Cycling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_individual_pursuit

Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit

Cycling at the Olympics

These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The races were held on Saturday, 16 September, and Sunday, 17 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodromewith a race distance of 4 km.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
Robert Bartko,  Germany Jens Lehmann,  Germany Brad McGee,  Australia

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record 4:11.114 Chris Boardman GBR Manchester, Great Britain 29 August 1996
Olympic Record 4:19.699 Andrea Collinelli ITA Atlanta, USA 24 July 1996

Qualifying round

16 September

The seventeen 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 four fastest times advanced, regardless of whether they won or lost their match.

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Semi-finals

Held 16 September

In the first round of actual match competition, cyclists were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest cyclist faced the fourth-fastest and the second-fastest faced the third. Winners advanced to the finals while losers met in the bronze-medal match.

Heat 1
Jens Lehmann  Germany4:23.032(3rd)
Rob Hayles  Great Britain4:30.080(2nd)
Heat 2
Robert Bartko  Germany4:21.067(1st)
Brad McGee  Australia4:22.644(4th)

Finals

Held 17 September

Gold Medal
Robert Bartko  Germany4:18.515
Jens Lehmann  Germany4:23.824
Bronze Medal
Brad McGee  Australia4:19.250
Rob Hayles  Great Britain4:19.613

References

  1. [1]
    "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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