1908 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Track Team Pursuit (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Team pursuit
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 5 countries
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	July 17, 1908
Winning time	2: 18.6 min
Medalist  Great Britain Benjamin Jones , Clarence Kingsbury , Leon Meredith , Ernest Payne  German Empire Max Götze , Rudolf Katzer , Hermann Martens , Karl Neumer  Canada William Anderson , Walter Andrews , Frederick McCarthy , William Morton
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Cycling competitions at the 1908 Olympic Games
Track cycling
660 yards	Men
5 km	Men
20 km	Men
100 km	Men
sprint	Men
tandem	Men
Team pursuit	Men

The 1,980 yards Team Pursuit of the men at the 1908 Olympic Games in London took place on 17 July at the City Stadium White instead.

Of the seven teams registered, only five competed. In the final, the British team with Benjamin Jones , Clarence Kingsbury , Leon Meredith and Ernest Payne secured the Olympic victory .

Results

Quarter finals

Run 1

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne	Great Britain	Where
2	unknown	Belgium	DNS

Run 2

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Canada	Where
2	unknown	United States	DNS

Run 3

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	bye

Run 4

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	German Empire	2: 25.4 min
2	André Auffray Émile Demangel Émile Marechal Maurice Schilles	France	2: 32.0 min

Semifinals

The two winners qualified for the final. Canada got the bronze medal as the team drove a better time against the Netherlands.

Semi-final 1

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne	Great Britain	2: 19.6 min
2 (bronze )	William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Canada	2: 29.2 min

Semi-final 2

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	German Empire	2: 31.8 min
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen	Netherlands	2: 44.0 min

final

rank	Athletes	nation	time
gold	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne	Great Britain	2: 18.6 min
silver	Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer	German Empire	2: 28.6 min

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