Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit explained

These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Monday, July 27, and Wednesday, July 29, 1992, at the Velòdrom d'Horta, with a race distance of 4 km.^[1] The Gold medal was won by Briton Chris Boardman, riding the Lotus 108 "superbike", who caught German Jens Lehmann in the final and won Britain's first cycling gold medal in 72 years.^[2] ^[3]

Results

Q Qualified for next round.
q Qualified for classification round.
overtaken Overtaken by opponent during heat.
cap captured opponent.
DNS Did not start.
WR New world record.

Qualifying round

Held, July 27

The thirty riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round was not based on who won those matches, however. The cyclists with the sixteen fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match. Fastest eight times advanced to Group A quarter-finals. Places nine through sixteen advanced to Group B classification matches.

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.	Notes
1			4:27.357	53.860 km/h	Q	WR
2			4:30.054	53.322 km/h	Q
3			4:31.033	53.30 km/h	Q
4			4:32.253	52.891 km/h	Q
5			4:33.892	52.575 km/h	Q
6			4:34.390	52.480 km/h	Q
7			4:35.057	52.352 km/h	Q
8			4:35.904	52.192 km/h	Q
9			4:37.288	51.931 km/h	q
10			4:39.645	51.493 km/h	q
11			4:39.836	51.458 km/h	q
12			4:40.436	51.348 km/h	q
13			4:41.724	51.113 km/h	q
14			4:42.538	50.996 km/h	q
15			4:43.135	50.859 km/h	q
16			4:44.412	50.630 km/h	q
17			4:45.539	50.430 km/h
18			4:46.345	50.288 km/h
19			4:46.982	50.117 km/h
20			4:49.067	49.815 km/h
21			4:49.626	49.719 km/h
22			4:59.049	48.152 km/h
23			5:00.519	47.917 km/h
24			5:03.997	47.368 km/h
25			5:08.184	46.725 km/h
-			overtaken
-			overtaken
-			overtaken
-			overtaken
-			DNS

Quarter-finals

Held July 28
In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The winners of the four heats of Group A advanced to the semi-finals. Group B and the losers of heats in Group A were seeded.

Group B

Heat 1

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1			4:36.541
2			4:39.625

Heat 2

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1			4:34.760	52.409 km/h
2			4:35.184	52.328 km/h

Heat 3

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1			4:36.150	52.145 km/h
2			4:42.441	50.984 km/h

Heat 4

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1			4:33.942	52.565 km/h
2			4:41.287	51.193 km/h

Group A

Heat 1

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.
1			4:27.954	53.740 km/h	Q
2			4:28.838	51.113 km/h

Heat 2

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.
1			4:29.173	53.497 km/h	Q
2			ovtk

Heat 3

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.
1			4:27.715	53.788 km/h	Q
2			ovtk

Heat 4

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.	Notes
1			4:24.496	54.443 km/h	Q	WR
2			ovtk

Semi-finals

Held July 29
The winner of the two heats advance to the finals, for the gold medal. The loser with the fastest semi-final time wins the bronze.

Heat 1

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.
1			4:27.230	53.886 km/h	Q
2			4:31.061	53.124 km/h

Heat 2

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed	Qual.
1			4:29.332	53.465 km/h	Q
2			4:32.716	52.802 km/h

Final

Held July 29

Pos.	Athlete	NOC	Time	Ave. Speed
1			cap	48.160 km/h
2			ovtk

Final classification

Pos.	Athlete	NOC
	Final results
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External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's individual pursuit . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/CYC/mens-individual-pursuit-4000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 31 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
Web site: 50 stunning Olympic moments No43: Chris Boardman's golden Barcelona | Barry Glendenning. TheGuardian.com. 27 June 2012.
Web site: Chris Boardman wins Gold - Track Pursuit | Barcelona 1992 Olympics. YouTube.