Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's individual pursuit

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's 4000 m individual pursuit, as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/60/60/Men-OlympicRecords_Neutral.pdf|title=Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=21 October 2014|access-date=24 November 2014|format=PDF}}

The men's 4000-metre individual pursuit was introduced at the 1964 Summer Olympics and was discontinued after the 2008 Summer Olympics. The UCI list the first Olympic record as of 1992 although the event had already been contested at several Olympic Games before.

Progression

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!Time!!Cyclists!!Location!!Track!!Date!!Meet!!Ref

4'57"48*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132544/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/CYC/mens-individual-pursuit-4000-metres.html Cycling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres] sports-reference.com{{flagathlete|Tiemen Groen|NED }}Tokyo (JPN)16 October 19641964 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'56"64*{{flagathlete|Giorgio Ursi|ITA }}Tokyo (JPN)17 October 19641964 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4'40"41*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/CYC/mens-individual-pursuit-4000-metres.html Cycling at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres] sports-reference.com{{flagathlete|Xaver Kurmann|SUI }}Mexico City (MEX)17 October 19681968 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'37"54*{{flagathlete|Frey Jensen| DEN}}Mexico City (MEX)17 October 19681968 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'34"92*{{flagathlete|Robert Dill-Bundi|SUI}}Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome23 July 19801980 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'32"29*{{flagathlete|Robert Dill-Bundi|SUI}}Moscow (USR), Olympic Velodrome24 July 19801980 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4'32"00*{{flagathlete|Gintaoutas Umaras|URS}}Seoul (KOR)22 September 19881988 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4'27"357*{{flagathlete|Chris Boardman|GBR}}Barcelona (ESP)Open air track27 July 19921992 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'24"496{{flagathlete|Chris Boardman|GBR}}Barcelona (ESP)Open air track28 July 19921992 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4'19"699{{flagathlete|Andrea Collinelli|ITA}}Atlanta (USA)Open air track24 July 19961996 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'18"972*{{flagathlete|Robert Bartko|GER}}Sydney (AUS)Indoor track16 September 20002000 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'18"515{{flagathlete|Robert Bartko|GER}}Sydney (AUS)Indoor track17 September 20002000 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4'15"165{{flagathlete|Bradley Wiggins|GBR}}Athens (GRE)Indoor track20 August 20042004 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'15"031{{flagathlete|Bradley Wiggins|GBR}}Beijing (CHN)Indoor track15 August 20082008 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4'14"982{{flagathlete|Lasse Norman Hansen|DEN}}Rio de Janeiro (BRA)Indoor track14 August 20162016 Summer Olympics
Omnium
{{cite web|title=Men's Omnium – Individual Pursuit Results|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM010500_Results_2016_08_14_533348bf_5c2d_4844_8087_829552d00874.pdf|work=Rio 2016 official website|date=14 August 2016|access-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920131402/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM010500_Results_2016_08_14_533348bf_5c2d_4844_8087_829552d00874.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2016}}

Event formed part of the Omnium, not the stand-alone Individual Pursuit

* Not listed by the UCI as an Olympic record

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