Q 10 Stefan Bötticher 9.983 Q 11 Seiichiro Nakagawa 10.003 Q 12 Matthew Archilbald 10.034 Q 13 Scott Sunderland 10.040 Q 14 Zhang Miao 10.061 Q 15 Hersony Canelón 10.077 Q 16 René Enders 10.077 Q 17 Juan Peralta Gascon 10.101 Q 18 Michael Blatchford 10.118 Q 19 Sam Webster 10.122 Q 20 Kazunari Watanabe 10.159 Q 21 Ethan Mitchell 10.163 Q 22 Hodei Mazquiarán 10.163 Q 23 Matthew Crampton 10.167 Q 24 Charlie Conord 10.169 Q 25 Nikita Shurshin 10.178 26 Damian Zieliński 10.192 27 Azizulhasni Awang 10.193 28 Kazuki Amagai 10.196 29 Roy van den Berg 10.203 30 Denis Dmitriev 10.209 31 Yudai Nitta 10.214 32 Bernard Esterhuizen 10.234 33 Zhang Lei 10.239 34 Joseph Veloce 10.281 35 Kevin Mansker 10.300 36 Denis Špička 10.310 37 Sergey Borisov 10.311 38 Fabián Puerta 10.334 39 Matthijs Büchli 10.342 40 Christos Volikakis 10.354 41 Travis Smith 10.354 42 Adam Ptáčník 10.383 43 Andriy Vynokurov 10.400 44 Jonathan Marín 10.416 45 Muhammad Md Yunos 10.439 46 Philip Hindes 10.498 47 Alexander Quincy 10.590 48 Zafeiris Volikakis 10.668 49 César Marcano 10.668 50 Filip Ditzel 10.673 51 Francesco Ceci 10.775 52 Omar Bertazzo 11.384 53 Bobby Lea 11.496

Finals

1/16 finals The 1/16 finals were held at 14:25.

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Grégory Baugé 10.876 Q 1 2 Charlie Conord 2 1 Robert Förstemann 11.008 Q 2 2 Matthew Crampton 3 1 Kévin Sireau 10.560 Q 3 2 Hodei Mazquiarán 4 1 Chris Hoy 11.054 Q 4 2 Ethan Mitchell 5 1 Matthew Glaetzer 10.404 Q 5 2 Kazunari Watanabe 6 1 Jason Kenny 10.406 Q 6 2 Sam Webster 7 1 Edward Dawkins 10.632 Q 7 2 Michael Blatchford 8 1 Shane Perkins 10.311 Q 8 2 Juan Peralta Gascon 9 1 Mickaël Bourgain 11.854 Q 9 2 René Enders 10 1 Stefan Bötticher 10.492 Q 10 2 Hersony Canelón 11 1 Seiichiro Nakagawa 10.660 Q 11 2 Zhang Miao 12 1 Scott Sunderland 10.501 Q 12 2 Matthew Archilbald

1/8 finals The 1/8 finals were held at 16:15.

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Grégory Baugé 10.346 Q 1 2 Scott Sunderland 2 1 Robert Förstemann 10.704 Q 2 2 Seiichiro Nakagawa 3 1 Kévin Sireau 10.423 Q 3 2 Stefan Bötticher 4 1 Mickaël Bourgain 10.293 Q 4 2 Chris Hoy 5 1 Shane Perkins 10.357 Q 5 2 Matthew Glaetzer 6 1 Jason Kenny 10.548 Q 6 2 Edward Dawkins

Repechage The 1/8 finals repechages were held at 17:10.

Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Chris Hoy 10.579 Q 1 2 Scott Sunderland 1 3 Edward Dawkins 2 1 Stefan Bötticher 10.694 Q 2 2 Matthew Glaetzer REL 2 3 Seiichiro Nakagawa DNF

Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were held at 19:10, 20:20 and 21:25.

Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes 1 1 Grégory Baugé 10.561 10.460 Q 1 2 Stefan Bötticher 2 1 Chris Hoy 10.281 10.401 Q 2 2 Robert Förstemann 10.350 3 1 Jason Kenny 10.331 10.597 Q 3 2 Kévin Sireau 10.228 4 1 Shane Perkins 10.251 10.464 Q 4 2 Mickaël Bourgain 10.458 REL

Race 5th–8th place The race for 5th–8th place was held at 21:30.

Rank Name Nation Time 5 Robert Förstemann 10.409 6 Stefan Bötticher 7 Kévin Sireau – Mickaël Bourgain DSQ

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:00 and 19:40.Semifinals results

Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes 1 1 Grégory Baugé 10.416 10.189 Q 1 2 Shane Perkins 2 1 Jason Kenny 10.441 10.403 Q 2 2 Chris Hoy

Small final The finals were held at 21:10 and 22:20.Finals results

Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes Chris Hoy 10.573 10.348 4 Shane Perkins

Final Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes Grégory Baugé 10.493 11.627 Jason Kenny REL

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