The men's sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of cyclists making three laps around the track.

[2] The event was won by Ryan Bayley of Australia, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint after three times coming in second (most recently in 1992).

Theo Bos of the Netherlands took silver, the Dutch team's first medal in the event since 1936.

Australian Ryan Bayley defeated current world champion, Theo Bos from the Netherlands, when the sprinting gold medal was taken to a third decider race.

In the race for the bronze René Wolff from Germany defeated Laurent Gané from France.

Three recent world champions were competing: Gané (2003, also runner-up in 2000, 2001, and 2004), Eadie (2002), and Theo Bos of the Netherlands (2004).

René Wolff of Germany and Ryan Bayley of Australia were also significant contenders, each having reached the podium at world championships.

This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches along with the new qualifying round of time trials.

After Tomohiro Nagatsuka dropped out of competition following the round, all of the cyclists following him advanced one position.