Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Competitors48 from 12 nations
Medalists
  Italy
Cesare Facciani, Giacomo Gaioni, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli
  Netherlands
Johannes Maas, Piet van der Horst, Janus Braspennincx, Jan Pijnenburg
  Great Britain
George Southall, Harry Wyld, Leonard Wyld, Percy Wyld

The men's team pursuit at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[1]

This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. Cyclists competed in teams of four. The event was a single elimination tournament, with a third-place race between the semifinal losers.

Team rosters

Source:[1][2][3]

 Belgium (BEL)


 Canada (CAN)


 Chile (CHI)


 France (FRA)


 Germany (GER)


 Great Britain (GBR)

 Italy (ITA)


 Latvia (LAT)


 Netherlands (NED)


 Poland (POL)


 Switzerland (SUI)


 Turkey (TUR)
Cycling at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual road race   men
Team road race men
Track cycling
Time trial men
Team pursuit men
Sprint men
Tandem men

Match round

Source:[2]

Round 1

Match 1
Rank Nation
1 Q Belgium
2 q[4] Poland
Match 2
Rank Nation
1 Q France
2 Chile

Match 3
Rank Nation
1 Q Great Britain
2 Turkey
Match 4
Rank Nation
1 Q Italy
2 Latvia

Match 5
Rank Nation
1 Q Netherlands
2 Switzerland
Match 6
Rank Nation
1 Q Germany
2 q[5] Canada

Round 2

Match 1
Rank Nation
1 Q Great Britain
2 Belgium
Match 2
Rank Nation
1 Q Netherlands
2 Poland

Match 3
Rank Nation
1 Q France
2 Canada
Match 4
Rank Nation
1 Q Italy
2 Germany

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Rank Nation
1 Q Italy
2 Great Britain
Semifinal 2
Rank Nation
1 Q Netherlands
2 France

Medal matches

Gold medal match
Rank Nation Time
Italy 5:01.8
Netherlands 5:06.2
Bronze medal match
Rank Nation
1 () Great Britain
2 (4th) France

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Cycling - Track 1928".
  4. ↑ Both teams advanced "[o]wing to wrong decision." Official Report at p. 519.
  5. ↑ The official report does not say how Canada advanced to the second round.

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