| 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 | – (1 h2) | – (1 h2) | – (1 h2) | – (1 h1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Giorgio Ursi |  ITA | – (1 h4) | – (1 h3) | – (1 h1) | – (2 h1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Preben Isaksson |  DEN | – (1 h6) | – (1 h4) | – (2 h2) | – (1 h2) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Tiemen Groen |  NED | – (1 h1) | – (1 h1) | – (2 h1) | – (2 h2) | |||
| =5 | Lucjan Józefowicz |  POL | – (2 h4) | – (2 h2) | – | – | |||
| =5 | Stanislav Moskvin |  URS | – (1 h5) | – (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| =5 | Hugh Porter |  GBR | – (2 h1) | – (2 h4) | – | – | |||
| =5 | Lothar Spiegelberg |  GER | – (2 h2) | – (2 h3) | – | – | |||
| 9 r1/4 | Herman Van Loo |  BEL | – (1 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 10 r1/4 | Robert Varga |  FRA | – (2 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 11 r1/4 | Richard Hine |  AUS | – (2 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 12 r1/4 | Rubén Etchebarne |  URU | – (2 h6) | – | – | – | |||
| 13 r1/4 | Hiromi Yamafuji |  JPN | – (1 h7) | – | – | – | |||
| 14 r1/4 | Martín Rodríguez |  COL | – (2 h7) | – | – | – | |||
| 15 r1/4 | Antonio Duque |  MEX | – (1 h12) | – | – | – | |||
| 16 r1/4 | Skip Cutting |  USA | – (1 h11) | – | – | – | |||
| 17 r1/4 | Jerry Cassidy |  TTO | – (1 h10) | – | – | – | |||
| 18 r1/4 | Amar Singh Sokhi |  IND | – (1 h9) | – | – | – | |||
| 19 r1/4 | Khem Son |  CAM | – (1 h8) | – | – | – | |||
| 20 r1/4 | Samaisuk Krissanasuwan |  THA | – (2 h10) | – | – | – | |||
| AC r1/4 | Chow Kwong Choi |  HKG | – (DNF h8) | – | – | – | |||
| AC r1/4 | Tjow Choon Boon |  MAS | – (DNF h9) | – | – | – | |||
| AC r1/4 | Trần Văn Nen |  VNM | – (DNF h11) | – | – | – | |||
| AC r1/4 | Muhammad Ashiq |  PAK | – (DNF h12) | – | – | – |
| Date | 16 October 1964 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Fastest eight times advanced to the quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiemen Groen | NED | – | ||
| 2 | Hugh Porter | GBR | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Daler | TCH | – | ||
| 2 | Lothar Spiegelberg | GER | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herman Van Loo | BEL | – | ||
| 2 | Richard Hine | AUS | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgio Ursi | ITA | – | ||
| 2 | Lucjan Józefowicz | POL | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislav Moskvin | URS | – | ||
| 2 | Robert Varga | FRA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preben Isaksson | DEN | – | ||
| 2 | Rubén Etchebarne | URU | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiromi Yamafuji | JPN | – | ||
| 2 | Martín Rodríguez | COL | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khem Son | CAM | – | ||
| Chow Kwong Choi | HKG | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amar Singh Sokhi | IND | – | ||
| Tjow Choon Boon | MAS | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Cassidy | TTO | – | ||
| 2 | Samaisuk Krissanasuwan | THA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skip Cutting | USA | – | ||
| Trần Văn Nen | VNM | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Duque | MEX | – | ||
| Muhammad Ashiq | PAK | – |
| Date | 16 October 1964 — 14:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiemen Groen | NED | – | ||
| 2 | Stanislav Moskvin | URS | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Daler | TCH | – | ||
| 2 | Lucjan Józefowicz | POL | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgio Ursi | ITA | – | ||
| 2 | Lothar Spiegelberg | GER | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preben Isaksson | DEN | – | ||
| 2 | Hugh Porter | GBR | – |
| Date | 17 October 1964 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgio Ursi | ITA | – | ||
| 2 | Tiemen Groen | NED | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Daler | TCH | – | ||
| 2 | Preben Isaksson | DEN | – |
| Date | 17 October 1964 — 14:00 |
|---|
| Time | 14:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Daler | TCH | – | ||
| 2 | Giorgio Ursi | ITA | – |
| Time | 14:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preben Isaksson | DEN | – | ||
| 2 | Tiemen Groen | NED | – |
