One's pursuit

The individual pursuit is a discipline of track cycling .

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In the single pursuit, men complete 4,000 meters and women 3,000 meters on a cycle track .

There are always two athletes driving against each other. It starts from the straight line on the opposite side of the track. The winner is whoever catches up with his opponent or, if that was not possible by the end of the distance, who can achieve the better time. Here, too, the overall winner will ultimately be determined in the final over several knockout rounds.

Records

The current record holder for the men is the Australian Jack Bobridge , who needed 4: 10.534 minutes for the 4000 meters in Sydney on February 2, 2011 . For women, the record run on May 11, 2010 in Aguascalientes applies , in which the American Sarah Hammer drove the 3000 meters in 3: 22.269 minutes.

Results at UCI Track World Championships

See also : UCI Track World Championships

Men

The single pursuit was officially held for the first time at the World Railroad Championships in Milan in 1939 , but the competition was canceled after the preliminary stages due to the outbreak of World War II . The year before, in 1938 in Amsterdam , a demonstration race in the pursuit had been held. The American cyclist Bill Martin is said to have had the idea for this new discipline .

In 1993 the division between professionals and amateurs was lifted. Since then, the World Track Championships have been held in the new "Elite" category.

In the years of the Olympic Games in 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992, the amateur competition at world championships was not held.

Amateurs until 1991

year	gold	silver	bronze
1946	Roger Rioland	Børge Gissel	Hall Janemar
1947	Arnaldo Benfenati	Attilio François-Baldi	Knud E. Andersen
1948	Guido Messina	Sid Patterson	Charles Coste
1949	Knud E. Andersen	Cyril Cartwright	Aldo Gandini
1950	Sid Patterson	Aldo Gandini	Guido Messina
1951	Mino De Rossi	Raphaël Glorieux	Guido Messina
1952	Piet van Heusden	Mino De Rossi	Loris Campana
1953	Guido Messina	Loris Campana	Daan de Groot
1954	Leandro Faggin	Peter Brotherton	Norman Sheil
1955	Norman Sheil	Peter Brotherton	Leandro Faggin
1956	Ercole Baldini	Leandro Faggin	John Reuben Geddes
1957	Carlo Simonigh	Franco Gandini	From Geldermans
1958	Norman Sheil	Philippe Gaudrillet	Carlo Simonigh
1959	Rudi Altig	Mario Vallotto	Willy stairs
1960	Marcel Delattre	Henk Nijdam	Siegfried Koehler
1961	Henk Nijdam	Jacob Oudkerk	Marcel Delattre
1962	Kaj E. Jensen	Herman Van Loo	Jacob Oudkerk
1963	Jean Walschaerts	Stanislav Moskvin	Hugh Porter
1964	Tiemen Groen	Herman Van Loo	Jiří Daler
1965	Tiemen Groen	Stanislav Moskvin	Preben Isaksson
1966	Tiemen Groen	Jiří Daler	Giorgio Ursi
1967	Gert Bongers	Mogens Frey	Jiří Daler
1968	Mogens Frey	Xaver Kurmann	Lorenzo Bosisio
1969	Xaver Kurmann	Bernard Darmet	Daniel Rebillard
1970	Xaver Kurmann	Ian Hallam	Viktor Bykov
1971	Martín Emilio Rodríguez	Josef Fuchs	Giacomo Bazzan
1973	Knut Knudsen	Herman Ponsteen	Rupert scratches
1974	Hans Lutz	Orfeo pizzoferrato	Thomas Huschke
1975	Thomas Huschke	Vladimir Osokin	Orfeo pizzoferrato
1977	Norbert Dürpisch	Uwe Unterwalder	Daniel Gisiger
1978	Detlef Macha	Norbert Dürpisch	Uwe Unterwalder
1979	Nikolai Makarov	Maurizio Bidinost	Alain Bondue
1981	Detlef Macha	Dainis Leipinch	Maurizio Bidinost
1982	Detlef Macha	Rolf Goelz	Mario Hernig
1983	Viktor Kupovets	Bernd Dittert	Dainis Leipinch
1985	Vachislav Ekimov	Gintautas Umaras	Roland Günther
1986	Vachislav Ekimov	Gintautas Umaras	Roland Günther
1987	Gintautas Umaras	Vachislav Ekimov	Artūras Kasputis
1989	Vachislav Ekimov	Jens Lehmann	Steffen Blochwitz
1990	Yevgeny Berzin	Valery Baturo	Michael McCarthy
1991	Jens Lehmann	Michael Glöckner	Jan Bo Petersen

