Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
# Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

The Men's Individual Pursuit was a cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California over a distance of 4000m.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's individual pursuit | Steve Hegg United States | Rolf Gölz West Germany | Leonard Nitz United States |

Final results

## Results

### Qualifying round

| Place | Cyclist | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Steve Hegg (USA) | 4:35,57 |
| 2 | Pascal Robert (FRA) | 4:46,51 |
| 3 | Leonard Nitz (USA) | 4:46,99 |
| 4 | Jørgen V. Pedersen (DEN) | 4:48,42 |
| 5 | Rolf Gölz (FRG) | 4:48,55 |
| 6 | Dean Woods (AUS) | 4:49,51 |
| 7 | Roberto Calovi (ITA) | 4:49,89 |
| 8 | Michael Grenda (AUS) | 4:51,46 |
| 9 | Rudi Ceyssens (BEL) | 4:51,51 |
| 10 | Jelle Nijdam (NED) | 4:51.77 |
| 11 | Shaun Wallace (GBR) | 4:51,91 |
| 12 | Jörg Müller (SUI) | 4:52,57 |
| 13 | Alex Stieda (CAN) | 4:54,28 |
| 14 | Gonzalez Caries Garcia (URU) | 4:54,37 |
| 15 | Anthony Cuff (NZL) | 4:55,06 |
| 16 | Gabriel Curuchet (ARG) | 4:55,07 |
| 17 | Gary Trevisiol (CAN) | 4:57,01 |
| 18 | Henning Larsen (DEN) | 4:58,17 |
| 19 | Maurizio Colombo (ITA) | 4:59,72 |
| 20 | Sixten Wackström (FIN) | 4:59,94 |
| 21 | Stephan Joho (SUI) | 5:00,30 |
| 22 | Hans Fischer (BRA) | 5:00,47 |
| 23 | William Palacio (COL) | 5:01,17 |
| 24 | Karl Krenauer (AUT) | 5:01,18 |
| 25 | Éric Louvel (FRA) | 5:01,52 |
| 26 | Steve Bent (GBR) | 5:02,17 |
| 27 | Fernando Vera (CHI) | 5:02,53 |
| 28 | Balbino Jaramillo (COL) | 5:04,27 |
| 29 | Diomedes Panton (PHI) | 5:14,27 |
| | Pedro Caino (ARG) | OVT |
| | Hsu Chin-te (TPE) | OVT |
| | Eduardo Cuevas (CHI) | OVT |
| | Ingo Wittenborn (FRG) | OVT |

### Round 1

| Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Grenda | Australia | 4:48,99 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Rudi Ceyssens | Belgium | 4:29,53 | |
| 2 | 2 | Roberto Calovi | Italy | 4:50,11 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jelle Nijdam | Netherlands | 4:46,78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:43,72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Shaun Wallace | Great Britain | 4:50,80 | |
| 4 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:42,63 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jörg Müller | Switzerland | 4:53,07 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | Denmark | 4:45,34 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Alex Stieda | Canada | 4:51,75 | |
| 6 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:44,97 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Gonzalez Carlos Garcia | Uruguay | 4:53,72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Pascal Robert | France | 4:47,94 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Anthony Cuff | New Zealand | 4:50,49 | |
| 8 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:40,26 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Gabriel Curuchet | Argentina | 4:51,04 | |

### Quarter finals

| Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:43,98 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | Denmark | 4:46,65 | |
| 2 | 1 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:48,65 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jelle Nijdam | Netherlands | 4:52,98 | |
| 3 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:37,70 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pascal Robert | France | OVT | |
| 4 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:37,10 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Grenda | Australia | OVT | |

### Semi finals

| Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | - | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Leonard Nitz | United States | OVT | |
| 1 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:47,07 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:55,02 | |

### Bronze medal race

| Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Dean Woods | Australia | 4:44,08 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Leonard Nitz | United States | 4:44,03 | 3 |

### Gold medal race

| Heat | Place | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Rolf Gölz | West Germany | 4:43,82 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | Steve Hegg | United States | 4:39,35 | 1 |
