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Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men

Date	16 – 17 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Hachioji Jitenshakyogijo, Hachioji, Tokyo
Participants	24 from 24 countries

An individual pursuit had been contested at the World Championships since 1946, but this was the Olympic début for the event. Earlier in the year, Dutchman Tiemen Groen had won the World Championship, beating Herman van Loo (BEL) in the final, with Czechoslovakia’s Jiří Daler completing the podium. Van Loo would not get past the qualifying heats, but Groen and Daler would make the semi-finals where they were joined by Italy’s Giorgio Ursi and Denmark’s Preben Isaksson. Groen had had the fastest qualifying time with 4:57.48, but in the first semi, Ursi bettered that mark with 4:56.64 to pull well away from Groen. In the second semi, Daler defeated Isaksson in a closer race. The final was close throughout but Daler, an electrician from Praha, defeated Ursi, the son of an Italian farmer. Isaksson bested Groen for the bronze medal, but Groen would return to win the World Championships again in 1965-66, and was professional world pursuit champion in 1967.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	Jiří Daler	TCH	5:00.55 (1 h2)	5:00.70 (1 h2)	4:59.97 (1 h2)	5:04.75 (1 h1)	Gold
2	Giorgio Ursi	ITA	5:01.41 (1 h4)	5:02.43 (1 h3)	4:56.64 (1 h1)	5:05.96 (2 h1)	Silver
3	Preben Isaksson	DEN	5:01.88 (1 h6)	5:01.13 (1 h4)	5:02.23 (2 h2)	5:01.90 (1 h2)	Bronze
4	Tiemen Groen	NED	4:57.48 (1 h1)	4:59.59 (1 h1)	5:01.36 (2 h1)	5:04.21 (2 h2)
=5	Lucjan Józefowicz	POL	5:05.01 (2 h4)	5:07.08 (2 h2)	–	–
=5	Stanislav Moskvin	URS	5:05.67 (1 h5)	5:02.27 (2 h1)	–	–
=5	Hugh Porter	GBR	5:03.16 (2 h1)	5:04.66 (2 h4)	–	–
=5	Lothar Spiegelberg	GER	5:04.60 (2 h2)	5:09.84 (2 h3)	–	–
9 r1/4	Herman Van Loo	BEL	5:07.22 (1 h3)	–	–	–
10 r1/4	Robert Varga	FRA	5:14.57 (2 h5)	–	–	–
11 r1/4	Richard Hine	AUS	5:16.55 (2 h3)	–	–	–
12 r1/4	Rubén Etchebarne	URU	5:17.11 (2 h6)	–	–	–
13 r1/4	Hiromi Yamafuji	JPN	5:17.57 (1 h7)	–	–	–
14 r1/4	Martín Rodríguez	COL	5:17.77 (2 h7)	–	–	–
15 r1/4	Antonio Duque	MEX	5:19.98 (1 h12)	–	–	–
16 r1/4	Skip Cutting	USA	5:25.59 (1 h11)	–	–	–
17 r1/4	Jerry Cassidy	TTO	5:35.64 (1 h10)	–	–	–
18 r1/4	Amar Singh Sokhi	IND	5:56.98 (1 h9)	–	–	–
19 r1/4	Khem Son	CAM	6:05.87 (1 h8)	–	–	–
20 r1/4	Samaisuk Krissanasuwan	THA	6:00.76 (2 h10)	–	–	–
AC r1/4	Chow Kwong Choi	HKG	– (DNF h8)	–	–	–		overtaken
AC r1/4	Tjow Choon Boon	MAS	– (DNF h9)	–	–	–		overtaken
AC r1/4	Trần Văn Nen	VNM	– (DNF h11)	–	–	–		overtaken
AC r1/4	Muhammad Ashiq	PAK	– (DNF h12)	–	–	–		overtaken

Round One

Date	16 October 1964 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight times advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Tiemen Groen	NED	4:57.48	QOR
2	Hugh Porter	GBR	5:03.16	Q

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jiří Daler	TCH	5:00.55	Q
2	Lothar Spiegelberg	GER	5:04.60	Q

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Herman Van Loo	BEL	5:07.22
2	Richard Hine	AUS	5:16.55

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Giorgio Ursi	ITA	5:01.41	Q
2	Lucjan Józefowicz	POL	5:05.01	Q

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Stanislav Moskvin	URS	5:05.67	Q
2	Robert Varga	FRA	5:14.57

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Preben Isaksson	DEN	5:01.88	Q
2	Rubén Etchebarne	URU	5:17.11

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Hiromi Yamafuji	JPN	5:17.57
2	Martín Rodríguez	COL	5:17.77

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Khem Son	CAM	6:05.87
DNF	Chow Kwong Choi	HKG	–

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Amar Singh Sokhi	IND	5:56.98
DNF	Tjow Choon Boon	MAS	–	overtaken

Heat #10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jerry Cassidy	TTO	5:35.64
2	Samaisuk Krissanasuwan	THA	6:00.76

Heat #11

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Skip Cutting	USA	5:25.59
DNF	Trần Văn Nen	VNM	–	overtaken

Heat #12

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Antonio Duque	MEX	5:19.98
DNF	Muhammad Ashiq	PAK	–	overtaken

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 October 1964 — 14:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Tiemen Groen	NED	4:59.59	Q
2	Stanislav Moskvin	URS	5:02.27

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jiří Daler	TCH	5:00.70	Q
2	Lucjan Józefowicz	POL	5:07.08

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Giorgio Ursi	ITA	5:02.43	Q
2	Lothar Spiegelberg	GER	5:09.84

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Preben Isaksson	DEN	5:01.13	Q
2	Hugh Porter	GBR	5:04.66

Semi-Finals

Date	17 October 1964 — 10:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Giorgio Ursi	ITA	4:56.64	QOR
2	Tiemen Groen	NED	5:01.36

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jiří Daler	TCH	4:59.97	Q
2	Preben Isaksson	DEN	5:02.23

Final Round

Date	17 October 1964 — 14:00

Heat 1/2

Time	14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jiří Daler	TCH	5:04.75
2	Giorgio Ursi	ITA	5:05.96

Heat 3/4

Time	14:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Preben Isaksson	DEN	5:01.90
2	Tiemen Groen	NED	5:04.21