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

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]

Cycling at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road racemenwomen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
Track time trialmen
Individual pursuitmenwomen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmenwomen
Points racemen

Medalists
Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Chris Boardman (GBR)  Jens Lehmann (GER)  Gary Anderson (NZL)

Results
  • Q Qualified for next round.
  • q Qualified for classification round.
  • ovtk 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.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.Notes
1Chris Boardman Great Britain4:27.35753.860 km/hQWR
2Jens Lehmann Germany4:30.05453.322 km/hQ
3Mark Kingsland Australia4:31.03353.30 km/hQ
4Gary Anderson New Zealand4:32.25352.891 km/hQ
5Philippe Ermenault France4:33.89252.575  km/hQ
6Carl Sundquist United States4:34.39052.480 km/hQ
7Oleksandr Honchenkov Unified Team4:35.05752.352 km/hQ
8Jan Petersen Denmark4:35.90452.192 km/hQ
9Cédric Mathy Belgium4:37.28851.931 km/hq
10Ivan Beltrami Italy4:39.64551.493 km/hq
11Robert Karśnicki Poland4:39.83651.458 km/hq
12Servais Knaven Netherlands4:40.43651.348 km/hq
13Michal Baldrián Czechoslovakia4:41.72451.113 km/hq
14Adolfo Alperi Spain4:42.53850.996 km/hq
15Michael Belcourt Canada4:43.13550.859 km/hq
16Masamitsu Ehara Japan4:44.41250.630 km/hq
17Viktor Kunz Switzerland4:45.53950.430 km/h
18Georgios Portelanos Greece4:46.34550.288 km/h
19Patrick Matt Liechtenstein4:46.98250.117 km/h
20Alberny Vargas Colombia4:49.06749.815 km/h
21Tony Ledgard Peru4:49.62649.719 km/h
22Murugayan Kumaresan Malaysia4:59.04948.152 km/h
23Weng Yu-yi Chinese Taipei5:00.51947.917 km/h
24Manuel García Guam5:03.99747.368 km/h
25Mehrdad Afsharian Tarshiz Iran5:08.18446.725 km/h
-Hernán López Argentinaovtk
-Steffen Kjærgaard Norwayovtk
-Malcolm Lange South Africaovtk
-Robert Peters Antigua and Barbudaovtk
-Raúl Domínguez CubaDNS

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.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Servais Knaven Netherlands4:36.541
2Michal Baldrián Czechoslovakia4:39.625

Heat 2

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Adolfo Alperi Spain4:34.76052.409 km/h
2Robert Karśnicki Poland4:35.18452.328 km/h

Heat 3

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Ivan Beltrami Italy4:36.15052.145 km/h
2Michael Belcourt Canada4:42.44150.984 km/h

Heat 4

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Cédric Mathy Belgium4:33.94252.565 km/h
2Masamitsu Ehara Japan4:41.28751.193 km/h

Group A

Heat 1

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Gary Anderson New Zealand4:27.95453.740 km/hQ
2Philippe Ermenault France4:28.83851.113 km/h

Heat 2

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Mark Kingsland Australia4:29.17353.497 km/hQ
2Carl Sundquist United Statesovtk

Heat 3

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Jens Lehmann Germany4:27.71553.788 km/hQ
2Oleksandr Honchenkov Unified Teamovtk

Heat 4

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.Notes
1Chris Boardman Great Britain4:24.49654.443 km/hQWR
2Jan Petersen Denmarkovtk

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.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Jens Lehmann Germany4:27.23053.886 km/hQ
2Gary Anderson New Zealand4:31.06153.124 km/h

Heat 2

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. SpeedQual.
1Chris Boardman Great Britain4:29.33253.465 km/hQ
2Mark Kingsland Australia4:32.71652.802 km/h

Final

Held July 29

Pos.AthleteNOCTimeAve. Speed
1Chris Boardman Great Britaincap48.160 km/h
2Jens Lehman Germanyovtl

Final classification
Final results
Pos.AthleteNOC
1.Chris Boardman Great Britain
2.Jens Lehman Germany
3.Gary Anderson New Zealand
4.Mark Kingsland Australia
5.Philippe Ermenault France
6.Cédric Mathy Belgium
7.Adolfo Alperi Spain
8.Ivan Beltrami Italy
9.Servais Knaven Netherlands
10.Jan Petersen Denmark
11.Oleksandr Honchenkov Unified Team
12.Carl Sundquist United States
13.Robert Karśnicki Poland
14.Michal Baldrián Czechoslovakia
15.Masamitsu Ehara Japan
16.Michael Belcourt Canada

References
  1. "Cycling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's individual pursuit". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/jun/27/50-stunning-olympic-moments-chris-boardman
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3VVVHk5_xM
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