title: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
text: # Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
  
  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.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying round
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:48.31 | Q |
  | 2 | Thomas Huschke | East Germany | 4:48.75 | Q |
  | 3 | Herman Ponsteen | Netherlands | 4:49.51 | Q |
  | 4 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | 4:50.00 | Q |
  | 5 | Orfeo Pizzoferrato | Italy | 4:50.44 | Q |
  | 6 | Gary Sutton | Australia | 4:50.57 | Q |
  | 7 | Jan Jankiewicz | Poland | 4:51.48 | Q |
  | 8 | Jan Georg Iversen | Norway | 4:51.86 | Q |
  | 9 | Mike Richards | New Zealand | 4:55.08 | Q |
  | 10 | Michal Klasa | Czechoslovakia | 4:56.42 | Q |
  | 11 | Jean-Louis Baugnies | Belgium | 4:56.86 | Q |
  | 12 | Harry Hannus | Finland | 4:57.11 | Q |
  | 13 | Robert Dill-Bundi | Switzerland | 4:58.76 | Q |
  | 14 | Yoichi Machishima | Japan | 4:59.20 | Q |
  | 15 | Jean-Jacques Rebière | France | 5:00.32 | Q |
  | 16 | Gábor Szűcs | Hungary | 5:00.39 | Q |
  | 17 | Raúl Marcelo Vázquez | Cuba | 5:00.45 | |
  | 18 | Fernando Vera | Chile | 5:00.68 | |
  | 19 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 5:01.54 | |
  | 20 | Ian Hallam | Great Britain | 5:02.47 | |
  | 21 | Washington Díaz | Uruguay | 5:03.00 | |
  | 22 | Bojan Ropret | Yugoslavia | 5:06.32 | |
  | 23 | Erol Küçükbakırcı | Turkey | 5:11.84 | |
  | 24 | Tang Kam Man | Hong Kong | 5:47.24 | |
  | – | José Jaime Galeano | Colombia | Overtaken | |
  | – | Gholam Hossein Koohi | Iran | Overtaken | |
  | – | Donald Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | DNF | |
  | – | Elmabruk Kehel | Lebanon | DNS | |
  
  ### 1/8 finals
  
  **1/8 final 1**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jan Georg Iversen | Norway | 4:52.82 | Q |
  | 2 | Mike Richards | New Zealand | 4:53.33 | |
  
  **1/8 final 2**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Michal Klasa | Czechoslovakia | 4:49.84 | Q |
  | 2 | Jan Jankiewicz | Poland | 4:54.94 | |
  
  **1/8 final 3**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gary Sutton | Australia | 4:51.36 | Q |
  | 2 | Jean-Louis Baugnies | Belgium | 4:57.53 | |
  
  **1/8 final 4**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Orfeo Pizzoferrato | Italy | 4:48.41 | Q |
  | 2 | Harry Hannus | Finland | Overtaken | |
  
  **1/8 final 5**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | 4:46.94 | Q |
  | 2 | Robert Dill-Bundi | Switzerland | Overtaken | |
  
  **1/8 final 6**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Herman Ponsteen | Netherlands | 4:47.18 | Q |
  | 2 | Yoichi Machishima | Japan | Overtaken | |
  
  **1/8 final 7**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Thomas Huschke | East Germany | 4:47.72 | Q |
  | 2 | Jean-Jacques Rebière | France | 4:57.37 | |
  
  **1/8 final 8**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:45.10 | Q |
  | 2 | Gábor Szűcs | Hungary | Overtaken | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Thomas Huschke | East Germany | 4:47.44 | Q |
  | 2 | Orfeo Pizzoferrato | Italy | 4:47.89 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Herman Ponsteen | Netherlands | 4:48.67 | Q |
  | 2 | Michal Klasa | Czechoslovakia | 4:49.61 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | 4:48.67 | Q |
  | 2 | Gary Sutton | Australia | 4:49.61 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 4**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:48.27 | Q |
  | 2 | Jan Georg Iversen | Norway | 4:51.04 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | 4:45.50 | Q |
  | 2 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:45.67 | B |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Herman Ponsteen | Netherlands | 4:52.43 | Q |
  | 2 | Thomas Huschke | East Germany | 4:59.42 | B |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Bronze medal match**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Thomas Huschke | East Germany | 4:52.71 |
  | 4 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:57.34 |
  
  **Final**
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Gregor Braun | West Germany | 4:47.61 |
  | | Herman Ponsteen | Netherlands | 4:49.72 |
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | RANK | FINAL RANKING |
  | - | - |
  | | Gregor Braun (FRG) |
  | | Herman Ponsteen (NED) |
  | | Thomas Huschke (GDR) |
  | 4. | Vladimir Osokin (URS) |
  | 5. | Orfeo Pizzoferrato (ITA) |
  | 6. | Gary Sutton (AUS) |
  | 7. | Jan Georg Iversen (NOR) |
  | 8. | Michal Klasa (TCH) |
  | 9. | Mike Richards (NZL) |
  | 10. | Jan Jankiewicz (POL) |
  | 11. | Jean-Jacques Rebière (FRA) |
  | 12. | Jean-Louis Baugnies (BEL) |
  | 13. | Harry Hannus (FIN) |
  | 14. | Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) |
  | 15. | Yoichi Machishima (JPN) |
  | 16. | Gábor Szűcs (HUN) |
  | 17. | Raúl Marcelo Vázquez (CUB) |
  | 18. | Fernando Vera (CHI) |
  | 19. | Leonard Nitz (USA) |
  | 20. | Ian Hallam (GBR) |
  | 21. | Washington Díaz (URU) |
  | 22. | Bojan Ropret (YUG) |
  | 23. | Erol Küçükbakırcı (TUR) |
  | 24. | Tang Kam Man (HKG) |
  | 25. | Donald Christian (ANT) |
  | 26. | José Jaime Galeano (COL) |
  | 27. | Gholam Hossein Koohi (IRI) |
  