Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Keirin Men
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The men's Keirin in cycling
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
was contested by 22 cyclists. A Keirin
race consisted of eight laps of the track, or 2 kilometres.
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
was contested by 22 cyclists. A Keirin
Keirin
is a track cycling event in which racing cyclists sprint for victory. Keirin originated in Japan in 1948; the first Olympic competitions in the sport occurred in 2000....
race consisted of eight laps of the track, or 2 kilometres.
Medalists
First round
The 22 cyclists competed in three heats of seven to eight riders each. The top two riders in each heat (six overall) advanced to the next round, while the other sixteen cyclists competed in the first repechage.EWLINE
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First repechage
The first round repechage consisted of three heats of five to six riders each. The top two cyclists in each of the heats rejoined the winners from the first round in advancing to the second round. The rest were eliminated from competition.EWLINE
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Second round
The second round consisted of two heats, with the twelve cyclists split into groups of six. The top three riders in each heat advanced to the final, while the bottom three in each heat competed in the classification race for seventh to twelfth places.EWLINE
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Classification 7-12
| Place | Name | Nation |
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| 1 | Lukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland |
| 2 | Jens Fiedler | Germany |
| 3 | Labros Vasilopoulos | Greece |
| REL | Ivan Vrba | Czech Republic |
| DNS | Theo Bos | Netherlands |
| DNS | Jamie Staff | Great Britain |
Final
| Place | Name | Nation |
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| 1 | Ryan Bayley | |
| 2 | José Antonio Escuredo | |
| 3 | Shane Kelly | |
| DNF | Mickaël Bourgain | |
| REL | René Wolff | |
| REL | Josiah Ng |
Final classification
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC |
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| 1. | Ryan Bayley Ryan Bayley Ryan Neville Bayley OAM is a professional track cyclist.-Biography:Born in Perth, Western Australia, Bayley started competitive cycling in 1997 at fifteen years of age... |
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| 2. | José Antonio Escuredo José Antonio Escuredo José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez is a Spanish racing cyclist, specialising in track cycling. He has won three silver and one bronze world championship medals and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Escuredo has also won ten titles at the Spanish national track cycling championships... |
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| 3. | Shane Kelly Shane Kelly Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... |
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| 4. | Mickaël Bourgain Mickael Bourgain Mickaël Bourgain is a French track cyclist, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant.... |
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| 5. | René Wolff René Wolff René Wolff is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.Wolff specializes in the Sprint, Team Sprint and Kierin events and teamed up with multiple Olympic champion Jens Fiedler and Stefan Nimke to win the Gold medal in the Team Sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.Since 2010... |
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| 6. | Josiah Ng Josiah Ng Josiah Ng Onn Lam is a Malaysian track cyclist. He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was also the 2004 Malaysian Olympian and Sportsman of the Year after participating in the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2008, he won the Melbourne Cup on Wheels at the HiSense Arena in Melbourne... |
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| 7. | Lukasz Kwiatkowski | |
| 8. | Jens Fiedler | |
| 9. | Labros Vasilopoulos | |
| 10. | Ivan Vrba Ivan Vrba Ivan Vrba is a Czech track cyclist. Vrba specialises in the sprint disciplines and won the bronze medal in keirin at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.- Palmarès :- External links :... |
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| 11. | Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden,... |
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| 12. | Jamie Staff Jamie Staff Jamie Alan Staff MBE is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games.... |
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- Ross EdgarRoss EdgarRoss Edgar is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean...
, Great Britain - Toshiaki Fushimi, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Laurent GanéLaurent GanéLaurent Gané is a French professional track cyclist.He was awarded the Vélo d'Or français, which is awarded by a panel of French journalists, in 1999 and 2003.Gané is also the cousin of cyclist Hervé Gané....
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Hong Suk-Hwan, KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
- Jeroslav Jerobek, SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
- Teun MulderTeun MulderTeunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...
, Netherlands - Martin Nothstein, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- Jose Sochon, GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Jose VillanuevaJosé VillanuevaJosé Luis Villanueva was an amateur boxer from the Philippines who represented his country at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
, Spain - Yang Hee-Chun, Korea