Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit


The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a loop. The format was a 4-kilometre team pursuit.

Results

Source:

First round

The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes.
; Heat 1
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Léonard Daghelinckx
Henri Hoevenaers
Fernand Saivé
Jean Van Den Bosch
5:12.0Q
2Gerard Bosch
Jan Maas
Simon van Poelgeest
Franciscus Waterreus

; Heat 2
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Angelo de Martino
Alfredo Dinale
Aurelio Menegazzi
Francesco Zucchetti
5:23.2Q

; Heat 3
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Ernst Leutert
Arnold Nötzli
Ernst Richli
Gottfried Weilenmann
5:23.0Q
2Jaroslav Brož
Oldřich Červinka
Miloš Knobloch
Karel Pechan

; Heat 4
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Holger Guldager
Edmund Hansen
Willy Hansen
Erik Kjeldsen
5:27.6Q

; Heat 5
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Lucien Choury
René Guillemin
René Hournon
Marcel Renaud
5:11.4Q
2Frederick Habberfield
Thomas Harvey
Henry Lee
William Stewart

; Heat 6
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Józef Lange
Jan Lazarski
Tomasz Stankiewicz
Franciszek Szymczyk
5:16.0Q
2Andrejs Aspītis
Roberts Plūme
Fridrihs Ukstiņš
Arturs Zeiberliņš

Quarterfinals

The six winners of the first round competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced; this time, a fastest loser also qualified.
; Quarterfinal 1
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Léonard Daghelinckx
Henri Hoevenaers
Fernand Saivé
Jean Van Den Bosch
5:12.2Q
2Józef Lange
Jan Lazarski
Tomasz Stankiewicz
Franciszek Szymczyk
5:16.8q

; Quarterfinal 2
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Lucien Choury
René Guillemin
René Hournon
Marcel Renaud
5:14.2Q
2Ernst Leutert
Arnold Nötzli
Ernst Richli
Gottfried Weilenmann
5:21.6

; Quarterfinal 3
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Angelo de Martino
Alfredo Dinale
Aurelio Menegazzi
Francesco Zucchetti
5:13.8Q
Holger Guldager
Edmund Hansen
Willy Hansen
Erik Kjeldsen
Did not start

Semifinals

The four remaining teams competed in two semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers facing off in a bronze medal race.
; Semifinal 1
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Angelo de Martino
Alfredo Dinale
Aurelio Menegazzi
Francesco Zucchetti
5:12.0Q
2Léonard Daghelinckx
Henri Hoevenaers
Fernand Saivé
Jean Van Den Bosch
r

; Semifinal 2
PlaceTeamCyclistsTimeQual.
1Józef Lange
Jan Lazarski
Tomasz Stankiewicz
Franciszek Szymczyk
5:18.0Q
2Lucien Choury
René Guillemin
René Hournon
Marcel Renaud
5:19.6r

Bronze medal race

Belgium defeated France.
PlaceTeamCyclistsTime
1 Léonard Daghelinckx
Henri Hoevenaers
Fernand Saivé
Jean Van Den Bosch
2 Lucien Choury
René Guillemin
René Hournon
Marcel Renaud

Final

Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors.
PlaceTeamCyclistsTime
Angelo de Martino
Alfredo Dinale
Aurelio Menegazzi
Francesco Zucchetti
5:15.0
Józef Lange
Jan Lazarski
Tomasz Stankiewicz
Franciszek Szymczyk
5:23.0