Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual pursuit
- Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual pursuit
Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's individual pursuit
games = 2008 Summer
caption =
venue = Laoshan Velodrome
dates = August 15 (opening rounds) August 16 (final)
competitors = 18
nations = 11
win_value = 4:15.977
gold = Bradley Wiggins
goldNOC = GBR
silver = Hayden Roulston
silverNOC = NZL
bronze = Steven Burke
bronzeNOC = GBR
prev = 2004
next =
The Men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was the defending Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain, who managed to retain the title, setting a new Olympic record in the preliminary round. [citeweb|url=http://2008gamesbeijing.com/category/olympics/sports/cycling/track/mens-individual-pursuit/|title=Men's Individual Pursuit|publisher=2008GamesBeijing.com|accessdate=2008-08-16]
Qualifying
Eighteen cyclists qualified for this event. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), the defending Olympic champion, qualified for winning the individual pursuit at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) qualified at the late 2007 UCI World Cup event in Sydney, winning the individual pursuit there. The qualifier by way of the UCI B World Championship was Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldova). Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands), Taylor Phinney (United States), Phillip Thuaux (Australia), Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain), Alexander Serov (Russia), and David O'Loughlin (Ireland) qualified based on UCI rankings. The rest of the field was formed by berths given to the ten nations that qualified in the team pursuit. This resulted in Great Britain, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, and Russia each having two competitors in this event.
Preliminaries
The eighteen cyclists were matched into nine two-man heats. The riders start on opposite sides of the track from one another, held in place by a starting gate until the race begins. While the objective is ostensibly to catch the other rider on the track, victory is most commonly determined by the faster time to cover 4,000 meters. The winners of each individual heat did not matter in the preliminaries - it was instead the overall eight fastest times which would advance to the match round.
Per the start list[citeweb|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/CT/C51A/CTM002900.shtml#CTM002900|title=Start List - Men's Ind. Pursuit Qualifying|publisher=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games|date=2008-08-15|accessdate=2008-08-16] and the results. [citeweb|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/CT/C73A1/CTM002900.shtml#CTM002900|title=Result - Men's Ind. Pursuit Qualifying|publisher=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games|date=2008-08-16|accessdate=2008-08-16] ]Q = QualifierOR = Olympic Record
;Match 3;Bronze medal match
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