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. There were a total number of 27 participants in the Olympic Vélodrome.
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.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 194.
Results
Qualifying round
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Vladimir Osokin 4:48.31 2 Thomas Huschke 4:48.75 3 Herman Ponsteen 4:49.51 4 Gregor Braun 4:50.00 5 Orfeo Pizzoferrato 4:50.44 6 Gary Sutton 4:50.57 7 Jan Jankiewicz 4:51.48 8 Jan Georg Iversen 4:51.86 9 Mike Richards 4:55.08 10 Michal Klasa 4:56.42 11 Jean-Louis Baugnies 4:56.86 12 Harry Hannus 4:57.11 13 Robert Dill-Bundi 4:58.76 14 Yoichi Machishima 4:59.20 15 Jean-Jacques Rebière 5:00.32 16 Gábor Szűcs 5:00.39 17 Raúl Marcelo Vázquez 5:00.45 18 Fernando Vera 5:00.68 19 Leonard Nitz 5:01.54 20 Ian Hallam 5:02.47 21 Washington Díaz 5:03.00 22 Bojan Ropret 5:06.32 23 Erol Küçükbakırcı 5:11.84 24 Tang Kam Man 5:47.24 – José Jaime Galeano Overtaken Gholam Hossein Koohi Overtaken – Donald Christian – Elmabruk Kehel
1/8 finals
1/8 final 1
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Jan Georg Iversen 4:52.82 2 Mike Richards 4:53.33
1/8 final 2
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Michal Klasa 4:49.84 2 Jan Jankiewicz 4:54.94
1/8 final 3
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Gary Sutton 4:51.36 2 Jean-Louis Baugnies 4:57.53
1/8 final 4
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Orfeo Pizzoferrato 4:48.41 2 Harry Hannus Overtaken
1/8 final 5
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Gregor Braun 4:46.94 2 Robert Dill-Bundi Overtaken
1/8 final 6
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Herman Ponsteen 4:47.18 2 Yoichi Machishima Overtaken
1/8 final 7
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Thomas Huschke 4:47.72 2 Jean-Jacques Rebière 4:57.37
1/8 final 8
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Vladimir Osokin 4:45.10 2 Gábor Szűcs Overtaken
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Thomas Huschke 4:47.44 2 Orfeo Pizzoferrato 4:47.89
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Herman Ponsteen 4:48.67 2 Michal Klasa 4:49.61
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Gregor Braun 4:48.67 2 Gary Sutton 4:49.61
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Vladimir Osokin 4:48.27 2 Jan Georg Iversen 4:51.04
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Gregor Braun 4:45.50 2 Vladimir Osokin 4:45.67
Semifinal 2
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Herman Ponsteen 4:52.43 2 Thomas Huschke 4:59.42
Finals
Bronze medal match
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Thomas Huschke 4:52.71 4 Vladimir Osokin 4:57.34
Final
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Gregor Braun 4:47.61 Herman Ponsteen 4:49.72
Final classification RANKFINAL RANKING4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.
References
External links Official Report