2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Location	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dates	3–5 August
Competitors	61 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	3:45.161
Medalists
Niklas Larsen Carl-Frederik Bévort Lasse Norman Leth Rasmus Pedersen Frederik Rodenberg    Denmark   Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Manlio Moro Simone Consonni    Italy   Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Thomas Sexton Nick Kergozou    New Zealand
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The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held from 3 to 5 August 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 3 August at 09:30. ^[4] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Denmark Niklas Larsen Carl-Frederik Bévort Lasse Norman Leth Frederik Rodenberg	3:46.816		Q
2	New Zealand Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Thomas Sexton Nick Kergozou	3:49.113	+2.297	Q
3	Italy Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan	3:50.408	+3.592	Q
4	Australia Kelland O'Brien Josh Duffy Conor Leahy Sam Welsford	3:50.488	+3.672	Q
5	France Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis Corentin Ermenault Valentin Tabellion	3:50.913	+4.097	Q
6	Canada Dylan Bibic Mathias Guillemette Michael Foley Derek Gee	3:51.180	+4.364	Q
7	Germany Theo Reinhardt Benjamin Boos Tobias Buck-Gramcko Felix Groß	3:52.896	+6.080	Q
8	Japan Eiya Hashimoto Kazushige Kuboki Naoki Kojima Shoi Matsuda	3:53.244	+6.428	Q
9	Belgium Gianluca Pollefliet Thibaut Bernard Tuur Dens Noah Vandenbranden	3:53.578	+6.762
10	China Sun Haijiao Sun Wentao Yang Yang Zhang Haiao	3:55.976	+9.160
11	Switzerland Valère Thiébaud Simon Vitzthum Claudio Imhof Alex Vogel	3:57.103	+10.287
12	United States Gavin Hoover Colby Lange Anders Johnson Grant Koontz	3:59.295	+12.479
13	Spain Francesc Bennassar Joan Martí Bennassar Beñat Garaiar Álvaro Navas	4:03.379	+16.563
–	Great Britain Oliver Wood Ethan Vernon Daniel Bigham Charlie Tanfield	Did not finish

First round

The first round was held on 4 August at 18:42. ^[5]

First round heats were 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 three and four advanced to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	1	Canada Mathias Guillemette Michael Foley Derek Gee Carson Mattern	3:50.079
1	2	Germany Theo Reinhardt Tobias Buck-Gramcko Joachim Eilers Felix Groß	3:51.282	+1.203
2	1	France Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis Corentin Ermenault Valentin Tabellion	3:49.294
2	2	Japan Eiya Hashimoto Kazushige Kuboki Naoki Kojima Shoi Matsuda	3:51.650	+2.356
3	1	Italy Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Manlio Moro	3:46.855		QG
3	2	New Zealand Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Thomas Sexton Nick Kergozou	3:48.218	+1.363	QB
4	1	Denmark Niklas Larsen Carl-Frederik Bévort Lasse Norman Leth Rasmus Pedersen	3:45.634		QG
4	2	Australia Oliver Bleddyn Kelland O'Brien Conor Leahy Sam Welsford	3:48.230	+2.596	QB

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

Finals

The finals were held on 5 August at 19:07. ^[6]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	Denmark Niklas Larsen Carl-Frederik Bévort Lasse Norman Leth Rasmus Pedersen	3:45.161
	Italy Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Manlio Moro	3:47.396	+2.235
Bronze medal race
	New Zealand Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Thomas Sexton Nick Kergozou
4	Australia Oliver Bleddyn Kelland O'Brien Josh Duffy Sam Welsford		OVL

References

1. "Dates of 2023 UCI Cycling Worlds announced". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. "Schedule" (PDF). downloads.ctfassets.net. p. 64. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
3. "Start list". Tissot Timing. 3 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
4. "Qualification results". Tissot Timing. 3 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
5. "Round 1 results". Tissot Timing. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
6. "Final Classification". Tissot Timing. 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2023.