title: 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
text: # 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
  
  The Men's sprint at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on March 24 and 25. The qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 24 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 25 March.
  
  In January 2012, Grégory Baugé was stripped of his world title, following the nullification of his 2011 results after a 12-month backdated ban for drug test infringements.
  
  ## Format
  
  50 athletes participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders advanced to the 1/16 finals.
  
  The first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.
  
  The first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders advanced to a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed the quarterfinals.
  
  The first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes raced for 5th-8th place.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The Qualifying was held at 14:15.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.043 | Q |
  | 2 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.111 | Q |
  | 3 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.120 | Q |
  | 4 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.142 | Q |
  | 5 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | 10.148 | Q |
  | 6 | Shane Perkins | Australia | 10.172 | Q |
  | 7 | Kévin Sireau | France | 10.219 | Q |
  | 8 | Scott Sunderland | Australia | 10.262 | Q |
  | 9 | Robert Förstemann | Germany | 10.267 | Q |
  | 10 | Matthew Crampton | United Kingdom | 10.274 | Q |
  | 11 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | 10.295 | Q |
  | 12 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | 10.344 | Q |
  | 13 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | 10.353 | Q |
  | 14 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | 10.357 | Q |
  | 15 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | 10.360 | Q |
  | 16 | Sebastian Döhrer | Germany | 10.370 | Q |
  | 17 | Edward Dawkins | New Zealand | 10.391 | Q |
  | 18 | Zhang Miao | China | 10.417 | Q |
  | 19 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | 10.441 | Q |
  | 20 | Roy van den Berg | Netherlands | 10.462 | Q |
  | 21 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | 10.489 | Q |
  | 22 | Andrey Kubeev | Russia | 10.534 | Q |
  | 23 | Bernard Esterhuizen | South Africa | 10.538 | Q |
  | 24 | Zhang Lei | China | 10.552 | Q |
  | 25 | Juan Peralta Gascon | Spain | 10.564 | |
  | 26 | Denis Špička | Czech Republic | 10.569 | |
  | 27 | Giddeon Massie | United States | 10.576 | |
  | 28 | Kazuki Amagai | Japan | 10.580 | |
  | 29 | Christian Tamayo | Colombia | 10.580 | |
  | 30 | Hersony Canelón | Venezuela | 10.593 | |
  | 31 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Russia | 10.606 | |
  | 32 | Sergey Borisov | Russia | 10.638 | |
  | 33 | Tomáš Bábek | Czech Republic | 10.650 | |
  | 34 | Zafeirios Volikakis | Greece | 10.691 | |
  | 35 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | 10.698 | |
  | 36 | Scott Mulder | Canada | 10.708 | |
  | 37 | Yudai Nitta | Japan | 10.710 | |
  | 38 | Konstantinos Christodoulou | Greece | 10.719 | |
  | 39 | Adrian Tekliński | Poland | 10.725 | |
  | 40 | Bao Saifei | China | 10.750 | |
  | 41 | Matthijs Büchli | Netherlands | 10.779 | |
  | 42 | Hodei Mazquiaran Uria | Spain | 10.786 | |
  | 43 | Francesco Ceci | Italy | 10.805 | |
  | 44 | Maciej Bielecki | Poland | 10.809 | |
  | 45 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | 10.810 | |
  | 46 | Itmar Esteban Herraiz | Spain | 10.819 | |
  | 47 | Muhammad Md | Malaysia | 10.942 | |
  | 48 | Muhd Amran | Malaysia | 11.062 | |
  | 49 | Kristjan Gregoric | Slovenia | 11.446 | |
  | 50 | Omar Bertazzo | Italy | 11.610 | |
  
  ### 1/16 Finals
  
  1/16 Finals were held at 16:55.
  
  | Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.574 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Zhang Lei | China | | |
  | 2 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.713 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Bernard Esterhuizen | South Africa | | |
  | 3 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.763 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Andrey Kubeev | Russia | | |
  | 4 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.839 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Denis Dmitriev | Russia | | |
  | 5 | 1 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | 10.742 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Roy van den Berg | Netherlands | | |
  | 6 | 1 | Shane Perkins | Australia | 10.541 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | | |
  | 7 | 1 | Kévin Sireau | France | 11.136 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Zhang Miao | China | | |
  | 8 | 1 | Scott Sunderland | Australia | 10.666 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Edward Dawkins | New Zealand | | |
  | 9 | 1 | Robert Förstemann | Germany | 11.426 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Sebastian Döhrer | Germany | | |
  | 10 | 1 | Matthew Crampton | United Kingdom | 10.667 | Q |
  | 10 | 2 | Damian Zieliński | Poland | | |
  | 11 | 1 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | 10.973 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | Stefan Bötticher | Germany | | |
  | 12 | 1 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | 10.964 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | | |
  
  ### 1/8 Finals
  
  1/8 Finals were held at 19:30.
  
  | Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.649 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | | |
  | 2 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.660 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | | |
  | 3 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.652 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Matthew Crampton | United Kingdom | | |
  | 4 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.908 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Robert Förstemann | Germany | | |
  | 5 | 1 | Scott Sunderland | Australia | 10.977 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | | |
  | 6 | 1 | Shane Perkins | Australia | 10.458 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Kévin Sireau | France | | |
  
  ### 1/8 Finals Repechage
  
  1/8 Finals Repechage was held at 20:10.
  
  | Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Robert Förstemann | Germany | 10.998 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Kévin Sireau | France | | |
  | 1 | 3 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | | |
  | 2 | 1 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | 10.817 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Matthew Glaetzer | Australia | | |
  | 2 | 3 | Matthew Crampton | United Kingdom | | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  The Quarterfinals were held at 20:30, 20:55 and 21:20.
  
  | Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.567 | 10.972 | | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | | | | |
  | 2 | 1 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | 10.755 | 10.488 | | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Robert Förstemann | Germany | | | | |
  | 3 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.437 | | 10.571 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Shane Perkins | Australia | | 10.569 | | |
  | 4 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.538 | 10.672 | | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Scott Sunderland | Australia | | | | |
  
  ### Race for 5th-8th Places
  
  The Race for 5th-8th Places was held at 21:50.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Michaël D'Almeida | France | 10.967 |
  | 6 | Shane Perkins | Australia | |
  | 7 | Scott Sunderland | Australia | |
  | – | Robert Förstemann | Germany | REL |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals were held at 18:50 and 19:05.
  
  | Heat | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.510 | 10.608 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Mickaël Bourgain | France | | | |
  | 2 | 1 | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | 10.378 | 10.500 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | | | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were held at 20:45, 21:15 and 21:40.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold Medal Races ||||||
  | DSQ | Grégory Baugé | France | 10.224 | 10.220 | |
  | | Jason Kenny | United Kingdom | | | |
  | Bronze Medal Races ||||||
  | | Chris Hoy | United Kingdom | | 10.442 | 10.652 |
  | | Mickaël Bourgain | France | 10.616 | | |
  