2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:	Men's team pursuit
Championship:	2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dates:	12–13 April
Venue:	Hong Kong Velodrome
Location:	Hong Kong
Competitors:	76
Nations:	17
Teams:	17
Win Value:	3:51.503
Gold:	Sam Welsford Cameron Meyer Alexander Porter Nick Yallouris Kelland O'Brien Rohan Wight
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Regan Gough Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou
Silver Nation:	NZL
Bronze:	Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Michele Scartezzini
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 12 and 13 April 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			3:50.577		Q, CR
2			3:53.422	+2.845	Q
3			3:55.755	+5.178	Q
4			3:56.357	+5.780	Q
5			3:58.936	+8.359	q
6			3:58.957	+8.380	q
7			3:59.951	+9.374	q
8			4:00.480	+9.903	q
9			4:02.219	+11.642
10			4:02.443	+11.866
11			4:03.273	+12.696
12			4:03.328	+12.751
13			4:03.424	+12.847
14			4:03.656	+13.079
15			4:04.486	+13.909
16			4:11.086	+20.509
			DSQ

• Canada were disqualified for breaching article 3.2.097^[4]
• Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final
• q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final

First round

First round heats are held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal final.The remaining 6 teams were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nation	Time	Gap	Notes
7	1			4:00.780
8	1			4:01.727	+0.947
4	2			3:56.796		QB
6	2			4:00.405	+3.609
2	3			3:54.363		QG
3	3			3:55.945	+1.582	QB
1	4			3:54.125		QG
5	4			4:00.198	+6.073

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The final was held at 19:53.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal final
			3:51.503
			3:53.979	+2.476
Bronze medal final
			3:56.935
4			3:58.566	+1.631

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104041142/http://www.trackworldchamp.hk/event-schedule . dead . 4 November 2016 . 11 April 2017 . 2017 WCh LOC .
2. Web site: Start list . 11 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
3. Web site: Qualifying . 12 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
4. Book: UCI Cycling Regulations - Race procedure. 4 June 2016. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19. 12 April 2017.
5. Web site: First Round . 12 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.
6. Web site: Results and Final Classification . 13 April 2017 . Tissot Timing.