# Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Monday, July 27, and Wednesday, July 29, 1992, at the Velòdrom d'Horta, with a race distance of 4 km. The Gold medal was won by Briton Chris Boardman, riding the Lotus 108 "superbike", who caught German Jens Lehmann in the final and won Britain's first cycling gold medal in 72 years.

## Medalists

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Chris Boardman (GBR) | Jens Lehmann (GER) | Gary Anderson (NZL) |

## Results

* Q Qualified for next round.
* q Qualified for classification round.
* overtaken Overtaken by opponent during heat.
* cap captured opponent.
* DNS Did not start.
* WR New world record.

### Qualifying round

Held, July 27
The thirty riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round was not based on who won those matches, however. The cyclists with the sixteen fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match. Fastest eight times advanced to Group A quarter-finals. Places nine through sixteen advanced to Group B classification matches.
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Boardman | Great Britain | 4:27.357 | 53.860 km/h | Q | WR |
| 2 | Jens Lehmann | Germany | 4:30.054 | 53.322 km/h | Q | |
| 3 | Mark Kingsland | Australia | 4:31.033 | 53.30 km/h | Q | |
| 4 | Gary Anderson | New Zealand | 4:32.253 | 52.891 km/h | Q | |
| 5 | Philippe Ermenault | France | 4:33.892 | 52.575 km/h | Q | |
| 6 | Carl Sundquist | United States | 4:34.390 | 52.480 km/h | Q | |
| 7 | Oleksandr Honchenkov | Unified Team | 4:35.057 | 52.352 km/h | Q | |
| 8 | Jan Petersen | Denmark | 4:35.904 | 52.192 km/h | Q | |
| 9 | Cédric Mathy | Belgium | 4:37.288 | 51.931 km/h | q | |
| 10 | Ivan Beltrami | Italy | 4:39.645 | 51.493 km/h | q | |
| 11 | Robert Karśnicki | Poland | 4:39.836 | 51.458 km/h | q | |
| 12 | Servais Knaven | Netherlands | 4:40.436 | 51.348 km/h | q | |
| 13 | Michal Baldrián | Czechoslovakia | 4:41.724 | 51.113 km/h | q | |
| 14 | Adolfo Alperi | Spain | 4:42.538 | 50.996 km/h | q | |
| 15 | Michael Belcourt | Canada | 4:43.135 | 50.859 km/h | q | |
| 16 | Masamitsu Ehara | Japan | 4:44.412 | 50.630 km/h | q | |
| 17 | Viktor Kunz | Switzerland | 4:45.539 | 50.430 km/h | | |
| 18 | Georgios Portelanos | Greece | 4:46.345 | 50.288 km/h | | |
| 19 | Patrick Matt | Liechtenstein | 4:46.982 | 50.117 km/h | | |
| 20 | Alberny Vargas | Colombia | 4:49.067 | 49.815 km/h | | |
| 21 | Tony Ledgard | Peru | 4:49.626 | 49.719 km/h | | |
| 22 | Murugayan Kumaresan | Malaysia | 4:59.049 | 48.152 km/h | | |
| 23 | Weng Yu-yi | Chinese Taipei | 5:00.519 | 47.917 km/h | | |
| 24 | Manuel García | Guam | 5:03.997 | 47.368 km/h | | |
| 25 | Mehrdad Afsharian Tarshiz | Iran | 5:08.184 | 46.725 km/h | | |
| - | Hernán López | Argentina | overtaken | | | |
| - | Steffen Kjærgaard | Norway | overtaken | | | |
| - | Malcolm Lange | South Africa | overtaken | | | |
| - | Robert Peters | Antigua and Barbuda | overtaken | | | |
| - | Raúl Domínguez | Cuba | DNS | | | |

## Quarter-finals

Held July 28 In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The winners of the four heats of Group A advanced to the semi-finals. Group B and the losers of heats in Group A were seeded.

### Group B

Heat 1
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed |
| 1 | Servais Knaven | Netherlands | 4:36.541 | |
| 2 | Michal Baldrián | Czechoslovakia | 4:39.625 | |
Heat 2
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed |
| 1 | Adolfo Alperi | Spain | 4:34.760 | 52.409 km/h |
| 2 | Robert Karśnicki | Poland | 4:35.184 | 52.328 km/h |
Heat 3
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed |
| 1 | Ivan Beltrami | Italy | 4:36.150 | 52.145 km/h |
| 2 | Michael Belcourt | Canada | 4:42.441 | 50.984 km/h |
Heat 4
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed |
| 1 | Cédric Mathy | Belgium | 4:33.942 | 52.565 km/h |
| 2 | Masamitsu Ehara | Japan | 4:41.287 | 51.193 km/h |

### Group A

Heat 1
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
| 1 | Gary Anderson | New Zealand | 4:27.954 | 53.740 km/h | Q |
| 2 | Philippe Ermenault | France | 4:28.838 | 51.113 km/h | |
Heat 2
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
| 1 | Mark Kingsland | Australia | 4:29.173 | 53.497 km/h | Q |
| 2 | Carl Sundquist | United States | ovtk | | |
Heat 3
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
| 1 | Jens Lehmann | Germany | 4:27.715 | 53.788 km/h | Q |
| 2 | Oleksandr Honchenkov | Unified Team | ovtk | | |
Heat 4
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Boardman | Great Britain | 4:24.496 | 54.443 km/h | Q | WR |
| 2 | Jan Petersen | Denmark | ovtk | | | |

## Semi-finals

Held July 29 The winner of the two heats advance to the finals, for the gold medal. The loser with the fastest semi-final time wins the bronze.
Heat 1
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
| 1 | Jens Lehmann | Germany | 4:27.230 | 53.886 km/h | Q |
| 2 | Gary Anderson | New Zealand | 4:31.061 | 53.124 km/h | |
Heat 2
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
| 1 | Chris Boardman | Great Britain | 4:29.332 | 53.465 km/h | Q |
| 2 | Mark Kingsland | Australia | 4:32.716 | 52.802 km/h | |

## Final

Held July 29
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed |
| 1 | Chris Boardman | Great Britain | cap | 48.160 km/h |
| 2 | Jens Lehman | Germany | ovtk | |

### Final classification

| | Final results |
| Pos. | Athlete | NOC |
| 1. | Chris Boardman | Great Britain |
| 2. | Jens Lehman | Germany |
| 3. | Gary Anderson | New Zealand |
| 4. | Mark Kingsland | Australia |
| 5. | Philippe Ermenault | France |
| 6. | Cédric Mathy | Belgium |
| 7. | Adolfo Alperi | Spain |
| 8. | Ivan Beltrami | Italy |
| 9. | Servais Knaven | Netherlands |
| 10. | Jan Petersen | Denmark |
| 11. | Oleksandr Honchenkov | Unified Team |
| 12. | Carl Sundquist | United States |
| 13. | Robert Karśnicki | Poland |
| 14. | Michal Baldrián | Czechoslovakia |
| 15. | Masamitsu Ehara | Japan |
| 16. | Michael Belcourt | Canada |