Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit


These are the results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held from 20 to 22 July 1976. There were a total number of 27 participants in the Olympic Vélodrome.

Competition format

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 4-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 16 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
1Vladimir Osokin4:48.31
2Thomas Huschke4:48.75
3Herman Ponsteen4:49.51
4Gregor Braun4:50.00
5Orfeo Pizzoferrato4:50.44
6Gary Sutton4:50.57
7Jan Jankiewicz4:51.48
8Jan Georg Iversen4:51.86
9Mike Richards4:55.08
10Michal Klasa4:56.42
11Jean-Louis Baugnies4:56.86
12Harry Hannus4:57.11
13Robert Dill-Bundi4:58.76
14Yoichi Machishima4:59.20
15Jean-Jacques Rebière5:00.32
16Gábor Szűcs5:00.39
17Raúl Marcelo Vázquez5:00.45
18Fernando Vera5:00.68
19Leonard Nitz5:01.54
20Ian Hallam5:02.47
21Washington Díaz5:03.00
22Bojan Ropret5:06.32
23Erol Küçükbakırcı5:11.84
24Tang Kam Man5:47.24
–José Jaime GaleanoOvertaken
–Gholam Hossein KoohiOvertaken
–Donald Christian
–Elmabruk Kehel

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jan Georg Iversen4:52.82
2Mike Richards4:53.33

1/8 final 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Michal Klasa4:49.84
2Jan Jankiewicz4:54.94

1/8 final 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gary Sutton4:51.36
2Jean-Louis Baugnies4:57.53

1/8 final 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Orfeo Pizzoferrato4:48.41
2Harry HannusOvertaken

1/8 final 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun4:46.94
2Robert Dill-BundiOvertaken

1/8 final 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen4:47.18
2Yoichi MachishimaOvertaken

1/8 final 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Thomas Huschke4:47.72
2Jean-Jacques Rebière4:57.37

1/8 final 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimir Osokin4:45.10
2Gábor SzűcsOvertaken

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Thomas Huschke4:47.44
2Orfeo Pizzoferrato4:47.89

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen4:48.67
2Michal Klasa4:49.61

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun4:48.67
2Gary Sutton4:49.61

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimir Osokin4:48.27
2Jan Georg Iversen4:51.04

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun4:45.50
2Vladimir Osokin4:45.67

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen4:52.43
2Thomas Huschke4:59.42

Finals

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistNationTime
Thomas Huschke4:52.71
4Vladimir Osokin4:57.34

Final

RankCyclistNationTime
Gregor Braun4:47.61
Herman Ponsteen4:49.72

Final classification