Cycling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's individual pursuit
# Cycling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's individual pursuit

The men's 4 km individual pursuit competition at the 2002 Asian Games was held on 4 and 5 October at the Geumjeong Velodrome.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 11:00 | Qualification |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 15:30 | 1/4 finals |
| Saturday, 5 October 2002 | 16:10 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Chris Boardman (GBR) | 4:11.114 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 29 August 1996 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Noriyuki Iijima (JPN) | 4:32.195 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 28 October 2000 |
| Games Record | Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | 4:35.571 | Hiroshima, Japan | 11 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish
* DNS — Did not start

### Qualification

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | 4:36.941 |
| 2 | Noriyuki Iijima (JPN) | 4:43.650 |
| 3 | Hossein Askari (IRI) | 4:47.041 |
| 4 | Suh Seok-kyu (KOR) | 4:47.199 |
| 5 | Shi Guijun (CHN) | 4:51.046 |
| 6 | Liu Chin-feng (TPE) | 4:51.888 |
| 7 | Damir Iratov (UZB) | 4:52.805 |
| 8 | Wong Kam Po (HKG) | 4:55.031 |
| 9 | Bader Al-Yasin (KSA) | 5:04.847 |
| — | Jorge Pereira (TMP) | DNS |
| — | Suwandra (INA) | DNS |

### 1/4 finals

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Suh Seok-kyu (KOR) | 4.46.934 | |
| 2 | Shi Guijun (CHN) | 4.51.292 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hossein Askari (IRI) | 4.47.053 | |
| — | Liu Chin-feng (TPE) | DNS | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Noriyuki Iijima (JPN) | 4.47.249 | |
| — | Damir Iratov (UZB) | DNS | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | 4.44.813 | |
| — | Wong Kam Po (HKG) | DNS | |

**Summary**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | 4.44.813 |
| 2 | Suh Seok-kyu (KOR) | 4.46.934 |
| 3 | Hossein Askari (IRI) | 4.47.053 |
| 4 | Noriyuki Iijima (JPN) | 4.47.249 |

### Finals

**Final (3~4)**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Noriyuki Iijima (JPN) | 4:44.004 | |
| 4 | Hossein Askari (IRI) | 4:48.264 | |

**Final (1~2)**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ) | DNF | |
| | Suh Seok-kyu (KOR) | Overlapped | |
