Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps (4 kilometres) in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 16 laps, the times for the distance (based on the third rider of the team to cross the line) were used to determine the victor. [1]

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Alexei Markov
Anton Shantyr
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Brett Aitken
Stuart O'Grady
Timothy O'Shannessey
Dean Woods

Results

Qualifying round

For the qualifying round, teams did not face each other. Instead, they raced the 4000 metres by themselves. The top eight times qualified for the first competition round, with the other nine teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.

RankTeamNamesTimeQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
4:09.570q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Adler Capelli
Mauro Trentini
Andrea Collinelli
Cristiano Citton
4:09.695q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Bradley McGee
Stuart O'Grady
Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods
4:09.750q
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Bohdan Bondaryev
Oleksandr Fedenko
Andriy Yatsenko
Alexander Simonenko
4:11.545q
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksey Markov
Anton Chantyr
4:11.665q
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dirk Copeland
Mariano Friedick
Adam Laurent
Michael McCarthy
4:11.950q
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Juan Martínez Oliver
Juan Llaneras
Bernardo González
Adolfo Alperi
4:12.780q
8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Gregory Henderson
Brendon Cameron
Timothy Carswell
Julian Dean
4:15.140q
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Robert Bartko
Guido Fulst
Danilo Hondo
Heiko Szonn
4:15.140
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Robert Hayes
Matt Illingworth
Bryan Steel
Chris Newton
4:15.510
11Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania Artūras Kasputis
Remigijus Lupeikis
Mindaugas Umaras
Arturas Trumpauskas
4:16.050
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jarich Bakker
Robertus Michie Slippens
Richard Rozendaal
Peter Schep
4:16.175
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Frederik Bertelsen
Jimmi Madsen
Michael Nielsen
Jacob Piil
4:16.175
14Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Walter Pérez
Edgardo Simón
Gonzalo Garcia
Gabriel Curuchet
4:20.840
15Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Jeon Dae-heung
Jeong Yeong-hun
Kim Jung-mo
No Yeong-sik
4:25.215
16Flag of Chile.svg  Chile José Medina
Luis Fernando Sepúlveda
Marco Arriagada
Marcelo Arriagada
4:25.960
17Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Jhon García
Marlon Pérez
Yovani López
José Velásquez
4:26.400

Match round- Quarter Finals

In the first round of match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest team faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the third, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

Heat 1
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:08.785QOR(1st)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Bohdan Bondaryev, Oleksandr Fedenko,
Andriy Yatsenko, Alexander Simonenko
4:12.794(7th)
Heat 2
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady,
Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods
4:09.650Q(4th)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dirk Copeland, Mariano Friedick,
Adam Laurent, Michael McCarthy
4:12.470(6th)
Heat 3
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,
Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton
4:09.215Q(3rd)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Juan Martínez, Juan Llaneras,
Bernardo González, Adolfo Alperi
4:11.310(5th)
Heat 4
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:08.965Q(2nd)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Gregory Henderson, Brendon Cameron,
Timothy Carswell, Julian Dean
4:15.610(8th)

Match round- Semi-Finals

Winners advanced to the medal round while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

Heat 1
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:06.880QOR(1st)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,
Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton
4:08.460(4th)
Heat 2
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:06.885Q(2nd)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady,
Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods
4:07.570(3rd)

Medal round

The third fastest team from the semi-finals received the bronze medal. The fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.

Gold medal match
TeamNamesTimeRecords
Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:05.930OR
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:07.730

Final classification

The final classification was:

  1. Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
  3. Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
  4. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
  5. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
  7. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
  8. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)

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