These are the official results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 17 and 18 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 28 nations.

Competition format

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of a pair of cyclists starting from opposite sides of the track. The cyclists raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time and, if possible, catch the other cyclist. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the cyclist finished first or second in his heat, though any cyclist who was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 626.

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:40.41 2 4:41.10 3 4:42.15 4 4:42.30 5 4:43.58 6 4:43.84 7 4:44.12 8 4:44.93 9 4:45.38 10 4:46.03 11 4:46.70 12 4:47.81 13 4:50.36 14 4:50.50 15 4:50.62 16 4:50.76 17 4:51.37 18 4:55.40 19 5:07.80 20 5:22.12 21 5:35.42 22 5:35.60 4:51.09 Overtaken 4:54.32 Overtaken 4:56.45 Overtaken Gwon Jung-hyeon 5:09.90 Overtaken 5:34.50 Overtaken 6:12.96 Overtaken

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:45.94 2 4:49.99

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:41.66 2 4:42.40

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:39.87 2 4:41.43

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:37.54 2 4:42.29

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:42.05 2 4:44.26

Semifinal 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 4:41.80 2 4:48.73

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank Cyclist Nation Time 4:39.42 4 4:41.60

Final

Rank Cyclist Nation Time 4:41.71 4:42.43

Final classification Rank Name Nation Daniel Rébillard Mogens Frey Xaver Kurmann 4 John Bylsma 5 Cipriano Chemello Paul Crapez Rupert Kratzer Radamés Treviño 9 Martín Rodríguez 10 Rajmund Zieliński 11 Knut Knudsen 12 Juan Alberto Merlos 13 Daniel Yuste 14 Jiří Daler 15 Ian Hallam 16 Ole Wackström 17 Gösta Pettersson 18 David Brink 19 Vernon Stauble 20 Benjamin Evangelista 21 Tarek Abou Al Dahab 22 Colin Forde AC Inocente Lizano Fedor den Hertog Emil Rusu Gwon Jung-hyeon Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet Denfield McNab

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