Cycling Track – Men's team pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Anna Meares Velodrome |
Dates | 5 April |
Competitors | 30 from 7 nations |
Winning time | 3:49.804 WR , GR |
Medalists | |
Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | women |
Points race | men | women |
Keirin | men | women |
Scratch race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Mountain biking | ||
Cross-country | men | women |
Para-track | ||
Sprint | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
The men's team pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. The New Zealand team originally had the third fastest time in the qualifying round, but were disqualified after one of their bikes failed a technical inspection. [1] [2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
World record | Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull, Bradley Wiggins) | 3:50.265 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |
Games record | Australia (Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson, Glenn O'Shea) | 3:54.851 | Glasgow, Scotland | 24 July 2014 |
The schedule is as follows: [3]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday 5 April 2018 | 15:35 | Qualifying |
20:12 / 20:19 | Finals |
The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final. [4]
Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
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1 | Australia Leigh Howard Jordan Kerby Alex Porter Sam Welsford | 3:52.041 | – | QG, GR |
2 | England Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield Oliver Wood | 3:55.399 | +3.358 | QG |
3 | Canada Michael Foley Derek Gee Adam Jamieson Jay Lamoureux | 4:00.109 | +8.068 | QB |
4 | Wales Rhys Britton Samuel Harrison Joe Holt Ethan Vernon | 4:01.489 | +9.448 | QB |
5 | South Africa Gert Fouche Nolan Hoffman David Maree Steven van Heerden | 4:11.711 | +19.670 | |
6 | Malaysia Muhammad Danie Al Edy Shuaidee Irwandie Lakasek Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli | 4:13.033 | +20.992 | |
– | New Zealand Regan Gough Nicholas Kergozou Tom Sexton Campbell Stewart | DSQ |
The final classification was determined in the medal finals. [5]
Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
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Bronze medal final | ||||
Canada Michael Foley Jay Lamoureux Derek Gee Aidan Caves | 4:00.440 | – | ||
4 | Wales Joe Holt Ethan Vernon Samuel Harrison Rhys Britton | 4:01.362 | +0.922 | |
Gold medal final | ||||
Australia Alex Porter Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Kelland O'Brien | 3:49.804 | – | WR , GR | |
England Oliver Wood Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield Ethan Hayter | 3:55.310 | +5.506 |
This is an overview of the progression of the Commonwealth Games track cycling records, maintained by the CGF.
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