Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit


The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 16 laps, the times for the distance were used to determine the victor.

Medalists

Results

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 nine teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.
RankTeamNamesTimeQualification
1Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
4:09.570q
2Adler Capelli
Mauro Trentini
Andrea Collinelli
Cristiano Citton
4:09.695q
3Bradley McGee
Stuart O'Grady
Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods
4:09.750q
4Bohdan Bondaryev
Oleksandr Fedenko
Andriy Yatsenko
Alexander Simonenko
4:11.545q
5Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksey Markov
Anton Chantyr
4:11.665q
6Dirk Copeland
Mariano Friedick
Adam Laurent
Michael McCarthy
4:11.950q
7Juan Martínez Oliver
Juan Llaneras
Bernardo González
Adolfo Alperi
4:12.780q
8Gregory Henderson
Brendon Cameron
Timothy Carswell
Julian Dean
4:15.140q
9Robert Bartko
Guido Fulst
Danilo Hondo
Heiko Szonn
4:15.140
10Robert Hayes
Matt Illingworth
Bryan Steel
Chris Newton
4:16.510
11Arturas Kasputis
Remigijus Lupeikis
Mindaugas Umaras
Arturas Trumpauskas
4:16.050
12Jarich Bakker
Robertus Michie Slippens
Richard Rozendaal
Peter Schep
4:16.175
13Frederik Bertelsen
Jimmi Madsen
Michael Nielsen
Jacob Piil
4:16.175
14Walter Pérez
Edgardo Simón
Gonzalo Garcia
Gabriel Curuchet
4:20.840
15Jeon Dae-heung
Jeong Yeong-hun
Kim Jung-mo
No Yeong-sik
4:25.215
16José Medina
Luis Fernando Sepúlveda
Marco Arriagada
Marcelo Arriagada
4:25.960
17Jhon García
Marlon Pérez
Yovani López
José Velásquez
4:26.400

Match round- Quarter Finals

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
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:08.785QOR
Bohdan Bondaryev, Oleksandr Fedenko,
Andriy Yatsenko, Alexander Simonenko
4:12.794

;Heat 2
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady,
Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods
4:09.650Q
Dirk Copeland, Mariano Friedick,
Adam Laurent, Michael McCarthy
4:12.470

;Heat 3
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,
Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton
4:09.215Q
Juan Martinez, Juan Llaneras,
Bernardo González, Adolfo Alperi
4:11.310

;Heat 4
TeamNamesTimeQualificationOverall Place
Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:08.965Q
Gregory Henderson, Brendon Cameron,
Timothy Carswell, Julian Dean
4:15.610

Match round- Semi-Finals

Winners advanced to the medal round while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.
;Heat 1
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:06.880QOR
Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,
Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton
4:08.460

;Heat 2
TeamNamesTimeQualificationRecordsOverall Place
Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:06.885Q
Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady,
Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods
4:07.570

Medal round

The third fastest team from the semi-finals received the Bronze Medal. The fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.
;Gold medal match
TeamNamesTimeRecords
Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault,
Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau
4:05.930OR
Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov,
Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr
4:07.730

Final classification

The final classification was: