Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Cycling – Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Rose Bowl, Pasadena
DatesAugust 2
Competitors20 (individuals), 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1928
1936  

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2. The format was a 4000 metres pursuit. [1]

Contents

Results

The top four teams by time advanced to the semifinal.

Qualifying round

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 4:52.9OR
2 Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Flag of France.svg  France 4:54.4
3 Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:58.2
4 Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 5:10.4
5 Eddie Testa
Ruggero Berti
Harold Ade
Russell Allen
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 5:17.4

The winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Flag of France.svg  France 4:53.9
2 Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:57.4

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 5:24.9
2 Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 5:34.4

Final

Match 1/2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 4:53.0
Silver medal icon.svg Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
Flag of France.svg  France 4:55.7

Match 3/4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:56.0
4 Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 6:04.0

Key: OR = Olympic record

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References

  1. "Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2014.