Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:	Men's team pursuit
Games:	2023
Venue:	Velódromo Peñalolén
Dates:	26–27 October
Competitors:	26
Nations:	6
Win Value:	3:53.593
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Chris Ernst Michael Foley Carson Mattern Campbell Parrish Sean Richardson
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Juan Esteban Arango Jordan Parra Brayan Sánchez Nelson Soto
Silvernoc:	COL
Bronze:	David Domonoske Anders Johnson Grant Koontz Colby Lange Brendan Rhim
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The men's team pursuit competition of the cycling events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on 26 and 27 October at the Velódromo Peñalolén in Santiago, Chile.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		3:42.032	Izu, Japan	4 August 2021
Games record		3:59.236	Guadalajara, Mexico	17 October 2011

Schedule

All times are local (UTC–3)

Date	Time	Round
26 October 2023	10:24	Qualification
	18:30	First round
27 October 2023	18:11	Finals

Results

Qualification

All teams advanced to the first round.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1		3:55.981		GR
2		4:00.181	+4.200
3		4:01.589	+5.608
4		4:08.908	+12.927
5		4:08.914	+12.933
6		4:15.247	+19.266

First round

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

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

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1		3:57.842	QB
1	2		4:00.298
2	1		3:57.990	QG
2	2		3:58.586	QB
3	1			QG
3	2		4:02.327

Finals

Rank	Nation	Time^[5]	Behind	Notes
Gold medal final
		3:53.593		GR
		4:02.310	+8.717
Bronze medal final
		3:59.993
4		4:00.454	+0.461

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venues. www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 21 October 2023.
2. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 21 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 28 October 2023.
3. Web site: Men's Team Pursuit – Qualification – Results. 26 October 2023. 1 November 2023.
4. Web site: Men's Team Pursuit – Round 1 – Results. 26 October 2023. 1 November 2023.
5. Web site: Men's Team Pursuit – Final – Results. 27 October 2023. 1 November 2023.