Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit

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Cycling Track – Men's team pursuit
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates5 April
Competitors30 from 7 nations
Winning time3:49.804 WR , GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
2022  

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]

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
(Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull, Bradley Wiggins)
3:50.265 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
(Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson, Glenn O'Shea)
3:54.851 Glasgow, Scotland 24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [3]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Thursday 5 April 201815:35Qualifying
20:12 / 20:19Finals

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final. [4]

RankNationTimeBehindNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Leigh Howard
Jordan Kerby
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
3:52.041QG, GR
2Flag of England.svg  England
Kian Emadi
Ethan Hayter
Charlie Tanfield
Oliver Wood
3:55.399+3.358QG
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Michael Foley
Derek Gee
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux
4:00.109+8.068QB
4Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Rhys Britton
Samuel Harrison
Joe Holt
Ethan Vernon
4:01.489+9.448QB
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Gert Fouche
Nolan Hoffman
David Maree
Steven van Heerden
4:11.711+19.670
6Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Muhammad Danie Al Edy Shuaidee
Irwandie Lakasek
Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman
Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli
4:13.033+20.992
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Regan Gough
Nicholas Kergozou
Tom Sexton
Campbell Stewart

Finals

The final classification was determined in the medal finals. [5]

RankNationTimeBehindNotes
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Michael Foley
Jay Lamoureux
Derek Gee
Aidan Caves
4:00.440
4Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Joe Holt
Ethan Vernon
Samuel Harrison
Rhys Britton
4:01.362+0.922
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
Leigh Howard
Kelland O'Brien
3:49.804 WR , GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England
Oliver Wood
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
Ethan Hayter
3:55.310+5.506

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References

  1. "Cycling New Zealand embarrassed after men's pursuit team disqualified". Stuff. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "Commonwealth Games: Cycling boss takes blame for disqualification disaster". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. "Cycling Track | Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. "Cycling Track | Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Qualifying Results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "Cycling Track | Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Final Results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.