Professionals until 1992

year	gold	silver	bronze
1946	Gerrit Peters	Roger Piel	Arne-Werner Pedersen
1947	Fausto Coppi	Antonio Bevilacqua	Hugo Koblet
1948	Gerrit Schulte	Fausto Coppi	Antonio Bevilacqua
1949	Fausto Coppi	Lucien Gillen	Wim van Est
1950	Antonio Bevilacqua	Wim van Est	Paul Matteoli
1951	Antonio Bevilacqua	Hugo Koblet	Kay Werner Nielsen
1952	Sydney Patterson	Antonio Bevilacqua	Lucien Gillen
1953	Sydney Patterson	Kay Werner Nielsen	Antonio Bevilacqua
1954	Guido Messina	Hugo Koblet	Lucien Gillen
1955	Guido Messina	René Strehler	Wim van Est
1956	Guido Messina	Jacques Anquetil	Kay Werner Nielsen
1957	Roger Rivière	Albert Bouvet	Guido Messina
1958	Roger Rivière	Leandro Faggin	Franco Gandini
1959	Roger Rivière	Albert Bouvet	Jean Brankart
1960	Rudi Altig	Willy stairs	Ercole Baldini
1961	Rudi Altig	Willy stairs	Leandro Faggin
1962	Henk Nijdam	Leandro Faggin	Peter Post
1963	Leandro Faggin	Peter Post	Henk Nijdam
1964	Ferdi Bracke	Leandro Faggin	Ercole Baldini
1965	Leandro Faggin	Ferdi Bracke	Dieter Kemper
1966	Leandro Faggin	Ferdi Bracke	Dieter Kemper
1967	Tiemen Groen	Hugh Porter	Leandro Faggin
1968	Hugh Porter	Ole Knight	Leandro Faggin
1969	Ferdi Bracke	Hugh Porter	Peter Post
1970	Hugh Porter	Lorenzo Bosisio	Charly Grosskost
1971	Dirk Baert	Charly Grosskost	Hugh Porter
1972	Hugh Porter	Ferdi Bracke	Dirk Baert
1973	Hugh Porter	René Pijnen	Ferdinand Bracke
1974	Roy Schuiten	Ferdinand Bracke	René Pijnen
1975	Roy Schuiten	Knut Knudsen	Dirk Baert
1976	Francesco Moser	Roy Schuiten	Knut Knudsen
1977	Gregor Braun	Knut Knudsen	Steve Heffernan
1978	Gregor Braun	Roy Schuiten	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
1979	Bert Oosterbosch	Francesco Moser	Herman Ponsteen
1980	Tony Doyle	Herman Ponsteen	Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1981	Alain Bondue	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Bert Oosterbosch
1982	Alain Bondue	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Maurizio Bidinost
1983	Steele Bishop	Robert Dill-Bundi	Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1984	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Tony Doyle	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
1985	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Tony Doyle	Gregor Braun
1986	Tony Doyle	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Jesper Worre
1987	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Jesper Worre	Tony Doyle
1988	Lech Piasecki	Tony Doyle	Jesper Worre
1989	Colin Sturgess	Dean Woods	Regis Clère
1990	Vachislav Ekimov	Francis Moreau	Armand de las Cuevas
1991	Francis Moreau	Shaun Wallace	Colin Sturgess
1992	Mike McCarthy	Shaun Wallace	Artūras Kasputis

Elite from 1993

year	gold	silver	bronze
1993	Graeme Obree	Philippe Ermenault	Chris Boardman
1994	Chris Boardman	Francis Moreau	Jens Lehmann
1995	Graeme Obree	Andrea Collinelli	Stuart O'Grady
1996	Chris Boardman	Andrea Collinelli	Francis Moreau
1997	Philippe Ermenault	Alexei Markov	Andrea Collinelli
1998	Philippe Ermenault	Francis Moreau	Robert Bartko
1999	Robert Bartko	Jens Lehmann	Mauro Trentini
2000	Jens Lehmann	Stefan Steinweg	Robert Hayles
2001	Oleksandr Symonenko	Jens Lehmann	Stefan Steinweg
2002	Bradley McGee	Luke Roberts	Jens Lehmann
2003	Bradley Wiggins	Luke Roberts	Sergi Escobar
2004	Sergi Escobar	Robert Hayles	Robert Bartko
2005	Robert Bartko	Sergi Escobar	Levi Heimans
2006	Robert Bartko	Jens Mouris	Paul Manning
2007	Bradley Wiggins	Robert Bartko	Sergi Escobar
2008	Bradley Wiggins	Jenning Huizenga	Alexei Markov
2009	Taylor Phinney	Jack Bobridge	Dominique Cornu
2010	Taylor Phinney	Jesse Sergent	Jack Bobridge
2011	Jack Bobridge	Jesse Sergent	Michael Hepburn
2012	Michael Hepburn	Jack Bobridge	Westley Gough
2013	Michael Hepburn	Martyn Irvine	Stefan Küng
2014	Alexander Edmondson	Stefan Küng	Marc Ryan
2015	Stefan Küng	Jack Bobridge	Julien Morice
2016	Filippo Ganna	Domenic Weinstein	Andrew Tennant
2017	Jordan Kerby	Filippo Ganna	Kelland O'Brien
2018	Filippo Ganna	Ivo Oliveira	Alexander Yevtushenko
2019	Filippo Ganna	Domenic Weinstein	Davide Plebani
2020	Filippo Ganna	Ashton Lambie	Corentin Ermenault

