Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

Cycling - Men's individual pursuit at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Los Angeles
Dates	30 July - 1 August
Competitors	33 from 21 nations
Medalists
Steve Hegg  United States Rolf Gölz  West Germany Leonard Nitz  United States

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
	2	Rudi Ceyssens	Belgium	4:29,53
2	2	Roberto Calovi	Italy	4:50,11
	1	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	4:46,78	Q
3	1	Dean Woods	Australia	4:43,72	Q
	2	Shaun Wallace	Great Britain	4:50,80
4	1	Rolf Gölz	West Germany	4:42,63	Q
	2	Jörg Müller	Switzerland	4:53,07
5	1	Jørgen V. Pedersen	Denmark	4:45,34	Q
	2	Alex Stieda	Canada	4:51,75
6	1	Leonard Nitz	United States	4:44,97	Q
	2	Gonzalez Carlos Garcia	Uruguay	4:53,72
7	1	Pascal Robert	France	4:47,94	Q
	2	Anthony Cuff	New Zealand	4:50,49
8	1	Steve Hegg	United States	4:40,26	Q
	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
	2	Jørgen V. Pedersen	Denmark	4:46,65
2	1	Dean Woods	Australia	4:48,65	Q
	2	Jelle Nijdam	Netherlands	4:52,98
3	1	Rolf Gölz	West Germany	4:37,70	Q
	2	Pascal Robert	France	OVT
4	1	Steve Hegg	United States	4:37,10	Q
	2	Michael Grenda	Australia	OVT

Semi finals

Heat	Place	Cyclist	Nation	Time	Qualified
1	1	Rolf Gölz	West Germany	-	Q
	2	Leonard Nitz	United States	OVT
1	1	Steve Hegg	United States	4:47,07	Q
	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	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	Steve Hegg	United States	4:39,35	1