The men's sprint competition at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships was held on 3 and 4 February 2026.
Results Qualifying The top 4 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals, 5th to 28th places qualified for the 1/16 finals.
Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes 1 Matthew Richardson 8.963 Q 2 Harrie Lavreysen 9.086 +0.123 Q 3 Tom Derache 9.366 +0.403 Q 4 Mateusz Rudyk 9.432 +0.469 Q 5 Mattia Predomo 9.443 +0.480 q 6 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes 9.484 +0.521 q 7 Dominik Topinka 9.496 +0.533 q 8 Harry Ledingham-Horn 9.500 +0.537 q 9 Rayan Helal 9.505 +0.542 q 10 Konstantinos Livanos 9.512 +0.549 q 11 Jan Pořizek 9.515 +0.552 q 12 Sándor Szalontay 9.517 +0.554 q 13 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes 9.521 +0.558 q 14 Stefano Minuta 9.524 +0.561 q 15 Lowie Nulens 9.529 +0.566 q 16 Luca Spiegel 9.540 +0.577 q 17 Bohdan Danylchuk 9.561 +0.598 q 18 Loris Leneman 9.614 +0.651 q 19 Vasilijus Lendel 9.646 +0.683 q 20 Yeno Vingerhoets 9.651 +0.688 q 21 Maximilian Dörnbach 9.652 +0.689 q 22 Tim Edvard Pettersen 9.702 +0.739 q 23 Esteban Sánchez 9.736 +0.773 q 24 Alejandro Martínez 9.765 +0.802 q 25 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes 9.799 +0.836 q 26 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes 9.803 +0.840 q 27 Eliasz Bednarek 9.810 +0.847 q 28 Pavel Nikolov 9.858 +0.895 q 29 Eimantas Vadapalas 9.873 +0.910 30 Miroslav Minchev 9.922 +0.959 31 Miltiadis Charovas 9.996 +1.033 32 Valentyn Varharakyn 10.174 +1.211 33 Bálint Csengői 10.177 +1.214 34 Eduard Žalar 10.295 +1.332 35 Žan Lopatič 10.492 +1.529
1/16 finals Heat winners advanced to the 1/8 finals.
Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Pavel Nikolov X Q 1 2 Mattia Predomo +1.251 2 1 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes X Q 2 2 Eliasz Bednarek +0.667 3 1 Dominik Topinka X Q 3 2 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes +0.158 4 1 Harry Ledingham-Horn X Q 4 2 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes +0.147 5 1 Rayan Helal X Q 5 2 Alejandro Martínez +1.569 6 1 Konstantinos Livanos X Q 6 2 Esteban Sánchez +0.008 7 1 Jan Pořizek X Q 7 2 Tim Edvard Pettersen +0.401 8 1 Maximilian Dörnbach X Q 8 2 Sándor Szalontay +0.076 9 1 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes X Q 9 2 Yeno Vingerhoets +0.421 10 1 Stefano Minuta X Q 10 2 Vasilijus Lendel +0.062 11 1 Lowie Nulens X Q 11 2 Loris Leneman +0.150 12 1 Luca Spiegel X Q 12 2 Bohdan Danylchuk +0.024
1/8 finals Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Matthew Richardson X Q 1 2 Luca Spiegel +1.031 2 1 Harrie Lavreysen X Q 2 2 Lowie Nulens +0.090 3 1 Tom Derache X Q 3 2 Stefano Minuta +0.037 4 1 Mateusz Rudyk X Q 4 2 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.049 5 1 Maximilian Dörnbach X Q 5 2 Pavel Nikolov +0.185 6 1 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes X Q 6 2 Jan Pořizek +0.357 7 1 Dominik Topinka X Q 7 2 Konstantinos Livanos +0.056 8 1 Harry Ledingham-Horn X Q 8 2 Rayan Helal +0.276
Quarterfinals Heat winners advanced to the semifinals.
Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider () Notes 1 1 Matthew Richardson X X Q 1 2 Harry Ledingham-Horn +1.477 +0.295 2 1 Harrie Lavreysen X X Q 2 2 Dominik Topinka +0.176 +0.048 3 1 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes X X Q 3 2 Tom Derache +0.081 +0.028 4 1 Mateusz Rudyk X X Q 4 2 Maximilian Dörnbach +0.029 +0.017
Semifinals Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.
Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider () Notes 1 1 Matthew Richardson X X QG 1 2 Mateusz Rudyk +0.356 +1.159 QB 2 1 Harrie Lavreysen X X QG 2 2 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.191 +0.074 QB
Finals Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider ()Gold medal final Matthew Richardson +0.039 X X Harrie Lavreysen X +0.146 +0.097Bronze medal final Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes X X 4 Mateusz Rudyk +0.127 +0.085
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