World record progression track cycling – Men's 1 km time trial

This is an overview of the progression of the world track cycling record of the men's 1 km time trial as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

Progression

Professionals (1949–1989)

Time	Cyclist	Location	Velodrome	Track	Date
1'09"80	Reg Harris (GBR)	Milan	Vigorelli	Open air track	23 October 1949
1'08"60	Reg Harris (GBR)	Milan	Vigorelli	Open air track	26 October 1952
1'07"49	Peder Pedersen (DEN)	Rome	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	27 June 1974
1'06"791	Urs Freuler (SUI)	Zurich	Oerlikon	Open air track	25 August 1981
1'06"091	Urs Freuler (SUI)	Zurich	Oerlikon	Open air track	9 August 1983
1'05"200	D. Rueda Efrain (COL)	Mexico	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	9 November 1985
1'05"100	D. Rueda Efrain (COL)	La Paz	Alto Irpavi	Open air track	15 December 1986
1'09"60	J. Bellenger (FRA)	Paris	D'Hiver	Indoor track	9 November 1952
1'09"	Reg Harris (GBR)	Paris	D'Hiver	Indoor track	9 November 1952
1'08"90	Reg Harris (GBR)	Dortmund	Westfalenhallen	Indoor track	12 February 1955
1'08"80	F. Pfenninger (SUI)	Zurich	Hallenstadion	Indoor track	17 August 1956
1'08"	Reg Harris (GBR)	Zurich	Hallenstadion	Indoor track	19 July 1957
1'07"35	Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Zurich	Hallenstadion	Indoor track	2 December 1972
1'06"603	Urs Freuler (SUI)	Zurich	Hallenstadion	Indoor track	30 October 1981
1'04"147	Stephen Pate (AUS)	Launceston	Tasmania	Indoor track	19 March 1989

Amateurs (1949–1989)

Time	Cyclist	Location	Velodrome	Track	Date
1'10"60	Marino Morettini (ITA)	Milan	Vigorelli	Open air track	18 October 1950
1'10"40	Rostislav Vargachkin (URS)	Moscow		Open air track	20 July 1953
1'10"20	Rotislav Vargachkin (URS)	Tula	St. Chakhter	Open air track	21 June 1954
1'09"80	A. De Michelli (VEN)	Mexico	Parc Calles	Open air track	20 March 1955
1'09"50	Rotislav Vargachkin (URS)	Irkoutsk	St. Dyanmo	Open air track	6 July 1955
1'09"20	Leandro Faggin (ITA)	Milan	Vigorelli	Open air track	5 September 1956
1'08"40	Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)	Milan	Vigorelli	Open air track	7 June 1959
1'07"50	Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)	Rome	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	3 July 1960
1'07"27	Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)	Rome	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	26 August 1960
1'04"61	Gianni Sartori (ITA)	Mexico	Centre Sp.	Open air track	21 October 1967
1'04"49	Niels Fredborg (DEN)	Mexico	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	23 October 1973
1'04"225	J. Ruchansky (ARG)	La Paz	Alto Irpavi	Open air track	7 November 1978
1'03"823	Gordon Singleton (CAN)	Mexico	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	10 October 1980
1'02"547	Maik Malchow (RDA)	Mexico	Olympic Velodrome	Open air track	14 October 1980
1'11"60	Roger Gaignard (FRA)	Paris	D'Hiver	Indoor track	20 November 1954
1'10"20	Roger Gaignard (FRA)	Paris	D'Hiver	Indoor track	28 November 1954
1'09"60	Rudi Altig (RFA)	Cologne	Sporthalle	Indoor track	13 November 1959
1'08"74	L. Claesges (RFA)	Berlin	Deutschland Halle	Indoor track	24 November 1963
1'06"76	Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Bruxelles	Palais Des Sports	Indoor track	12 December 1964
1'06"157	Alexandre Panfilov (URS)	Moscow		Indoor track	13 June 1980
1'05"582	Urs Freuler (SUI)	Zurich	Hallenstadion	Indoor track	17 June 1980
1'02"955	Lothar Thoms (RDA)	Moscow		Indoor track	22 July 1980
1'02"823	Martin Vinnicombe (AUS)	Launceston	Tasmania	Indoor track	19 March 1989
1'02"576	Alexandre Kiritchenko (URS)	Moscow		Indoor track	2 August 1989

Open (from 1986)

Time	Cyclist	Location	Velodrome	Track	Date
1'02"091	Maik Malchow (RDA)	Colorado Springs		Open air track	28 August 1986
1'01"945	Jose Antonio Escuredo (ESP)	Quito		Open air track	15 September 1995
1'00"613	Shane Kelly (AUS)	Bogota		Open air track	26 September 1995
1'00"148	Arnaud Tournant (FRA)	Mexico		Open air track	16 June 2000
58"875	Arnaud Tournant (FRA)	La Paz	Alto Irpavi	Open air track	10 October 2001
56"303	Francois Pervis (FRA)	Aguascalientes		Indoor track	7 December 2013