Cycling Track — Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 12
Total participants 231
Total countries 67

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 24 24
1968 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 28 28
1972 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 28 28
1976 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 27 27
1980 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 14 14
1984 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 33 21
1988 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 22 22
1992 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 29 29
1996 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 18 18
2000 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 17 12
2004 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 15 11
2008 Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men Olympic 18 12

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Jiří DalerTCH Giorgio UrsiITA Preben IsakssonDEN
1968 Daniel RébillardFRA Mogens Frey JensenDEN Xaver KurmannSUI
1972 Knut KnudsenNOR Xaver KurmannSUI Hans LutzFRG
1976 Gregor BraunFRG Herman PonsteenNED Thomas HuschkeGDR
1980 Robert Dill-BundiSUI Alain BondueFRA Hans-Henrik ØrstedDEN
1984 Steve HeggUSA Rolf GölzFRG Leonard Harvey NitzUSA
1988 Gintautas UmarasURS Dean WoodsAUS Bernd DittertGDR
1992 Chris BoardmanGBR Jens LehmannGER Gary AndersonNZL
1996 Andrea CollinelliITA Philippe ErmenaultFRA Brad McGeeAUS
2000 Robert BartkoGER Jens LehmannGER Brad McGeeAUS
2004 Bradley WigginsGBR Brad McGeeAUS Sergi EscobarESP
2008 Bradley WigginsGBR Hayden RoulstonNZL Steven BurkeGBR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Great Britain GBR 3 0 1 4
France FRA 1 2 0 3
Germany GER 1 2 0 3
Switzerland SUI 1 1 1 3
West Germany FRG 1 1 1 3
Italy ITA 1 1 0 2
United States USA 1 0 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Australia AUS 0 2 2 4
Denmark DEN 0 1 2 3
New Zealand NZL 0 1 1 2
Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 2 2
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bradley Wiggins GBR 2 0 0 2
Robert Bartko GER 1 0 0 1
Chris Boardman GBR 1 0 0 1
Gregor Braun FRG 1 0 0 1
Andrea Collinelli ITA 1 0 0 1
Jiří Daler CZE
TCH
1 0 0 1
Robert Dill-Bundi SUI 1 0 0 1
Steve Hegg USA 1 0 0 1
Knut Knudsen NOR 1 0 0 1
Daniel Rébillard FRA 1 0 0 1
Gintautas Umaras LTU
URS
1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1976 Summer Olympics Donald Christian AC r1/5 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Robert Peters AC r1/4
Argentina ARG 1972 Summer Olympics Carlos Miguel Álvarez =5 See all
Australia AUS 1988 Summer Olympics Dean Woods 2 Silver See all
2004 Summer Olympics Brad McGee 2 Silver
Austria AUT 1984 Summer Olympics Karl Krenauer 24 r1/5 See all
Barbados BAR 1968 Summer Olympics Colin Forde 22 r1/4 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Vasil Kiryienka 13 See all
Belgium BEL 1968 Summer Olympics Paul Crapez =5 See all
Belize BIZ 1968 Summer Olympics Denfield McNab AC r1/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1980 Summer Olympics Antônio Silvestre 13 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Ivan Tsvetkov 15 r1/4 See all
Cambodia CAM 1964 Summer Olympics Khem Son 19 r1/4 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Alex Stieda 14 See all
Chile CHI 1976 Summer Olympics Fernando Vera 18 r1/5 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1992 Summer Olympics Weng Yu-Yi 23 r1/4 See all
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Luis Díaz =5 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics Raúl Marcelo Vázquez 17 r1/5 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1964 Summer Olympics Jiří Daler 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1968 Summer Olympics Mogens Frey Jensen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Thomas Huschke 3 Bronze See all
1988 Summer Olympics Bernd Dittert 3 Bronze
Ecuador ECU 1980 Summer Olympics Jhon Jarrín 14 See all
Finland FIN 1988 Summer Olympics Jyrki Tujunen 2 h3 r1/4 See all
France FRA 1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Rébillard 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 2000 Summer Olympics Robert Bartko 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1992 Summer Olympics Chris Boardman 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Bradley Wiggins 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Bradley Wiggins 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1992 Summer Olympics Georgios Portelanos 18 r1/4 See all
Guam GUM 1992 Summer Olympics Manuel García 24 r1/4 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1976 Summer Olympics Tang Kam Man 24 r1/5 See all
Hungary HUN 1976 Summer Olympics Gábor Szűcs 16 See all
India IND 1964 Summer Olympics Amar Singh Sokhi 18 r1/4 See all
Ireland IRL 2008 Summer Olympics David O'Loughlin 11 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2004 Summer Olympics Hossein Askari 15 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Andrea Collinelli 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1972 Summer Olympics Michael Lecky 26 r1/4 See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Hiromi Yamafuji 13 r1/4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Vadim Kravchenko 14 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Yury Yuda 14
Lebanon LBN 1968 Summer Olympics Tarek Abou Al Dahab 21 r1/4 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1988 Summer Olympics Patrick Matt 18 r1/5 See all
Lithuania LTU 2004 Summer Olympics Linas Balčiūnas 9 See all
Malaysia MAS 1992 Summer Olympics Murugayan Kumaresan 22 r1/4 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Radamés Treviño =5 See all
Netherlands NED 1976 Summer Olympics Herman Ponsteen 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics Hayden Roulston 2 Silver See all
Norway NOR 1972 Summer Olympics Knut Knudsen 1 Gold See all
Pakistan PAK 1964 Summer Olympics Muhammad Ashiq AC r1/4 See all
Peru PER 1992 Summer Olympics Tony Ledgard 21 r1/4 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Benjamin Evangelista 20 r1/4 See all
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Lucjan Józefowicz =5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Ryszard Dawidowicz 5
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Park Min-Su 19 r1/5 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2008 Summer Olympics Alexandr Pliuschin 17 See all
Romania ROU 1968 Summer Olympics Emil Rusu AC r1/4 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksey Markov 4 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Aleksey Markov 4
South Africa RSA 1996 Summer Olympics David George 15 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Trần Văn Nen AC r1/4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Gintautas Umaras 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics Sergi Escobar 3 Bronze See all
Suriname SUR 1988 Summer Olympics Realdo Jessurun AC r1/5 See all
Sweden SWE 1968 Summer Olympics Gösta Pettersson 17 r1/4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1980 Summer Olympics Robert Dill-Bundi 1 Gold See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Samaisuk Krissanasuwan 20 r1/4 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1964 Summer Olympics Jerry Cassidy 17 r1/4 See all
Türkiye TUR 1976 Summer Olympics Erol Küçükbakırcı 23 r1/5 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Volodymyr Diudia 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Gonchenkov 11 See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Steve Hegg 1 Gold See all
Uruguay URU 1964 Summer Olympics Rubén Etchebarne 12 r1/4 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Gregor Braun 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Bojan Ropret 22 r1/5 See all