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.[1] There were a total number of 27 participants in the Olympic Vélodrome.

Men's cycling individual pursuit
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Date20–22 July 1976
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Gregor Braun  West Germany
Herman Ponsteen  Netherlands
Thomas Huschke  East Germany
Cycling at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Individual pursuitmen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmen
Individual time trialmen

Competition format

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 4-round knockout tournament (increased from three rounds in previous Games), 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 (regardless of whether the cyclist finished first or second in his heat, though any cyclist who was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.[2]

Results

Qualifying round
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimir Osokin Soviet Union4:48.31Q
2Thomas Huschke East Germany4:48.75Q
3Herman Ponsteen Netherlands4:49.51Q
4Gregor Braun West Germany4:50.00Q
5Orfeo Pizzoferrato Italy4:50.44Q
6Gary Sutton Australia4:50.57Q
7Jan Jankiewicz Poland4:51.48Q
8Jan Georg Iversen Norway4:51.86Q
9Mike Richards New Zealand4:55.08Q
10Michal Klasa Czechoslovakia4:56.42Q
11Jean-Louis Baugnies Belgium4:56.86Q
12Harry Hannus Finland4:57.11Q
13Robert Dill-Bundi Switzerland4:58.76Q
14Yoichi Machishima Japan4:59.20Q
15Jean-Jacques Rebière France5:00.32Q
16Gábor Szűcs Hungary5:00.39Q
17Raúl Marcelo Vázquez Cuba5:00.45
18Fernando Vera Chile5:00.68
19Leonard Nitz United States5:01.54
20Ian Hallam Great Britain5:02.47
21Washington Díaz Uruguay5:03.00
22Bojan Ropret Yugoslavia5:06.32
23Erol Küçükbakırcı Turkey5:11.84
24Tang Kam Man Hong Kong5:47.24
–José Jaime Galeano ColombiaOvertaken
Gholam Hossein Koohi IranOvertaken
–Donald Christian Antigua and BarbudaDNF
–Elmabruk Kehel LebanonDNS

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jan Georg Iversen Norway4:52.82Q
2Mike Richards New Zealand4:53.33

1/8 final 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Michal Klasa Czechoslovakia4:49.84Q
2Jan Jankiewicz Poland4:54.94

1/8 final 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gary Sutton Australia4:51.36Q
2Jean-Louis Baugnies Belgium4:57.53

1/8 final 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Orfeo Pizzoferrato Italy4:48.41Q
2Harry Hannus FinlandOvertaken

1/8 final 5
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun West Germany4:46.94Q
2Robert Dill-Bundi SwitzerlandOvertaken

1/8 final 6
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen Netherlands4:47.18Q
2Yoichi Machishima JapanOvertaken

1/8 final 7
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Thomas Huschke East Germany4:47.72Q
2Jean-Jacques Rebière France4:57.37

1/8 final 8
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimir Osokin Soviet Union4:45.10Q
2Gábor Szűcs HungaryOvertaken

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Thomas Huschke East Germany4:47.44Q
2Orfeo Pizzoferrato Italy4:47.89

Quarterfinal 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen Netherlands4:48.67Q
2Michal Klasa Czechoslovakia4:49.61

Quarterfinal 3
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun West Germany4:48.67Q
2Gary Sutton Australia4:49.61

Quarterfinal 4
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimir Osokin Soviet Union4:48.27Q
2Jan Georg Iversen Norway4:51.04

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gregor Braun West Germany4:45.50Q
2Vladimir Osokin Soviet Union4:45.67B

Semifinal 2
RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Herman Ponsteen Netherlands4:52.43Q
2Thomas Huschke East Germany4:59.42B

Finals

Bronze medal match
RankCyclistNationTime
Thomas Huschke East Germany4:52.71
4Vladimir Osokin Soviet Union4:57.34

Final
RankCyclistNationTime
Gregor Braun West Germany4:47.61
Herman Ponsteen Netherlands4:49.72

Final classification
RANK FINAL RANKING
 Gregor Braun (FRG)
 Herman Ponsteen (NED)
 Thomas Huschke (GDR)
4.  Vladimir Osokin (URS)
5.  Orfeo Pizzoferrato (ITA)
6.  Gary Sutton (AUS)
7.  Jan Georg Iversen (NOR)
8.  Michal Klasa (TCH)
9.  Mike Richards (NZL)
10.  Jan Jankiewicz (POL)
11.  Jean-Jacques Rebière (FRA)
12.  Jean-Louis Baugnies (BEL)
13.  Harry Hannus (FIN)
14.  Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI)
15.  Yoichi Machishima (JPN)
16.  Gábor Szűcs (HUN)
17.  Raúl Marcelo Vázquez (CUB)
18.  Fernando Vera (CHI)
19.  Leonard Nitz (USA)
20.  Ian Hallam (GBR)
21.  Washington Díaz (URU)
22.  Bojan Ropret (YUG)
23.  Erol Küçükbakırcı (TUR)
24.  Tang Kam Man (HKG)
25.  Donald Christian (ANT)
26.  José Jaime Galeano (COL)
27.  Gholam Hossein Koohi (IRI)

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's individual pursuit". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 194.
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