title: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
text: # Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
  
  The Men's Individual Pursuit was a cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California over a distance of 4000m.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's individual pursuit | Steve Hegg United States | Rolf Gölz West Germany | Leonard Nitz United States |
  
  Final results
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying round
  
  | Place | Cyclist | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Steve Hegg (USA) | 4:35,57 |
  | 2 | Pascal Robert (FRA) | 4:46,51 |
  | 3 | Leonard Nitz (USA) | 4:46,99 |
  | 4 | Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN) | 4:48,42 |
  | 5 | Rolf Gölz (FRG) | 4:48,55 |
  | 6 | Dean Woods (AUS) | 4:49,51 |
  | 7 | Roberto Calovi (ITA) | 4:49,89 |
  | 8 | Michael Grenda (AUS) | 4:51,46 |
  | 9 | Rudi Ceyssens (BEL) | 4:51,51 |
  | 10 | Jelle Nijdam (NED) | 4:51.77 |
  | 11 | Shaun Wallace (GBR) | 4:51,91 |
  | 12 | Jörg Müller (SUI) | 4:52,57 |
  | 13 | Alex Stieda (CAN) | 4:54,28 |
  | 14 | Gonzalez Caries Garcia (URU) | 4:54,37 |
  | 15 | Anthony Cuff (NZL) | 4:55,06 |
  | 16 | Gabriel Curuchet (ARG) | 4:55,07 |
  | 17 | Gary Trevisiol (CAN) | 4:57,01 |
  | 18 | Henning Larsen (DEN) | 4:58,17 |
  | 19 | Maurizio Colombo (ITA) | 4:59,72 |
  | 20 | Sixten Wackström (FIN) | 4:59,94 |
  | 21 | Stephan Joho (SUI) | 5:00,30 |
  | 22 | Hans Fischer (BRA) | 5:00,47 |
  | 23 | William Palacio (COL) | 5:01,17 |
  | 24 | Karl Krenauer (AUT) | 5:01,18 |
  | 25 | Éric Louvel (FRA) | 5:01,52 |
  | 26 | Steve Bent (GBR) | 5:02,17 |
  | 27 | Fernando Vera (CHI) | 5:02,53 |
  | 28 | Balbino Jaramillo (COL) | 5:04,27 |
  | 29 | Diomedes Panton (PHI) | 5:14,27 |
  | | Pedro Caino (ARG) | OVT |
  | | Hsu Chin-te (TPE) | OVT |
  | | Eduardo Cuevas (CHI) | OVT |
  | | Ingo Wittenborn (FRG) | OVT |
  
  ### Round 1
  
  | Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Michael Grenda | Australia | 4:48,99 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Rudi Ceyssens | Belgium | 4:29,53 | |
  | 2 | 2 | Roberto Calovi | Italy | 4:50,11 | |
  | 2 | 1 | Jelle Nijdam | Netherlands | 4:46,78 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:43,72 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Shaun Wallace | Great Britain | 4:50,80 | |
  | 4 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:42,63 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Jörg Müller | Switzerland | 4:53,07 | |
  | 5 | 1 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | Denmark | 4:45,34 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Alex Stieda | Canada | 4:51,75 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:44,97 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Gonzalez Carlos Garcia | Uruguay | 4:53,72 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Pascal Robert | France | 4:47,94 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Anthony Cuff | New Zealand | 4:50,49 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:40,26 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Gabriel Curuchet | Argentina | 4:51,04 | |
  
  ### Quarter finals
  
  | Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:43,98 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | Denmark | 4:46,65 | |
  | 2 | 1 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:48,65 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Jelle Nijdam | Netherlands | 4:52,98 | |
  | 3 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:37,70 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Pascal Robert | France | OVT | |
  | 4 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:37,10 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Michael Grenda | Australia | OVT | |
  
  ### Semi finals
  
  | Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | - | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Leonard Nitz | United States | OVT | |
  | 1 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:47,07 | Q |
  | 1 | 2 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:55,02 | |
  
  ### Bronze medal race
  
  | Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:44,08 | 4 |
  | 1 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:44,03 | 3 |
  
  ### Gold medal race
  
  | Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:43,82 | 2 |
  | 1 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:39,35 | 1 |
  