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).
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 TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeetRef4'57"48*Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres sports-reference.com Tokyo (JPN) 16 October 1964 1964 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'56"64* Tokyo (JPN) 17 October 1964 1964 Summer OlympicsSemifinals4'40"41*Cycling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres sports-reference.com Mexico City (MEX) 17 October 1968 1968 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'37"54* Mexico City (MEX) 17 October 1968 1968 Summer OlympicsQuarter finals4'34"92* Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome 23 July 1980 1980 Summer OlympicsQuarter finals4'32"29* Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome 24 July 1980 1980 Summer OlympicsSemifinals4'32"00* Seoul (KOR) 22 September 1988 1988 Summer OlympicsGold medal race4'27"357* Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 27 July 1992 1992 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'24"496 Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 28 July 1992 1992 Summer OlympicsQuarter finals4'19"699 Atlanta (USA) Open air track 24 July 1996 1996 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'18"972* Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 16 September 2000 2000 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'18"515 Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 17 September 2000 2000 Summer OlympicsGold medal race4'15"165 Athens (GRE) Indoor track 20 August 2004 2004 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'15"031 Beijing (CHN) Indoor track 15 August 2008 2008 Summer OlympicsQualifying4'14"982 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Indoor track 14 August 2016 2016 Summer OlympicsOmnium † Event formed part of the Omnium, not the stand-alone Individual Pursuit * Not listed by the UCI as an Olympic record
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