| Event: | Men's cycling team pursuit |
| Games: | 1964 Summer |
| Venue: | Hachioji Velodrome |
| Date: | 18-20 October 1964 |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Lothar Claesges, Karl Link, Karl-Heinz Henrichs and Ernst Streng |
| Goldnoc: | EUA |
| Silver: | Luigi Roncaglia, Carlo Rancati, Vincenzo Mantovani and Franco Testa |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Gerard Koel, Jaap Oudkerk, Henk Cornelisse and Cor Schuuring |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1968 |
The men's team pursuit was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The course was 4000 metres. It was held on 19 October and 21 October 1964 at the Hachioji Velodrome. 18 teams of 4 cyclists each competed.[1]
| align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze |
Lothar Claesges Karlheinz Henrichs Karl Link Ernst Streng | Vincenzo Mantovani Carlo Rancati Luigi Roncaglia Franco Testa | Henk Cornelisse Gerard Koel Jaap Oudkerk Cor Schuuring |
In the first round of heats, the 18 teams were divided into 9 pairs. Placing in the heats was not used to advance; rather, the 8 fastest teams from across the heats advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Heat 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 4:42.28 | ||
| 2. | 4:47:67 | ||||
| Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | 4:39.06 | ||||
| 2. | 4:44.66 | ||||
| Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | 4:43.76 | ||||
| 2. | 4:50.62 | ||||
| Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | 4:46.97 | ||||
| 2. | 4:47.04 | ||||
| Heat 5 | |||||
| 1. | 4:44.90 | ||||
| 2. | 4:45.33 | ||||
| Heat 6 | |||||
| 1. | 5:01.41 | ||||
| 2. | 5:04.25 | ||||
| Heat 7 | |||||
| 1. | 5:31.52 | ||||
| 2. | 5:38.77 | ||||
| Heat 8 | |||||
| 1. | 4:55.04 | ||||
| 2. | Elim. | ||||
| Heat 9 | |||||
| 1. | DNF | ||||
| 2. | DNF |
The quarterfinals paired off the 8 remaining teams into 4 heats. Winners advanced, losers were eliminated.
| Quarterfinal 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 4:37.58 | QS | |
| 2. | 4:45.68 | ||||
| Quarterfinal 2 | |||||
| 1. | 4:36.98 | QS | |||
| 2. | 4:43.58 | ||||
| Quarterfinal 3 | |||||
| 1. | 4:40.41 | QS | |||
| 2. | 4:41.70 | ||||
| Quarterfinal 4 | |||||
| 1. | 4:41.58 | QS | |||
| 2. | 4:45.74 |
The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal match, while the loser was sent to the bronze medal match.
| Semifinal 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 4:38.19 | QG | |
| 2. | 4:40.28 | QB | |||
| Semifinal 2 | |||||
| 1. | 4:37.98 | QG | |||
| 2. | 4:41.02 | QB |
| Gold Medal Match | ||||
| width=30 bgcolor=gold | width=80 | 4:35.67 | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 4:35.74 | |||
| Bronze Medal Match | ||||
| 4:38.99 | ||||
| 4. | 4:39.42 |