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Men's cycling individual pursuit at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date	20–22 July 1976
Competitors	27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Gregor Braun  West Germany Herman Ponsteen  Netherlands Thomas Huschke  East Germany
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These are the results of the men's individual pursuit at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held from 20 to 22 July 1976.^[1] There were a total number of 27 participants in the Olympic Vélodrome.

The individual pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 4-round knockout tournament (increased from three rounds in previous Games), 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 16 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.^[2]