title: 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
text: # 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
  
  The Men's individual pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on April 7. Twenty-two athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the two fastest riders advanced to the final and the 3rd- and 4th-fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Michael Hepburn (AUS) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Jack Bobridge (AUS) |
  | Bronze | Westley Gough (NZL) |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The Qualifying was held at 13:00.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Michael Hepburn | Australia | 4:13.224 | Q |
  | 2 | Jack Bobridge | Australia | 4:14.783 | Q |
  | 3 | Rohan Dennis | Australia | 4:16.051 | Q |
  | 4 | Westley Gough | New Zealand | 4:17.001 | Q |
  | 5 | Geraint Thomas | Great Britain | 4:17.265 | |
  | 6 | Peter Latham | New Zealand | 4:18.152 | |
  | 7 | Dominique Cornu | Belgium | 4:19.479 | |
  | 8 | Asier Maeztu Billelabeitia | Spain | 4:23.334 | |
  | 9 | Kevin Labeque | France | 4:23.859 | |
  | 10 | Ingmar De Poortere | Belgium | 4:25.931 | |
  | 11 | Valery Kaykov | Russia | 4:26.333 | |
  | 12 | Levi Heimans | Netherlands | 4:26.569 | |
  | 13 | Casper Folsach | Denmark | 4:26.762 | |
  | 14 | Jang Sun-jae | South Korea | 4:26.946 | |
  | 15 | Sebastián Mora Vedri | Spain | 4:28.094 | |
  | 16 | Stefan Schaefer | Germany | 4:31.763 | |
  | 17 | Claudio Imhof | Switzerland | 4:33.444 | |
  | 18 | Dias Omirzakov | Kazakhstan | 4:35.253 | |
  | 19 | Edison Bravo | Chile | 4:35.716 | |
  | 20 | Tim Veldt | Netherlands | 4:35.977 | |
  | 21 | Cheung King Lok | Hong Kong | 4:37.450 | |
  | – | Carlos Linares | Venezuela | | DNS |
  
  ### Finals
  
  The finals were held at 20:35.
  
  **Small Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Westley Gough | New Zealand | 4:16.945 | |
  | 4 | Rohan Dennis | Australia | 4:18.594 | |
  
  **Final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Michael Hepburn | Australia | 4:15.839 | |
  | | Jack Bobridge | Australia | 4:16.313 | |
  