Olympic record progression track cycling – Men's team pursuit explained

This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's 4000 m team pursuit, as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[1]

The men's team pursuit was introduced at the 1908 Summer Olympics and with the 4000 m distance at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Strangely the UCI list the first Olympic record as of 1992 although the event has already been contested at several Olympic Games before.

Progression

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the 6th of August 2024.

TimeCyclistsLocationTrackDateMeetRef
6:18.4* 9 August 19201920 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
5:10.8*
Arnaldo Carli
Ruggero Ferrario
Franco Giorgetti
Primo Magnani		August 19201920 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
5:01.6*
Harry Wyld
Lew Wyld
Percy Wyld
Monty Southall		5 August 19281928 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:52.9*
Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari		2 August 1932 1932 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:41.8*
Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger Le Nizerhy		Berlin (GER)2 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:38.4* Melbourne (AUS), Olympic Park Velodrome4 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4:37.4* Melbourne (AUS), Olympic Park Velodrome4 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4:29.32* Rome (ITA), Olympic Velodrome27 August 1960 1960 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:28.88* Rome (ITA), Olympic Velodrome29 August 1960 1960 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4:16.10* Mexico City (MEX), Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome19 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:15.76* Mexico City (MEX), Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome20 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4:14.64* Moscow (URS), Olympic Velodrome25 July 1980 1980 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:14.22* Seoul (KOR) 23 September 19881988 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:13.31* Seoul (KOR) 24 September 19881988 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4:11.245* Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 30 July 19921992 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:10.438* Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 30 July 19921992 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:08.791Barcelona (ESP) Open air track 31 July 19921992 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4:08.785* Atlanta (USA) Open air track 26 July 1996 1996 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:06.880* Atlanta (USA) Open air track 27 July 19961996 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
4:05.930 Atlanta (USA) Open air track 27 July 19961996 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
4:04.030* Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 18 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
4:01.810* Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 18 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Quarter finals
4:00.830* Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 19 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
3:59.710Sydney (AUS) Indoor track 19 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
3:56.610 Athens (GRE) Indoor track 22 August 20042004 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
3:55.202* Beijing (CHN) Indoor track 18 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics
Semifinals
3:53.314 Beijing (CHN) Indoor track 18 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
3:52.499* Indoor track 2 August 20122012 Summer Olympics
Qualifying
3:51.659 Indoor track 3 August 20122012 Summer Olympics
Gold medal race
3:50.570 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Indoor track 12 August 2016 2016 Olympics First round
3:50.265 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Indoor track 12 August 2016 2016 Olympics Gold medal race [2]
3:45.895 Indoor track 2 August 2021 2020 Olympics Qualifying [3]
3:45.014 Indoor track 2 August 2021 2020 Olympics Qualifying [4]
3:42.307 Indoor track 3 August 2021 2020 Olympics First round [5]
3:42.032 Indoor track 4 August 2021 2020 Olympics Finals [6]
♦3:40.730 Indoor track 6 August 2024 [7]
* Not listed by the UCI as an Olympic record

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. 24 November 2014. PDF.
  2. Web site: Men's Team Pursuit Results. Rio2016.com. 12 August 2016. 12 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920104020/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402100_Results_2016_08_12_cdfe0bd1_96fd_4f43_8552_13cb93993524.pdf. 20 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Qualifying Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225728/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73B1_CTRMPURTEAM4----------QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Qualifying Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225728/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73B1_CTRMPURTEAM4----------QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – First Round Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. 10 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810035441/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73B2_CTRMPURTEAM4----------RND1--------.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Final Classification. olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804092530/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74B_CTRMPURTEAM4----------------------.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – First Round – Results. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.

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