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Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

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Men's cycling individual pursuit
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Mexico City
Date17 to 18 October 1968
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Rébillard  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mogens Frey  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland
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These are the official results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 17 and 18 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 28 nations.[1]

Competition format

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The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of a pair of cyclists starting from opposite sides of the track. The cyclists raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time and, if possible, catch the other cyclist. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the cyclist finished first or second in his heat, though any cyclist who was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.[2]

Results

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Qualifying round

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland 4:40.41 Q
2 John Bylsma  Australia 4:41.10 Q
3 Daniel Rébillard  France 4:42.15 Q
4 Mogens Frey  Denmark 4:42.30 Q
5 Cipriano Chemello  Italy 4:43.58 Q
6 Rupert Kratzer  West Germany 4:43.84 Q
7 Radamés Treviño  Mexico 4:44.12 Q
8 Paul Crapez  Belgium 4:44.93 Q
9 Martín Emilio Rodríguez  Colombia 4:45.38
10 Rajmund Zieliński  Poland 4:46.03
11 Knut Knudsen  Norway 4:46.70
12 Juan Alberto Merlos  Argentina 4:47.81
13 Daniel Yuste  Spain 4:50.36
14 Jiří Daler  Czechoslovakia 4:50.50
15 Ian Hallam  Great Britain 4:50.62
16 Ole Wackström  Finland 4:50.76
17 Gösta Pettersson  Sweden 4:51.37
18 David Brink  United States 4:55.40
19 Vernon Stauble  Trinidad and Tobago 5:07.80
20 Benjamin Evangelista  Philippines 5:22.12
21 Tarek Abou Al Dahab  Lebanon 5:35.42
22 Colin Forde  Barbados 5:35.60
Inocente Lizano  Cuba 4:51.09 Overtaken
Fedor den Hertog  Netherlands 4:54.32 Overtaken
Emil Rusu  Romania 4:56.45 Overtaken
Gwon Jung-hyeon  South Korea 5:09.90 Overtaken
Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet  Thailand 5:34.50 Overtaken
Denfield McNab  British Honduras 6:12.96 Overtaken

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland 4:45.94 Q
2 Paul Crapez  Belgium 4:49.99

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 John Bylsma  Australia 4:41.66 Q
2 Radamés Treviño  Mexico 4:42.40

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Rébillard  France 4:39.87 Q
2 Rupert Kratzer  West Germany 4:41.43

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Mogens Frey  Denmark 4:37.54 Q
2 Cipriano Chemello  Italy 4:42.29

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Mogens Frey  Denmark 4:42.05 Q
2 Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland 4:44.26 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Rébillard  France 4:41.80 Q
2 John Bylsma  Australia 4:48.73 B

Finals

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Bronze medal match

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland 4:39.42
4 John Bylsma  Australia 4:41.60

Final

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Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Rébillard  France 4:41.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mogens Frey  Denmark 4:42.43

Final classification

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Rank Name Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Rébillard  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mogens Frey  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xaver Kurmann  Switzerland
4 John Bylsma  Australia
5 Cipriano Chemello  Italy
Paul Crapez  Belgium
Rupert Kratzer  West Germany
Radamés Treviño  Mexico
9 Martín Rodríguez  Colombia
10 Rajmund Zieliński  Poland
11 Knut Knudsen  Norway
12 Juan Alberto Merlos  Argentina
13 Daniel Yuste  Spain
14 Jiří Daler  Czechoslovakia
15 Ian Hallam  Great Britain
16 Ole Wackström  Finland
17 Gösta Pettersson  Sweden
18 David Brink  United States
19 Vernon Stauble  Trinidad and Tobago
20 Benjamin Evangelista  Philippines
21 Tarek Abou Al Dahab  Lebanon
22 Colin Forde  Barbados
AC Inocente Lizano  Cuba
Fedor den Hertog  Netherlands
Emil Rusu  Romania
Gwon Jung-hyeon  South Korea
Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet  Thailand
Denfield McNab  British Honduras

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 626.