Women

year	gold	silver	bronze
1958	Ludmilla Kotchetova	Stella Bail	Kathleen Ray
1959	Beryl Burton	Elsy Jacobs	Lyubov Kozhetova
1960	Beryl Burton	Marie-Thérèse Naessens	Lyubov Zhogina
1961	Yvonne Reynders	Beryl Burton	Marie-Thérèse Naessens
1962	Beryl Burton	Yvonne Reynders	Lidiya Tichomirova
1963	Beryl Burton	Yvonne Reynders	Lyubov Kozhetova
1964	Yvonne Reynders	Beryl Burton	Aino Puronen
1965	Yvonne Reynders	Hannelore Mattig	Aino Puronen
1966	Beryl Burton	Yvonne Reynders	Hannelore Mattig
1967	Tamara Garkuchina	Raisa Obodovskaya	Beryl Burton
1968	Raisa Obodovskaya	Beryl Burton	Keetie van Oosten-Hage
1969	Raisa Obodovskaya	Tamara Garkuchina	Keetie van Oosten-Hage
1970	Tamara Garkuchina	Raisa Obodovskaya	Keetie van Oosten-Hage
1971	Tamara Garkuchina	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Beryl Burton
1972	Tamara Garkuchina	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Lyubov Sadoroynaya
1973	Tamara Garkuchina	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Beryl Burton
1974	Tamara Garkuchina	Martina Smirnova	Keetie van Oosten-Hage
1975	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Mary Jane Reoch	Beryl Burton
1976	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Luigina Bissoli	Mary Jane Reoch
1977	Vera Kuznezova	Anne Riemersma	Karen Strong
1978	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Anne Riemersma	Luigina Bissoli
1979	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	Anne Riemersma	Luigina Bissoli
1980	Nadezhda Kibardina	Karen Strong	Petra de Bruin
1981	Nadezhda Kibardina	Tamara Polyakova	Jeannie Longo
1982	Rebecca Twigg	Connie Carpenter	Jeannie Longo
1983	Connie Carpenter	Cindy Olavarri	Jeannie Longo
1984	Rebecca Twigg	Jeannie Longo	Rossella Galbiati
1985	Rebecca Twigg	Jeannie Longo	Margaret Maas
1986	Jeannie Longo	Rebecca Twigg	Barbara Ganz
1987	Rebecca Twigg	Jeannie Longo	Mindee Mayfield
1988	Jeannie Longo	Barbara Ganz	Mindee Mayfield
1989	Jeannie Longo	Petra Rossner	Barbara Ganz
1990	Leontien van Moorsel	Janie Eickhoff	Barbara Ganz
1991	Petra Rossner	Janie Eickhoff	Marion Clignet
1993	Rebecca Twigg	Marion Clignet	Janie Eickhoff
1994	Marion Clignet	Svetlana Samokhvalova	Janie Eickhoff
1995	Rebecca Twigg	Antonella Bellutti	May Britt Våland
1996	Marion Clignet	Lucy Tyler-Sharman	Francis Moreau
1997	Judith Arndt	Natalia Karimova	Yvonne McGregor
1998	Lucy Tyler-Sharman	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Judith Arndt
1999	Marion Clignet	Judith Arndt	Rasa Mazeikyte
2000	Yvonne McGregor	Judith Arndt	Jelena Tschalych
2001	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Olga Slyusareva	Jelena Tschalych
2002	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Olga Slyusareva	Katherine Bates
2003	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	Katie Mactier	Olga Slyusareva
2004	Sarah Ulmer	Katie Mactier	Jelena Tschalych
2005	Katie Mactier	Katherine Bates	Karin Thürig
2006	Sarah Hammer	Olga Slyusareva	Katie Mactier
2007	Sarah Hammer	Rebecca Romero	Katie Mactier
2008	Rebecca Romero	Sarah Hammer	Katie Mactier
2009	Alison Shanks	Wendy Houvenaghel	Vilija Sereikaitė
2010	Sarah Hammer	Wendy Houvenaghel	Vilija Sereikaitė
2011	Sarah Hammer	Alison Shanks	Vilija Sereikaitė
2012	Alison Shanks	Wendy Houvenaghel	Ashlee Ankudinoff
2013	Sarah Hammer	Amy Cure	Annette Edmondson
2014	Joanna Rowsell	Sarah Hammer	Amy Cure
2015	Rebecca Wiasak	Jennifer Valente	Amy Cure
2016	Rebecca Wiasak	Małgorzata Wojtyra	Annie Foreman-Mackey
2017	Chloé Dygert	Ashlee Ankudinoff	Kelly Catlin
2018	Chloé Dygert	Annemiek van Vleuten	Kelly Catlin
2019	Ashlee Ankudinoff	Lisa Brennauer	Lisa Klein
2020	Chloé Dygert	Lisa Brennauer	Franziska Brauße

Web links

• UCI regulations for track cycling, there: 3.2.051 "Individual pursuit"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men's world records and world best performances from uci.ch accessed on November 16, 2014
2. ↑ World records and world best performances of women on uci.ch accessed on November 16, 2014
3. ↑ "Plugger Bill" Martin Influence on cycling. The Sydney Morning Herald, April 2, 1942, p. 8 , accessed December 8, 2015 .