Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's individual pursuit

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's 4000 m individual pursuit, as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[1]

The men's 4000-metre individual pursuit was introduced at the 1964 Summer Olympics and was discontinued after the 2008 Summer Olympics. The UCI list the first Olympic record as of 1992 although the event had already been contested at several Olympic Games before.

Progression

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeet
4'57"48*[2]  Tiemen Groen (NED) Tokyo (JPN) 16 October 1964 1964 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'56"64*  Giorgio Ursi (ITA) Tokyo (JPN) 17 October 1964 1964 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4'40"41*[3]  Xaver Kurmann (SUI) Mexico City (MEX) 17 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'37"54*[3]   Frey Jensen (DEN) Mexico City (MEX) 17 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'34"92*  Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome 23 July 1980 1980 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'32"29*  Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome 24 July 1980 1980 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4'32"00*  Gintaoutas Umaras (URS) Seoul (KOR) 22 September 1988 1988 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4'27"357*  Christopher Boardman (GBR) Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 27 July 1992 1992 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'24"496  Christopher Boardman (GBR) Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 28 July 1992 1992 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'19"699  Andrea Collinelli (ITA) Atlanta (USA) Open air track 24 July 1996 1996 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'18"972*  Robert Bartko (GER) Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 16 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'18"515  Robert Bartko (GER) Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 17 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4'15"165  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Athens (GRE) Indoor track 20 August 2004 2004 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'15"031  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Beijing (CHN) Indoor track 15 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualifying

* Not listed by the UCI as an Olympic record

References

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