Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
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These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The races were held on Saturday, 16 September, and Sunday, 17 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodromewith a race distance of 4 km.[1]
Medalists
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Robert Bartko, ![]() |
Jens Lehmann, ![]() |
Brad McGee, ![]() |
Records
World and Olympic records prior to the Games.
World Record | 4:11.114 | Chris Boardman | GBR | Manchester, Great Britain | 29 August 1996 |
Olympic Record | 4:19.699 | Andrea Collinelli | ITA | Atlanta, USA | 24 July 1996 |
Qualifying round
16 September
The seventeen riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round was not based on who won those matches, however. The cyclists with the four fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match.
Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
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1 | Robert Bartko | ![]() |
4:18.972 |
2 | Rob Hayles | ![]() |
4:20.996 |
3 | Jens Lehmann | ![]() |
4:21.350 |
4 | Brad McGee | ![]() |
4:21.903 |
5 | Philippe Gaumont | ![]() |
4:22.142 |
6 | Oleksandr Symonenko | ![]() |
4:23.983 |
7 | Sergiy Matveyev | ![]() |
4:25.380 |
8 | Walter Fernando Perez | ![]() |
4:30.757 |
9 | Luke Roberts | ![]() |
4:31.162 |
10 | Mariano Friedick | ![]() |
4:31.241 |
11 | Vladimir Karpets | ![]() |
4:31.342 |
12 | Christian Vande Velde | ![]() |
4:31.528 |
13 | Alexey Markov | ![]() |
4:31.589 |
14 | Gary Anderson | ![]() |
4:32.304 |
15 | Franco Marvulli | ![]() |
4:34.000 |
16 | Antonio Tauler | ![]() |
4:34.415 |
17 | Vadim Kravchenko | ![]() |
4:40.410 |
Semi-Finals
Held 16 September
In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest cyclist faced the fourth-fastest and the second-fastest faced the third. Winners advanced to the finals while losers met in the bronze medal match.
- Heat 1
Jens Lehmann ![]() |
4:23.032 | (3rd) |
Rob Hayles ![]() |
4:30.080 | (2nd) |
- Heat 2
Robert Bartko ![]() |
4:21.067 | (1st) |
Brad McGee ![]() |
4:22.644 | (4th) |
Finals
Held 17 September
- Gold Medal
Robert Bartko ![]() |
4:18.515 |
Jens Lehmann ![]() |
4:23.824 |
- Bronze Medal
Brad McGee ![]() |
4:19.250 |
Rob Hayles ![]() |
4:19.613 |
References
- ^ "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.