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.^[1]

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
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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

References

1. "Cycling at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2015.