The men's sprint at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, and took place on 1 August 2026.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record Matthew Richardson8.857Konya Velodrome, Konya15 August 2025Games record Nicholas Paul9.445Lee Valley VeloPark, London31 July 2022
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundSaturday 1 August 2026 10:00 Qualifying 10:57 1/8 finals 11:33 Quarterfinals 15:08 Semifinals17:32 Finals
Results Qualifying The top 16 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals.
Rank Riders Time Behind Notes 1 9.361 — , GR 2 9.603 +0.242 3 9.630 +0.269 4 9.639 +0.278 5 9.641 +0.280 6 9.646 +0.285 7 9.672 +0.311 8 9.678 +0.317 9 9.715 +0.354 10 9.805 +0.444 11 9.807 +0.446 12 9.839 +0.478 13 9.874 +0.513 14 9.892 +0.531 15 9.950 +0.589 16 9.988 +0.627 17 10.008 +0.647 18 10.060 +0.699 19 10.107 +0.746 20 10.204 +0.843 21 10.252 +0.891 22 10.297 +0.936 23 10.302 +0.941 24 10.331 +0.970 25 10.488 +1.127 26 11.310 +1.949 27 12.963 +3.602 28 13.379 +4.018 29 14.647 +5.286
1/8 finals Heat winners advanced to the quarterfinals. Heat Rank Riders Gap Notes 1 1 — 1 2 +0.057 2 1 — 2 2 +0.093 3 1 — 3 2 +0.261 4 1 — 4 2 +0.042 5 1 — 5 2 +0.057 6 1 — 6 2 +0.040 7 1 — 7 2 +0.094 8 1 — 8 2 +0.073
Quarterfinals Matches were extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceeded to the semifinals. Heat Rank Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes 1 1XX 1 2+1.672+0.096 2 1XX 2 2+0.825+0.065 3 1RelegatedXX 3 2X+0.0040.067 4 1XX 4 2+0.150+0.087
Semifinals Winners proceeded to the gold medal final; losers proceeded to the bronze medal final. Heat Rank Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.) Notes11XX12+0.465+1.08021X+0.071X22+0.093X+0.126
Finals The final classification was determined in the medal finals. Rank Riders Race 1 Race 2 Decider (i.r.)Gold medal final X X +0.206 +0.091 Bronze medal final X X 4 +3.989 +0.350
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