The men’s and women’s keirin competitions at the 2024 Olympics will take place over two successive days: August 7 & 8 for the women, August 10 & 11 for the men. In each case, the first day consists of first round and repechage races. The quarters, semis and finals all take place in quick succession on the second day, with barely an hour to recover in each case.
Times are local to Paris (UTC+2). Data sourced from Olympics.com #
Competition format
A UCI keirin competition with 30 riders would typically consist of a first round (with repechages), semi finals and finals. To make the semi finals, a rider would have to win either their first round or repechage race.
But more generous arrangements apply to the Olympics, based on UCI regulation 3.2.135. There will be 5 heats of 6 riders, with the top two in each heat proceeding directly to the quarter finals. Everyone else goes into the repechages: 4 heats of 5 riders, again with the top two reaching the quarter final stage.
The quarter finals consist of 3 heats of 6, with riders only needing to finish in the top four to proceed. We then have 2 semi-finals of 6, with the top three making the main final, and the bottom three riding off for 7th to 12th.
Women’s keirin
Wed 7 August
- 13:26 First round
- 15:10 Repechages
Thu 8 August
- 17:18 Quarter finals
- 18:15 Semi finals
- 19:01 Minor final (7-12)
- 19:11 Final (1-6)
| 🇦🇺 | AUSTRALIA | Two of: Kristina Clonan, Chloe Moran, Maeve Plouffe |
| 🇧🇪 | BELGIUM | Nicky Degrendele, Julie Nicolaes |
| 🇨🇦 | CANADA | Lauriane Genest, Kelsey Mitchell |
| 🇨🇴 | COLOMBIA | Martha Bayona Pineda, Stefany Cuadrado Florez |
| 🇫🇷 | FRANCE | Mathilde Gros, Taky Marie Divine Kouamé |
| 🇩🇪 | GERMANY | Two of: Lea Sophie Friedrich, Pauline Sophie Grabosch, Emma Hinze |
| 🇬🇧 | GREAT BRITAIN | Two of: Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant |
| 🇮🇹 | ITALY | Two of: Martina Fidanza, Sara Fiorin, Miriam Vece |
| 🇯🇵 | JAPAN | Riyu Ohta, Mina Sato |
| 🇲🇾 | MALAYSIA | Nurul Izzah Izati Mohd Asri |
| 🇲🇽 | MEXICO | Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez, Yuli Paola Verdugo Osuna |
| 🇳🇱 | NETHERLANDS | Hetty van de Wouw, Steffie van der Peet |
| 🇳🇿 | NEW ZEALAND | Ellesse Andrews, Rebecca Petch |
| 🇳🇬 | NIGERIA | Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye |
| 🇨🇳 | PR CHINA | Guo Yufang, Yuan Liying |
| 🇵🇱 | POLAND | Marlena Karwacka, Urszula Los |
- Oldest rider: Luz Daniela Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mexico), born 25 Nov 1992
- Youngest rider: Stefany Cuadrado Florez (Colombia), born 2 May 2006
Men’s keirin
Sat 10 August
- 17:19 First round
- 19:21 Repechages
Sun 11 August
- 11:29 Quarter finals
- 12:29 Semi finals
- 13:23 Minor final (7-12)
- 13:32 Final (1-6)
| 🇦🇺 | AUSTRALIA | Two of: Matthew Glaetzer, Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Richardson |
| 🇨🇦 | CANADA | James Hedgcock, Nick Wammes |
| 🇨🇴 | COLOMBIA | Cristian David Ortega Fontalvo, Kevin Quintero Chavarro |
| 🇫🇷 | FRANCE | Ryan Helal, Sebastien Vigier |
| 🇩🇪 | GERMANY | Two of: Stefan Bötticher, Maximilian Dörnbach, Luca Spiegel |
| 🇬🇧 | GREAT BRITAIN | Jack Carlin, Hamish Turnbull |
| 🇮🇱 | ISRAEL | Mikhail Yakovlev |
| 🇯🇵 | JAPAN | Two of: Shinji Nakano, Yuta Obara, Kaiya Ota |
| 🇰🇿 | KAZAKHSTAN | Andrey Chugay |
| 🇱🇹 | LITHUANIA | Vasilijus Lendel |
| 🇲🇾 | MALAYSIA | Mohd Azizulhasni Awang, Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom |
| 🇳🇱 | NETHERLANDS | Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen |
| 🇳🇿 | NEW ZEALAND | Sam Dakin |
| 🇨🇳 | PR CHINA | Liu Qi, Zhou Yu |
| 🇵🇱 | POLAND | Mateusz Rudyk |
| 🇿🇦 | SOUTH AFRICA | Jean Spies |
| 🇸🇷 | SURINAME | Jaïr Tjon En Fa |
| 🇹🇭 | THAILAND | Jai Angsuthasawit |
| 🇹🇹 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | Kwesi Browne, Nicholas Paul |
- Oldest rider: Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia), born 5 Jan 1988
- Youngest rider: Luca Spiegel (Germany), born 23 Apr 2004
