Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:	Cycling - Men's team pursuit
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Velodrome, Los Angeles
Dates:	2-3 August
Competitors:	56
Nations:	14
Longnames:	yes
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Steve Hegg Patrick McDonough Leonard Nitz Brent Emery
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The men's 4 km team pursuit cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 3 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics. The qualification and quarter finals were on 2 August and the semi-finals and finals on 3 August.^[1]

Results

Qualification

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
1			4:28,47	53,637	Q
2			4:28,79	53,573	Q
3			4:28,97	53,537	Q
4			4:29,79	53,374	Q
5			4:29,92	53,349	Q
6			4:30,34	53,266	Q
7			4:31,20	53,097	Q
8			4:31,86	52,968	Q
9			4:32,25	52,892
10			4:33,45	52,660
11			4:34,39	42,480
12			4:36,74	52,034
13			4:37,57	51,878
14			4:38,57	51,692

Quarter finals

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
2		4:25,16	54,306
1		4:25,15	54,308	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
1		4:28	53,723	Q
2		4:30,28	53,278

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
1		4:30,19	53,295	Q
2		4:31,53	53,032

Heat 4

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
1		4:25,07	54,325	Q
2		4:30,47	53,240

Semi finals

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
1		-	-	Q
2		-	OVT

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Note
2		4:25,12	54,315
1		4:23,56	54,636	Q

Final

Bronze medal

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Rank
2		4:25,60	54:216	3
1		4:26,90	53,952	4

Gold medal

Rank	Nation	Time	Speed	Rank
1		4:25,99	54,137	1
2		4:29,85	53,263	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 January 2015 . Sports Reference.