Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:Men's team pursuit
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
Dates:9–10 August
Competitors:32
Nations:8
Longnames:yes
Gold:Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario, Franco Giorgetti, Primo Magnani
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Sammy Goosen, Henry Kaltenbrunn, William Smith, James Walker
Bronzenoc:RSA
Prev:1908
Next:1924

The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 6:20.0 Q
2

Quarterfinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 6:18.4 Q
2

Quarterfinal 3

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 5:23.8 Q
2

Quarterfinal 4

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 5:21.0 Q
2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 5:14.0 Q
2 5:20.2

Semifinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1 5:10.8 Q
2 5:17.8

Final

Italy took first place after a protest of the results of the final. No third place match was held between South Africa and Belgium; instead, their times in the semifinals were used to determine final placings.

Place Cyclists Time
1 5:14.2
2 5:13.8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games:Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132505/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/mens-tandem-sprint-2000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 25 December 2013 . sports-reference.com.