Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium

Men's Omnium
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic track cycling
VenuesIzu Velodrome
Date5 August 2021
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Winning points153
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Walls  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Campbell Stewart  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elia Viviani  Italy
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The men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome.[1] 20 cyclists from 20 nations competed.[2]

Background

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which was introduced in 2012.

The previous reigning Olympic champion was Elia Viviani of Italy. The reigning (2020) World Champion was Benjamin Thomas of France.

France, Italy, Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations.[3]

Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 cyclist in the omnium. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The best 8 NOCs in the madison rankings (not already qualified through the team pursuit) directly qualified to enter madison teams as well as earning 1 quota place in the omnium. There were another 12 places in the omnium available based on the omnium rankings; NOCs qualified through the madison were not eligible. Each continent was guaranteed at least one place in the omnium.[2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Competition format

An omnium is a multiple-race event. The current event features four different types of races. The format has changed significantly from 2016, with three of the six race types dropped and one replacement added. The omnium also moved from a two-day format in prior Games to a one-day format in 2020. The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points through the four races. The winner of each of the first three races earns 40 points, the second-place cyclist earns 38, the third-place rider 36, and so forth. The final race has special scoring rules. The races in the omnium are:

  • Scratch race: Mass start race; first to finish is the winner. Distance is 10 km (40 laps).
  • Tempo race: The new race for 2020. The distance is 10 km (40 laps). After the first 5 laps, the winner of each lap earns 1 point. Lapping the field earns 20 points. The winner of the race is the cyclist with the most points (the points earned within the tempo race do not count for the omnium total; they are used only to place cyclists for the race).
  • Elimination race: Every 2 laps, the last-place cyclist is eliminated.
  • Points race: A 25 km (100 lap) points race, with points earned for sprints (5/3/2/1, every 10 laps with double points for final sprint) and for lapping the field (20 points).

There is only one round of competition.[4][5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 2021 15:30
16:27
17:07
17:55		 Scratch race
Tempo race
Elimination race
Points race

Results

Scratch race

Rank Cyclist Nation Laps down[7] Event points
1 Matthew Walls  Great Britain 40
2 Benjamin Thomas  France 38
3 Jan-Willem van Schip  Netherlands 36
4 Artyom Zakharov  Kazakhstan 34
5 Niklas Larsen  Denmark 32
6 Sam Welsford  Australia –1 30
7 Campbell Stewart  New Zealand –1 28
8 Eiya Hashimoto  Japan –1 26
9 Théry Schir  Switzerland –1 24
10 Gavin Hoover  United States –1 22
11 Kenny De Ketele  Belgium –1 20
12 Roger Kluge  Germany –1 18
13 Elia Viviani  Italy –1 16
14 Szymon Sajnok  Poland –1 14
15 Albert Torres  Spain –1 12
16 Mark Downey  Ireland –1 10
17 Christos Volikakis  Greece –1 8
18 Yauheni Karaliok  Belarus –1 6
19 Andreas Müller  Austria –1 4
20 David Maree  South Africa –2 2

Tempo race

Rank Name Nation Race points[8] Event points
1 Jan-Willem van Schip  Netherlands 30 40
2 Benjamin Thomas  France 23 38
3 Matthew Walls  Great Britain 23 36
4 Théry Schir  Switzerland 23 34
5 Gavin Hoover  United States 22 32
6 Niklas Larsen  Denmark 22 30
7 Kenny De Ketele  Belgium 21 28
8 Elia Viviani  Italy 21 26
9 Szymon Sajnok  Poland 21 24
10 Albert Torres  Spain 21 22
11 Roger Kluge  Germany 3 20
12 Campbell Stewart  New Zealand 2 18
13 Sam Welsford  Australia 1 16
14 Yauheni Karaliok  Belarus 1 14
15 Artyom Zakharov  Kazakhstan 1 12
16 Eiya Hashimoto  Japan 1 10
17 Christos Volikakis  Greece 0 8
18 David Maree  South Africa 0 6
19 Mark Downey  Ireland –20 4
20 Andreas Müller  Austria –20 2

Elimination race

Rank Name Nation Event points[9]
1 Elia Viviani  Italy 40
2 Matthew Walls  Great Britain 38
3 Théry Schir  Switzerland 36
4 Jan-Willem van Schip  Netherlands 34
5 Campbell Stewart  New Zealand 32
6 Benjamin Thomas  France 30
7 Albert Torres  Spain 28
8 Niklas Larsen  Denmark 26
9 Sam Welsford  Australia 24
10 Kenny De Ketele  Belgium 22
11 Gavin Hoover  United States 20
12 Eiya Hashimoto  Japan 18
13 Artyom Zakharov  Kazakhstan 16
14 Christos Volikakis  Greece 14
15 David Maree  South Africa 12
16 Szymon Sajnok  Poland 10
17 Roger Kluge  Germany 8
18 Yauheni Karaliok  Belarus 6
19 Mark Downey  Ireland 4
20 Andreas Müller  Austria 2

Points race and final standings

Rank Name Nation SR TR ER Subtotal Sprint points Lap points Finish order Total points[10]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Walls  Great Britain 40 36 38 114 19 20 2 153
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Campbell Stewart  New Zealand 28 18 32 78 11 40 17 129
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elia Viviani  Italy 16 26 40 82 22 20 4 124
4 Benjamin Thomas  France 38 38 30 106 12 0 19 118
5 Niklas Larsen  Denmark 32 30 26 88 5 20 13 113
6 Jan-Willem van Schip  Netherlands 36 40 34 110 2 0 7 112
7 Théry Schir  Switzerland 24 34 36 94 15 0 1 109
8 Gavin Hoover  United States 22 32 20 74 5 20 8 99
9 Roger Kluge  Germany 18 20 8 46 5 40 12 91
10 Albert Torres  Spain 12 22 28 62 2 20 11 84
11 Sam Welsford  Australia 30 16 24 70 9 0 3 79
12 Yauheni Karaliok  Belarus 6 14 6 26 10 40 10 76
13 Kenny De Ketele  Belgium 20 28 22 70 0 0 6 70
14 Artyom Zakharov  Kazakhstan 34 12 16 62 0 0 15 62
15 Eiya Hashimoto  Japan 26 10 18 54 0 0 5 54
16 Szymon Sajnok  Poland 14 24 10 48 0 0 14 48
17 Mark Downey  Ireland 10 4 4 18 0 0 9 18
18 Andreas Müller  Austria 4 2 2 8 0 0 16 8
19 David Maree  South Africa 2 6 12 20 3 –40 18 –17
Christos Volikakis  Greece 8 8 14 30 1 –20 DNF –

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