# UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit is the world championship individual pursuit event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Between its inception and 1992, the men's individual pursuit was separated into two events; one for professionals at 5,000 metres (5,500yd) and one for amateurs at 4,000m (4,400yd). From 1993, all competitors competed in one open event of 4,000m (4,400yd). It was first held at the 1939 championships, but had to be abandoned upon the outbreak of World War II, so the first complete competition was at the 1946 championships.
The record number of wins by one rider is six as of 2023, held by Filippo Ganna of Italy.

## Medalists

| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
| 1946 Zürich details | Gerard Peters (NED) | Roger Piel (FRA) | Arne W. Pedersen (DEN) |
| 1947 Paris details | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) | Hugo Koblet (SUI) |
| 1948 Amsterdam details | Gerrit Schulte (NED) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) |
| 1949 Copenhagen details | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Lucien Gillen (LUX) | Wim van Est (NED) |
| 1950 Rocourt details | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) | Wim van Est (NED) | Paul Matteoli (FRA) |
| 1951 Milan details | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) |
| 1952 Paris details | Sid Patterson (AUS) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) | Lucien Gillen (LUX) |
| 1953 Zürich details | Sid Patterson (AUS) | Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) |
| 1954 Cologne details | Guido Messina (ITA) | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | Lucien Gillen (LUX) |
| 1955 Milan details | Guido Messina (ITA) | René Strehler (SUI) | Wim van Est (NED) |
| 1956 Copenhagen details | Guido Messina (ITA) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) |
| 1957 Rocourt details | Roger Rivière (FRA) | Albert Bouvet (FRA) | Guido Messina (ITA) |
| 1958 Paris details | Roger Rivière (FRA) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Franco Gandini (ITA) |
| 1959 Amsterdam details | Roger Rivière (FRA) | Albert Bouvet (FRA) | Jean Brankart (BEL) |
| 1960 Leipzig details | Rudi Altig (FRG) | Willy Trepp (SUI) | Ercole Baldini (ITA) |
| 1961 Zürich details | Rudi Altig (FRG) | Willy Trepp (SUI) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) |
| 1962 Milan details | Henk Nijdam (NED) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Peter Post (NED) |
| 1963 Rocourt details | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Peter Post (NED) | Henk Nijdam (NED) |
| 1964 Paris details | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Ercole Baldini (ITA) |
| 1965 San Sebastián details | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | Dieter Kemper (FRG) |
| 1966 Frankfurt details | Leandro Faggin (ITA) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | Dieter Kemper (FRG) |
| 1967 Amsterdam details | Tiemen Groen (NED) | Hugh Porter (GBR) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) |
| 1968 Rome details | Hugh Porter (GBR) | Ole Ritter (DEN) | Leandro Faggin (ITA) |
| 1969 Antwerp details | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | Hugh Porter (GBR) | Peter Post (NED) |
| 1970 Leicester details | Hugh Porter (GBR) | Lorenzo Bosisio (ITA) | Charly Grosskost (FRA) |
| 1971 Varese details | Dirk Baert (BEL) | Charly Grosskost (FRA) | Hugh Porter (GBR) |
| 1972 Marseille details | Hugh Porter (GBR) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | Dirk Baert (BEL) |
| 1973 San Sebastián details | Hugh Porter (GBR) | René Pijnen (NED) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) |
| 1974 Montreal details | Roy Schuiten (NED) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) | René Pijnen (NED) |
| 1975 Rocourt details | Roy Schuiten (NED) | Knut Knudsen (NOR) | Dirk Baert (BEL) |
| 1976 Monteroni di Lecce details | Francesco Moser (ITA) | Roy Schuiten (NED) | Knut Knudsen (NOR) |
| 1977 San Cristóbal details | Gregor Braun (FRG) | Knut Knudsen (NOR) | Steve Heffernan (GBR) |
| 1978 Munich details | Gregor Braun (FRG) | Roy Schuiten (NED) | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) |
| 1979 Amsterdam details | Bert Oosterbosch (NED) | Francesco Moser (ITA) | Herman Ponsteen (NED) |
| 1980 Besançon details | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Herman Ponsteen (NED) | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) |
| 1981 Brno details | Alain Bondue (FRA) | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Bert Oosterbosch (NED) |
| 1982 Leicester details | Alain Bondue (FRA) | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Maurizio Bidinost (ITA) |
| 1983 Zürich details | Steele Bishop (AUS) | Robert Dill-Bundi (SUI) | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) |
