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

Event:	Men's team pursuit
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates:	July 26–27
Competitors:	40
Nations:	10
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Angelo de Martino, Alfredo Dinale, Aurelio Menegazzi, Francesco Zucchetti
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Józef Lange, Jan Lazarski, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Franciszek Szymczyk
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Léonard Daghelinckx, Henri Hoevenaers, Fernand Saivé, Jean Van Den Bosch
Bronzenoc:	BEL
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

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.^[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 5000NaN0 loop.^[2] The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.

Results

Source:^[1] ^[3]

First round

The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes.

Heat 1

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:12.0	Q
2

Heat 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:23.2	Q

Heat 3

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:23.0	Q
2

Heat 4

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:27.6	Q

Heat 5

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:11.4	Q
2

Heat 6

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:16.0	Q
2

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

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:12.2	Q
2			5:16.8	q

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:14.2	Q
2			5:21.6

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:13.8	Q
–			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

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:12.0	Q
2				r

Semifinal 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1			5:18.0	Q
2			5:19.6	r

Bronze medal race

Belgium defeated France.

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time
1
2 (4)

Final

Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors.

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time
			5:15.0
			5:23.0

Notes and References

Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 2009-02-16 .
https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054320/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/CYC/ Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 Metres