2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Hong Kong Velodrome
Location	Hong Kong
Dates	12–13 April
Competitors	76 from 17 nations
Teams	17
Winning time	3:51.503
Medalists
Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Alexander Porter Nick Yallouris Kelland O'Brien Rohan Wight    Australia   Regan Gough Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou    New Zealand   Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Michele Scartezzini    Italy
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The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Kelland O'Brien Alexander Porter	Australia	3:50.577		Q, CR
2	Regan Gough Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou	New Zealand	3:53.422	+2.845	Q
3	Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon	Italy	3:55.755	+5.178	Q
4	Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis Corentin Ermenault Florian Maitre	France	3:56.357	+5.780	Q
5	Steven Burke Kian Emadi Andy Tennant Oliver Wood	Great Britain	3:58.936	+8.359	q
6	Viktor Manakov Alexander Evtushenko Alexey Kurbatov Sergei Shilov	Russia	3:58.957	+8.380	q
7	Lindsay De Vylder Kenny De Ketele Moreno De Pauw Robbe Ghys	Belgium	3:59.951	+9.374	q
8	Claudio Imhof Olivier Beer Frank Pasche Cyrille Thièry	Switzerland	4:00.480	+9.903	q
9	Szymon Sajnok Alan Banaszek Daniel Staniszewski Adrian Tekliński	Poland	4:02.219	+11.642
10	Niklas Larsen Julius Johansen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach	Denmark	4:02.443	+11.866
11	Roy Eefting Dion Beukeboom Roy Pieters Jan-Willem van Schip	Netherlands	4:03.273	+12.696
12	Lucas Liß Henning Bommel Kersten Thiele Theo Reinhardt	Germany	4:03.328	+12.751
13	Albert Torres Eloy Teruel Vicente García de Mateos Sebastián Mora	Spain	4:03.424	+12.847
14	Raman Tsishkou Raman Ramanau Yauheni Karaliok Mikhail Shemetau	Belarus	4:03.656	+13.079
15	Fan Yang Qin Chenlu Xue Sia Fei Yuan Zhong	China	4:04.486	+13.909
16	Leung Chun Wing Ko Siu Wai Leung Ka Yu Mow Ching Yin	Hong Kong	4:11.086	+20.509
	Adam Jamieson Aidan Caves Jay Lamoureux Bayley Simpson	Canada	DSQ [A]

• ^A Canada were disqualified for breaching article 3.2.097 ^[4]
• Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
• q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nation	Time	Gap	Notes
7	1	Viktor Manakov Alexander Evtushenko Vladislav Kulikov Alexey Kurbatov	Russia	4:00.780
8	1	Kenny De Ketele Moreno De Pauw Robbe Ghys Gerben Thijssen	Belgium	4:01.727	+0.947
4	2	Christopher Latham Mark Stewart Andy Tennant Oliver Wood	Great Britain	3:56.796		QB
6	2	Claudio Imhof Frank Pasche Loïc Perizzolo Cyrille Thièry	Switzerland	4:00.405	+3.609
2	3	Regan Gough Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou	New Zealand	3:54.363		QG
3	3	Simone Consonni Michele Scartezzini Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna	Italy	3:55.945	+1.582	QB
1	4	Sam Welsford Kelland O'Brien Alexander Porter Rohan Wight	Australia	3:54.125		QG
5	4	Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis Corentin Ermenault Florian Maitre	France	4:00.198	+6.073

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final was held at 19:53. ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal final
	Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Alexander Porter Nicholas Yallouris	Australia	3:51.503
	Regan Gough Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou	New Zealand	3:53.979	+2.476
Bronze medal final
	Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon	Italy	3:56.935
4	Mark Stewart Steven Burke Kian Emadi Oliver Wood	Great Britain	3:58.566	+1.631

References

1. "Event Schedule". 2017 WCh LOC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
2. "Start list". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
3. "Qualifying". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
4. UCI Cycling Regulations - Race procedure (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 June 2016. p. 19. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
5. "First Round". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
6. "Results and Final Classification". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 13 April 2017.