Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on Sunday, 17 September, and Monday, 18 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome. The 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 Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Guido Fulst
Robert Bartko
Daniel Becke
Jens Lehmann
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Serhii Cherniavskyi
Serhiy Matvyeyev
Oleksandr Symonenko
Oleksandr Fedenko
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Paul Manning
Chris Newton
Bryan Steel
Bradley Wiggins

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.
World Record4:00.958Italy Manchester, Great Britain31 August 1996
Olympic Record4:05.930France Atlanta, USA27 July 1996

Results

Qualifying round

Held 18 September 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 two teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.

RankTeamNamesTimeQualificationRecord
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR) Bryan Steel
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins
Chris Newton
4:04.030qOR
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) Oleksandr Fedenko
Oleksandr Symonenko
Serhiy Matvyeyev
Serhii Cherniavskyi
4:04.078q
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Cyril Bos
Philippe Ermenault
Francis Moreau
Jerome Neuville
4:05.155q
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Guido Fulst
Olaf Pollack
Daniel Becke
Jens Lehmann
4:05.750q
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) Brett Aitken
Graeme Brown
Brett Lancaster
Michael Rogers
4:06.361q
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL) Tim Carswell
Lee Vertongen
Gary Anderson
Greg Henderson
4:08.463q
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED) John den Braber
Robert Slippens
Jens Mouris
Wilco Zuijderwijk
4:09.590q
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) Vladimir Karpets
Alexey Markov
Vladislav Borisov
Denis Smyslov
4:09.910q
9Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG) Walter Fernando Perez
Edgardo Simón
Gonzalo Martin Garcia
Guillermo Brunetta
4:10.940
10Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) Derek Bouchard-Hall
Mariano Friedick
Tommy Mulkey
Erin Hartwell
4:12.494
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) Mario Benetton
Adler Capelli
Cristiano Citton
Marco Villa
4:15.451
12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP) Miguel Alzamora
Isaac Gálvez
Antonio Tauler
José Francisco Jarque
4:15.547

Match round- Quarter Finals

Held 18 September.
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
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,
Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann
4:01.810QOR(4th)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) Brett Aitken, Graeme Brown
Brett Lancaster, Michael Rogers
4:03.209(5th)
Heat 2
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Cyril Bos, Philippe Ermenault
Francis Moreau, Jerome Neuville
4:05.224Q(3rd)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL) Tim Carswell, Lee Vertongen
Gary Anderson, Greg Henderson
4:06.495(6th)
Heat 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Symonenko
Serhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi
4:03.359Q(2nd)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED) John den Braber, Robert Slippens
Jens Mouris, Wilco Zuijderwijk
lapped(7th)
Heat 4
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR) Bryan Steel, Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins, Chris Newton
4:04.143Q(1st)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) Vladimir Karpets, Alexey Markov
Vladislav Borisov, Denis Smyslov
lapped(8th)

Match round- Semi-Finals

Held 19 September.

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

Heat 1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Symonenko
Serhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi
4:00.830QWR(2nd)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR) Jon Clay, Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins, Rob Hayles
4:02.387(3rd)
Heat 2
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,
Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann
4:05.930Q(1st)
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Cyril Bos, Philippe Ermenault
Francis Moreau, Jerome Neuville
4:11.549(4th)

Medal round

Held 19 September Teams were again re-seeded, this time based on their times in the match round. The third- and fourth-fastest teams faced off in the bronze medal match, while the fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.

Bronze medal match
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR) Bryan Steel, Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins, Chris Newton
4:01.979
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Cyril Bos, Philippe Ermenault
Francis Moreau, Jerome Neuville
4:05.991
Gold medal match
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,
Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann
3:59.710
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Symonenko
Serhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi
4:04.520

Final classification

The final classification was:

  1. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
  2. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
  4. Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
  5. Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
  6. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
  8. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)

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