Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

Cycling events at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Team time trial		men
Track cycling
Individual pursuit		men
Team pursuit		men
Sprint		men		women
Time trial		men
Points race		men

The Men's Individual Pursuit was a cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea which was held between 20 and 22 September, 1988. There were a total number of 23 participants.

Qualification

4000 metre time trial, with the top 16 riders advancing.

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Bernd Dittert (GDR)	4:34.45
2	Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)	4:35.03
3	Colin Sturgess (GBR)	4:35.42
4	Dean Woods (AUS)	4:35.89
5	Ryszard Dawidowicz (POL)	4:36.21
6	Peter Clausen (DEN)	4:38.88
7	Ivan Beltrami (ITA)	4:40.94
8	Gary Anderson (NZL)	4:41.83
9	Bruno Risi (SUI)	4:43.41
10	Thomas Duerst (FRG)	4:45.59
11	Jyrki Tujunen (FIN)	4:47.05
12	Gabriel Curuchet (ARG)	4:47.18
13	Roman Cermak (TCH)	4:47.63
14	David Brinton (USA)	4:48.93
15	Miklos Somogyi (HUN)	4:49.38
16	Erik Cent (NED)	4:54.16
17	Jose Antonio Martiarena (ESP)	4:54.39
18	Patrick Matt (LIE)	4:57.47
19	Min-Soo Park (KOR)	4:58.57
20	Antônio Silvestre (BRA)	5:02.07
	Realdo Jessurun (SUR)	DNF
	Mostafa Chaichi-Raghimi (IRI)	DNF
	Ira Fabian (ANT)	DNS

Match round

In the match round, the top 16 riders from the qualification round were matched together, 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14, 4 vs. 13, etc. for the Round of 16. In the Round of 16, the winner of each match advanced to race in the Quarterfinals.

Round of 16

Match 1

Name	Time
Gary Anderson (NZL)	4:41.25	O
Bruno Risi (SUI)	4:44.38	X

Match 2

Name	Time
Ivan Beltrami (ITA)	4:44.33	O
Thomas Duerst (FRG)	4:45.20	X

Match 3

Name	Time
Peter Clausen (DEN)	4:43.71	O
Jyrki Tujunen (FIN)	4:46.65	X

Match 4

Name	Time
Ryszard Dawidowicz (POL)	4:42.03	O
Gabriel Curuchet (ARG)	4:50.75	X

Match 5

Name	Time
Dean Wood (AUS)	4:36.49	O
Roman Cermak (TCH)	DNF	X

Match 6

Name	Time
Colin Sturgess (GBR)	4:37.17	O
David Brinton (USA)	4:47.27	X

Match 7

Name	Time
Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)	4:35.32	O
Miklos Somogyi (HUN)	DNF	X

Match 8

Name	Time
Bernd Dittert (GBR)	4:36.01	O
Erik Cent (NED)	DNF	X

Quarterfinal

Match 1

Name	Time
Colin Sturgess (GBR)	4:39.39	O
Gary Anderson (NZL)	4:42.82	X

Match 2

Name	Time
Dean Woods (AUS)	4:35.11	O
Ryszard Dawidowicz (POL)	4:39.44	X

Match 3

Name	Time
Bernd Dittert (GDR)	4:33.70	O
Peter Clausen (DEN)	4:42.62	X

Match 4

Name	Time
Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)	4:32.83	O
Ivan Beltrami (ITA)	DNF	X

Semifinal

Match 1

Name	Time
Dean Woods (AUS)	4:35.02	O
Bernd Dittert (GDR)	4:39.06	X

Match 2

Name	Time
Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)	4:40.24	O
Colin Sturgess (GBR)	4:46.25	X

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Name	Time
Bernd Dittert (GDR)	4:34.17	O
Colin Sturgess (GBR)	4:34.90	X

Gold Medal Match

Name	Time
Gintaoutas Umaras (URS)	4:32.00	O
Dean Woods (AUS)	4:35.00	X

References

• Official Report