Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit
# Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, held from 22 to 24 July 1980. There were a total number of 14 participants in the Olympic Velodrome.

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Cyclist | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Harald Wolf (GDR) | 4:39,96 |
| 2 | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | 4:39,98 |
| 3 | Alain Bondue (FRA) | 4:40,08 |
| 4 | Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) | 4:40,71 |
| 5 | Vladimir Osokin (URS) | 4:41,51 |
| 6 | Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) | 4:43,65 |
| 7 | Sean Yates (GBR) | 4:44,69 |
| 8 | Martin Penc (TCH) | 4:48,15 |
| 9 | Kelvin Poole (AUS) | 4:49,71 |
| 10 | Joseph Smeets (BEL) | 4:49,48 |
| 11 | Sixten Wackström (FIN) | 4:50,17 |
| 12 | Zbigniew Woźnicki (POL) | 4:53,53 |
| 13 | Antônio Silvestre (BRA) | 4:54,52 |
| 14 | Jhon Jarrín (ECU) | 5:14,64 |

### Quarter finals

| Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Dill-Bundi | Switzerland | 4:34,92 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Vladimir Osokin | Soviet Union | 4:38,17 | |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Bondue | France | 4:36,27 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pierangelo Bincoletto | Italy | 4:43,84 | |
| 3 | 1 | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | Denmark | 4:38,42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sean Yates | Great Britain | 4:41,39 | |
| 4 | 1 | Harald Wolf | East Germany | 4:37,18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Martin Penc | Czechoslovakia | 4:47,87 | |

### Semi finals

| Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Alain Bondue | France | 4:36,23 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Harald Wolf | East Germany | 4:40,10 | |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Dill-Bundi | Switzerland | 4:32,29 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | Denmark | 4:36,85 | |

### Finals

| Heat | Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze medal match | 1 | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | Denmark | 4:36,54 | |
| Bronze medal match | 2 | Harald Wolf | East Germany | 4:37,38 | 4 |
| Gold medal match | 1 | Robert Dill-Bundi | Switzerland | 4:35,66 | |
| Gold medal match | 2 | Alain Bondue | France | 4:42,96 | |
