Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit


The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2. The format was a 4000 metres pursuit.

Results

The top four teams by time advanced to the semifinal.

Qualifying round

Qualifying
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
4:52.9OR
2Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
4:54.4
3Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
4:58.2
4Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
5:10.4
5Eddie Testa
Ruggero Berti
Harold Ade
Russell Allen
5:17.4

The winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
4:53.9
2Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
4:57.4

Heat two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
5:24.9
2Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
5:34.4

Final

Match 1/2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
4:53.0
Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
4:55.7

Match 3/4
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
4:56.0
4Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
6:04.0

Key: OR = Olympic record