Cycling at the 1964 Summer Games: Next Summer Games
Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): Hachioji Velodrome, Hachioji, Tokyo
Date Started: October 16, 1964
Date Finished: October 17, 1964
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An individual pursuit had been contested at the World Championships since 1946, but this was the Olympic début for the event. Earlier in the year, Dutchman [Tiemen Groen] had won the World Championship, beating [Herman van Loo] (BEL) in the final, with Czechoslovakiaâs [JiÅà Daler] completing the podium. Van Loo would not get past the qualifying heats, but Groen and Daler would make the semi-finals where they were joined by Italyâs [Giorgio Ursi] and Denmarkâs [Preben Isaksson]. Groen had had the fastest qualifying time with 4:57.48, but in the first semi, Ursi bettered that mark with 4:56.64 to pull well away from Groen. In the second semi, Daler defeated Isaksson in a closer race. The final was close throughout but Daler, an electrician from Praha, defeated Ursi, the son of an Italian farmer. Isaksson bested Groen for the bronze medal, but Groen would return to win the World Championships again in 1965-66, and was professional world pursuit champion in 1967.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
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1 | JiÅÃ Daler | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | Gold | |
2 | Giorgio Ursi | 22 | Italy | ITA | Silver | |
3 | Preben Isaksson | 21 | Denmark | DEN | Bronze | |
4 | Tiemen Groen | 18 | Netherlands | NED | ||
5T | Lucjan Józefowicz | 29 | Poland | POL | ||
5T | Stanislav Moskvin | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
5T | Hugh Porter | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
5T | Lothar Spiegelberg | 24 | Germany | GER | ||
9 r1/4 | Herman Van Loo | 19 | Belgium | BEL | ||
10 r1/4 | Robert Varga | 23 | France | FRA | ||
11 r1/4 | Richard Hine | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
12 r1/4 | Rubén Etchebarne | 28 | Uruguay | URU | ||
13 r1/4 | Hiromi Yamafuji | 19 | Japan | JPN | ||
14 r1/4 | MartÃn RodrÃguez | 22 | Colombia | COL | ||
15 r1/4 | Antonio Duque | 24 | Mexico | MEX | ||
16 r1/4 | Skip Cutting | 18 | United States | USA | ||
17 r1/4 | Ronald Cassidy | 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
18 r1/4 | Amar Singh Sokhi | 29 | India | IND | ||
19 r1/4 | Khem Son | Cambodia | CAM | |||
20 r1/4 | Samaisuk Krissanasuwan | 21 | Thailand | THA | ||
AC r1/4 | Chow Kwong Choi | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | overtaken | |
AC r1/4 | Tjow Choon Boon | 19 | Malaysia | MAS | overtaken | |
AC r1/4 | Trần VÄn Nen | 37 | South Vietnam | VNM | overtaken | |
AC r1/4 | Muhammad Ashiq | 29 | Pakistan | PAK | overtaken |