Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Competitors	48 from 12 nations
Medalists
Italy Cesare Facciani, Giacomo Gaioni, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli   Netherlands Johannes Maas, Piet van der Horst, Janus Braspennincx, Jan Pijnenburg   Great Britain George Southall, Harry Wyld, Leonard Wyld, Percy Wyld
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The men's team pursuit at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. ^[1]

This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. Cyclists competed in teams of four. The event was a single elimination tournament, with a third-place race between the semifinal losers.

Team rosters

Source: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Belgium  (BEL) August Meuleman Yves Van Massenhove Albert Muylle Jean Van Buggenhout   Canada  (CAN) Lew Elder James Davies Andy Houting William Peden   Chile  (CHI) Jorge Gamboa Alejandro Vidal Carlos Rocuant Edmond Maillard   France  (FRA) Aimé Trantoul Octave Dayen René Brossy André Trantoul   Germany  (GER) Josef Steger Anton Joksch Kurt Einsiedel Hans Dormbach   Great Britain  (GBR) Harry Wyld Lew Wyld Percy Wyld George Southall

Italy  (ITA) Cesare Facciani Giacomo Gaioni Luigi Tasselli Mario Lusiani   Latvia  (LAT) Roberts Ozols Zenons Popovs Ernests Mālers Fridrihs Ukstiņš   Netherlands  (NED) Jan Maas Jan Pijnenburg Janus Braspennincx Piet van der Horst   Poland  (POL) Józef Lange Alfred Reul Jan Zybert Józef Oksiutycz   Switzerland  (SUI) Erich Fäs Gustave Moos Heinz Gilgen Joseph Fischler   Turkey  (TUR) Galip Cav Yunus Nüzhet Unat Cavit Cav Tacettin Öztürkmen

Match round

Source: ^[2]

Round 1

Match 1 Rank Nation 1 Q   Belgium 2 q [4]   Poland

Match 2 Rank Nation 1 Q   France 2   Chile

Match 3 Rank Nation 1 Q   Great Britain 2   Turkey

Match 4 Rank Nation 1 Q   Italy 2   Latvia

Match 5 Rank Nation 1 Q   Netherlands 2   Switzerland

Match 6 Rank Nation 1 Q   Germany 2 q [5]   Canada

Round 2

Match 1 Rank Nation 1 Q   Great Britain 2   Belgium

Match 2 Rank Nation 1 Q   Netherlands 2   Poland

Match 3 Rank Nation 1 Q   France 2   Canada

Match 4 Rank Nation 1 Q   Italy 2   Germany

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Nation 1 Q   Italy 2   Great Britain

Semifinal 2 Rank Nation 1 Q   Netherlands 2   France

Medal matches

Gold medal match Rank Nation Time   Italy 5:01.8   Netherlands 5:06.2

Bronze medal match Rank Nation 1 ( )   Great Britain 2 (4th)   France

References

1. "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
3. "Cycling - Track 1928". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
4. Both teams advanced "[o]wing to wrong decision." Official Report at p. 519.
5. The official report does not say how Canada advanced to the second round.

External links

• Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres