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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's cycling sprint
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome
Date 12–14 August 2016
Competitors 27 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Callum Skinner  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Denis Dmitriev  Russia
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1st, gold medalist(s) Jason Kenny  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Callum Skinner  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Denis Dmitriev  Russia

The men's cycling sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12–14 August 2016.

The medals were presented by Barry Maister, IOC member, New Zealand and David Lappartient, Vice President of the UCI.

The event was a single-elimination tournament after the qualifying phase via time trial. Each match pitted two cyclists against each other in the best-of-three races base on their seeding in the qualifying phase. Each race was three laps of the track with side-by-side starts.

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-03:00)


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