Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

These are the official results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 17 and 18 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 28 nations.[1]

Men's cycling individual pursuit
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Mexico City
Date17 to 18 October 1968
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Daniel Rébillard  France
Mogens Frey  Denmark
Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland

Competition format

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-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 eight 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
1Xaver Kurmann Switzerland4:40.41Q
2John Bylsma Australia4:41.10Q
3Daniel Rébillard France4:42.15Q
4Mogens Frey Denmark4:42.30Q
5Cipriano Chemello Italy4:43.58Q
6Rupert Kratzer West Germany4:43.84Q
7Radamés Treviño Mexico4:44.12Q
8Paul Crapez Belgium4:44.93Q
9Martín Emilio Rodríguez Colombia4:45.38
10Rajmund Zieliński Poland4:46.03
11Knut Knudsen Norway4:46.70
12Juan Alberto Merlos Argentina4:47.81
13Daniel Yuste Spain4:50.36
14Jiří Daler Czechoslovakia4:50.50
15Ian Hallam Great Britain4:50.62
16Ole Wackström Finland4:50.76
17Gösta Pettersson Sweden4:51.37
18David Brink United States4:55.40
19Vernon Stauble Trinidad and Tobago5:07.80
20Benjamin Evangelista Philippines5:22.12
21Tarek Abou Al Dahab Lebanon5:35.42
22Colin Forde Barbados5:35.60
Inocente Lizano Cuba4:51.09Overtaken
Fedor den Hertog Netherlands4:54.32Overtaken
Emil Rusu Romania4:56.45Overtaken
Gwon Jung-hyeon South Korea5:09.90Overtaken
Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet Thailand5:34.50Overtaken
Denfield McNab Belize6:12.96Overtaken

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Xaver Kurmann Switzerland4:45.94Q
2Paul Crapez Belgium4:49.99

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1John Bylsma Australia4:41.66Q
2Radamés Treviño Mexico4:42.40

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Rébillard France4:39.87Q
2Rupert Kratzer West Germany4:41.43

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Mogens Frey Denmark4:37.54Q
2Cipriano Chemello Italy4:42.29

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Mogens Frey Denmark4:42.05Q
2Xaver Kurmann Switzerland4:44.26B

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Rébillard France4:41.80Q
2John Bylsma Australia4:48.73B

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistNationTime
Xaver Kurmann Switzerland4:39.42
4John Bylsma Australia4:41.60

Final

RankCyclistNationTime
Daniel Rébillard France4:41.71
Mogens Frey Denmark4:42.43

Final classification

RankNameNation
Daniel Rébillard France
Mogens Frey Denmark
Xaver Kurmann Switzerland
4John Bylsma Australia
5Cipriano Chemello Italy
Paul Crapez Belgium
Rupert Kratzer West Germany
Radamés Treviño Mexico
9Martín Rodríguez Colombia
10Rajmund Zieliński Poland
11Knut Knudsen Norway
12Juan Alberto Merlos Argentina
13Daniel Yuste Spain
14Jiří Daler Czechoslovakia
15Ian Hallam Great Britain
16Ole Wackström Finland
17Gösta Pettersson Sweden
18David Brink United States
19Vernon Stauble Trinidad and Tobago
20Benjamin Evangelista Philippines
21Tarek Abou Al Dahab Lebanon
22Colin Forde Barbados
ACInocente Lizano Cuba
Fedor den Hertog Netherlands
Emil Rusu Romania
Gwon Jung-hyeon South Korea
Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet Thailand
Denfield McNab Belize

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 626.
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