| 1984 Barcelona details | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) |
| 1985 Bassano del Grappa details | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Gregor Braun (FRG) |
| 1986 Colorado Springs details | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Jesper Worre (DEN) |
| 1987 Vienna details | Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) | Jesper Worre (DEN) | Tony Doyle (GBR) |
| 1988 Ghent details | Lech Piasecki (POL) | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Jesper Worre (DEN) |
| 1989 Lyon details | Colin Sturgess (GBR) | Dean Woods (AUS) | Régis Clere (FRA) |
| 1990 Maebashi details | Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS) | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Armand de Las Cuevas (FRA) |
| 1991 Stuttgart details | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Shaun Wallace (GBR) | Colin Sturgess (GBR) |
| 1992 Valencia details | Mike McCarthy (USA) | Shaun Wallace (GBR) | Artūras Kasputis (LTU) |
| 1993 Hamar details | Graeme Obree (GBR) | Philippe Ermenault (FRA) | Chris Boardman (GBR) |
| 1994 Palermo details | Chris Boardman (GBR) | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Jens Lehmann (GER) |
| 1995 Bogotá details | Graeme Obree (GBR) | Andrea Collinelli (ITA) | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |
| 1996 Manchester details | Chris Boardman (GBR) | Andrea Collinelli (ITA) | Francis Moreau (FRA) |
| 1997 Perth details | Philippe Ermenault (FRA) | Alexei Markov (RUS) | Andrea Collinelli (ITA) |
| 1998 Bordeaux details | Philippe Ermenault (FRA) | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Robert Bartko (GER) |
| 1999 Berlin details | Robert Bartko (GER) | Jens Lehmann (GER) | Mauro Trentini (ITA) |
| 2000 Manchester details | Jens Lehmann (GER) | Stefan Steinweg (GER) | Rob Hayles (GBR) |
| 2001 Antwerp details | Alexander Symonenko (UKR) | Jens Lehmann (GER) | Stefan Steinweg (GER) |
| 2002 Ballerup details | Brad McGee (AUS) | Luke Roberts (AUS) | Jens Lehmann (GER) |
| 2003 Stuttgart details | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Luke Roberts (AUS) | Sergi Escobar (ESP) |
| 2004 Melbourne details | Sergi Escobar (ESP) | Rob Hayles (GBR) | Robert Bartko (GER) |
| 2005 Los Angeles details | Robert Bartko (GER) | Sergi Escobar (ESP) | Levi Heimans (NED) |
| 2006 Bordeaux details | Robert Bartko (GER) | Jens Mouris (NED) | Paul Manning (GBR) |
| 2007 Palma de Mallorca details | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Robert Bartko (GER) | Sergi Escobar (ESP) |
| 2008 Manchester details | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Jenning Huizenga (NED) | Alexei Markov (RUS) |
| 2009 Pruszków details | Taylor Phinney (USA) | Jack Bobridge (AUS) | Dominique Cornu (BEL) |
| 2010 Ballerup details | Taylor Phinney (USA) | Jesse Sergent (NZL) | Jack Bobridge (AUS) |
| 2011 Apeldoorn details | Jack Bobridge (AUS) | Jesse Sergent (NZL) | Michael Hepburn (AUS) |
| 2012 Melbourne details | Michael Hepburn (AUS) | Jack Bobridge (AUS) | Westley Gough (NZL) |
| 2013 Minsk details | Michael Hepburn (AUS) | Martyn Irvine (IRL) | Stefan Küng (SUI) |
| 2014 Cali details | Alex Edmondson (AUS) | Stefan Küng (SUI) | Marc Ryan (NZL) |
| 2015 Yvelines details | Stefan Küng (SUI) | Jack Bobridge (AUS) | Julien Morice (FRA) |
| 2016 London details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Domenic Weinstein (GER) | Andy Tennant (GBR) |
| 2017 Hong Kong details | Jordan Kerby (AUS) | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Kelland O'Brien (AUS) |
| 2018 Apeldoorn details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Ivo Oliveira (POR) | Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) |
| 2019 Pruszków details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Domenic Weinstein (GER) | Davide Plebani (ITA) |
| 2020 Berlin details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Ashton Lambie (USA) | Corentin Ermenault (FRA) |
| 2021 Roubaix details | Ashton Lambie (USA) | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Filippo Ganna (ITA) |
| 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Ivo Oliveira (POR) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Daniel Bigham (GBR) | Jonathan Milan (ITA) |
| 2024 Ballerup details | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Josh Charlton (GBR) | Daniel Bigham (GBR) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 18 | 13 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Australia | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | France | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | West Germany | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Denmark | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 237 |