The Men's sprint event at the

2012 European Track Championships The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania. It was the first European E ...

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

was held on 20 October 2012. The event began with 27 riders participating in a qualifying round, and culminated in a final where Russian cyclist

Denis Dmitriev Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev (russian: Денис Сергеевич Дмитриев; born 23 March 1986) is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at th ...

won the gold medal.

Medalists

Results

Qualifying

Fastest 24 riders advanced to the 1/16 finals, it was held at 10:00.

1/16 Finals

Winner of each heat qualified to 1/8 Finals, the races were held at 10:55.

1/8 Finals

Winner of each heat qualified to 1/4 Finals, losers went to the repêchage. The races were held at 11:41.

1/8 Finals Repechage

The loser of the 1/8 Finals raced, winners advanced to the Quarterfinals. Races were held at 12:09.

Quarterfinals

The races were held at 12:42, 13:26 and 13:51.

Race for 5th–8th Places

It was held at 20:56.

Semifinals

The races were held at 19:36 and 20:28.

Finals

The races were held at 21:12, 21:39 and 21:45.Finals Results
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References

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