Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin
# Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ryan Bayley (AUS) | José Antonio Escuredo (ESP) | Shane Kelly (AUS) |

## Results

### 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.

Heat 1 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ryan Bayley | Australia |
| 2 | Labros Vasilopoulos | Greece |
| 3 | Jamie Staff | Great Britain |
| 4 | Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland |
| 5 | Theo Bos | Netherlands |
| 6 | Toshiaki Fushimi | Japan |
| 7 | Jens Fiedler | Germany |

Heat 2 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | René Wolff | Germany |
| 2 | José Antonio Escuredo | Spain |
| 3 | Marty Nothstein | United States |
| 4 | Jeroslav Jerobek | Slovakia |
| 5 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
| 6 | Laurent Gané | France |
| 7 | Yang Hee-Chun | South Korea |

Heat 3 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Shane Kelly | Australia |
| 2 | Ivan Vrba | Czech Republic |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands |
| 4 | José Alberto Sochón | Guatemala |
| 5 | Ross Edgar | Great Britain |
| 6 | Hong Suk-Hwan | South Korea |
| 7 | Mickaël Bourgain | France |
| REL | José Antonio Villanueva | Spain |

**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.

Heat 1 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jamie Staff | Great Britain |
| 2 | Jens Fiedler | Germany |
| 3 | José Antonio Villanueva | Spain |
| 4 | Ross Edgar | Great Britain |
| 5 | Jeroslav Jerobek | Slovakia |
| 6 | Laurent Gané | France |

Heat 2 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Mickaël Bourgain | France |
| 2 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
| 3 | Jose Sochon | Guatemala |
| 4 | Marty Nothstein | United States |
| 5 | Toshiaki Fushimi | Japan |

Heat 3 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Theo Bos | Netherlands |
| 2 | Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland |
| 3 | Hong Suk-Hwan | South Korea |
| 4 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands |
| 5 | Yang Hee-Chun | South Korea |

### 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.

Heat 1 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ryan Bayley | Australia |
| 2 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
| 3 | José Antonio Escuredo | Spain |
| 4 | Ivan Vrba | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Łukasz Kwiatkowski | Poland |
| REL | Jamie Staff | Great Britain |

Heat 2 :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Shane Kelly | Australia |
| 2 | René Wolff | Germany |
| 3 | Mickaël Bourgain | France |
| 4 | Jens Fiedler | Germany |
| DNF | Theo Bos | Netherlands |
| REL | Labros Vasilopoulos | Greece |

**Classification 7-12**

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Łukasz 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

Final results :

| Place | Name | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ryan Bayley | Australia |
| 2 | José Antonio Escuredo | Spain |
| 3 | Shane Kelly | Australia |
| DNF | Mickaël Bourgain | France |
| REL | René Wolff | Germany |
| REL | Josiah Ng | Malaysia |
