Men's Olympic 4,000 Meter Individual Pursuit Track Race Results

Two riders start at opposite sides of a velodrome and from a standing start, chase each other. The race is over if a catch is made. Otherwise, the riders continue to the end of the of the race, the rider ahead then being declared the winner.

Amateur men generally race 4,000 meters and this is the Olympic distance, women go 3,000 meters. Professional pursuits are usually 5,000 meters.

Crowds enjoy pursuit races. It's easy to see who is ahead as the race progresses.

As part of a general reordering of Olympic track cycling ordered in 2009, the individual pursuit as a seperate event has been discontinued. It's now part of the Omnium.

Year/City	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964, Tokyo	Jiri Daler 5min 4.75sec	Giorgio Ursi	Preben Isaksson
1968, Mexico City	Daniel Rebelliard 4min 41.71sec	Mogens Frey Jensen	Xavier Kurmann
1972, Munich	Knut Knudsen 4min 45.74sec	Xavier Kurmann	Hans Lutz
1976, Montreal	Gregor Braun 4min 47.61sec	Hermann Ponsteen	Thomas Huschke
1980, Moscow	Robert Dill-Bundi 4min 35.66sec	Alain Bondue	Hans-Henrik Oersted
1984, Los Angeles	Steve Hegg 4min 39.35sec	Rolf Golz	Leonard Nitz
1988, Seoul	Gintautas Umaras 4min 32.0sec	Dean Woods	Bernd Dittert
1992, Barcelona	Chris Boardman overtook opponent	Jens Lehmann	Gary Anderson
1996, Atlanta	Andrea Colinelli 4min 20.893sec	Philppie Ermenault	Bradley McGee
2000, Sidney	Robert Bartko 4min 18.515sec	Jens Lehmann	Bradley McGee
2004, Athens	Bradley Wiggins Great Britain 4min 16.304sec	Bradley McGee Australia 4min 20.436 sec	Sergi Escobar Spain 4min 17.947sec
2008, Beijing	Bradley Wiggins Great Britain 4min 16.977sec	Hayden Roulston New Zealand 4min 19.611sec	Steven Burke Great Britain 4min 29.947sec
Event discontinued after 2008 Beijing Olympics