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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual Pursuit Men
Men's Individual Pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling):
 Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain
|  Brad McGee Australia
|  Sergi Escobar Spain
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Records
| Christopher Boardman (GBR) | Manchester, United Kingdom | 4:11.114 | August 29 1996 |
| Robert Bartko (GER) | Sydney, Australia | 4:18.515 | September 17, 2000 |
In a reversal of the 2002 Commonwealth Games final, where McGee had caught Wiggins before the end, the Brit took the title to make up for the disappointment of his team-mate losing the bronze medal match.
Qualifying
The sixteen riders race against each other in matches of two in qualifying but it is the fastest eight times against the clock who progress through to the final.
August 20, 16:30
OR denotes Olympic Record
Q denotes qualified for next round
- Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain 4:15.165 OR Q
- Sergi Escobar, Spain 4:16.862 Q
- Brad McGee, Australia 4:17.510 Q
- Rob Hayles , Great Britain 4:17.930 Q
- Volodymyr Dyuda , Ukraine 4:18.169 Q
- Robert Bartko , Germany 4:18.991 Q
- Luke Roberts , Australia 4:19.353 Q
- Fabien Sanchez , France 4:20.606 Q
- Linas Balciunas , Lithuania 4:22.392
- Alexei Markov , Russia 4:25.520
- Christian Lademann , Germany 4:26.760
- Carlos Castano, Spain 4:27.871
- Vasili Kiryienka , Belarus 4:29.005
- Yuriy Yuda , Kazakhstan 4:29.676
- Hossein Askari , Iran 4:39.302
- Levi Heimans , Netherlands DNS
First Round
- Heat 1:
- Rob Hayles, Great Britain 4:19.559
- Volodymyr Dyuda, Ukraine 4:22.720
- Heat 2:
- Brad McGee, Australia 4:17.978
- Robert Bartko, Germany 4:26.184
- Heat 3:
- Sergi Escobar, Spain 4:19.581
- Luke Roberts, Australia 4:20.336
- Heat 4:
- Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain 4:17.215
- Fabien Sanchez, France 4:21.235
Final 3-4
- Sergi Escobar, Spain 4:17.947
- Rob Hayles, Great Britain 4:22.291
Final 1-2
- Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain 4:16.304
- Brad McGee, Australia 4:20.436
Final Classfication
- Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain
- Brad McGee, Australia
- Sergi Escobar, Spain
- Rob Hayles, Great Britain
- Volodymyr Dyuda, Ukraine
- Robert Bartko, Germany
- Luke Roberts, Australia
- Fabien Sanchez, France
- Linas Balciunas, Lithuania
- Alexei Markov, Russia
- Christian Lademann, Germany
- Carlos Castano, Spain
- Vasili Kiryienka, Belarus
- Yuriy Yuda, Kazakhstan
- Hossein Askari, Iran
DNS: Levi Heimans, Netherlands
(DNS = Did Not Start)
Categories: Cycling at the Olympics | 2004 Summer Olympics events | Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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