Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit


These are the official results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 17 and 18 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 28 nations.

Competition format

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of a pair of cyclists starting from opposite sides of the track. The cyclists raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time and, if possible, catch the other cyclist. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.

Results

Qualifying round

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:40.41
24:41.10
34:42.15
44:42.30
54:43.58
64:43.84
74:44.12
84:44.93
94:45.38
104:46.03
114:46.70
124:47.81
134:50.36
144:50.50
154:50.62
164:50.76
174:51.37
184:55.40
195:07.80
205:22.12
215:35.42
225:35.60
4:51.09Overtaken
4:54.32Overtaken
4:56.45Overtaken
Gwon Jung-hyeon5:09.90Overtaken
5:34.50Overtaken
6:12.96Overtaken

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:45.94
24:49.99

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:41.66
24:42.40

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:39.87
24:41.43

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:37.54
24:42.29

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:42.05
24:44.26

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
14:41.80
24:48.73

Finals

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistNationTime
4:39.42
44:41.60

Final

RankCyclistNationTime
4:41.71
4:42.43

Final classification