1936 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Track Team Pursuit (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	4000 m team pursuit
gender	Men
Attendees	53 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Olympic cycling stadium
Competition phase	August 6-8, 1936
Medalist  France Robert Charpentier , Jean Goujon , Guy Lapébie , Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy  Italy Bianco Bianchi , Mario Gentili , Armando Latini , Severino Rigoni  Great Britain Harry Hill , Ernest Johnson , Charles King , Ernie Mills
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Cycling competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Men
Team ranking	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Men
Time trial	Men
tandem	Men
Team pursuit	Men

The men's 4,000 m team pursuit in track cycling at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place in the Olympic cycling stadium from August 6th to 8th . The French team with Robert Charpentier , Jean Goujon , Guy Lapébie and Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy became Olympic champions .

Results

1 round

The eight teams with the best time qualified for the second round. Bulgaria competed in a run without an opponent. Italy (run 1), Denmark (run 3), and the German Reich (run 6) always set a new Olympic record in their runs before it was set by France (run 7). The Dutch were on the verge of catching up with the US team when two Dutch fell.

rank	Run	nation	Athletes	time	annotation
1	7th	France	Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy	4: 41.8 min	Qualified for Round 2, OR
2	6th	German Empire	Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner	4: 48.6 min	Qualified for round 2
3	3	Denmark	Karl Magnussen Erik Friis Helge Jacobsen Hans Christian Nielsen Arne W. Pedersen	4: 49.4 min	Qualified for round 2
4th	1	Italy	Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni	4: 49.6 min	Qualified for round 2
5	7th	Great Britain	Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills	4: 50.0 min	Qualified for round 2
6th	2	Belgium	Jean Alexandre Frans Cools Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeyse	4: 54.0 min	Qualified for round 2
7th	3	Switzerland	Walter Richli Ernst Fuhrimann Albert Kägi Werner Wägelin	4: 56.4 min	Qualified for round 2
8th	2	Hungary	István Liszkay Miklós Németh László Orczán Ferenc Pelvássy	4: 57.8 min	Qualified for round 2
9	1	Canada	Lionel Coleman George Crompton Bob McLeod George Turner	4: 58.4 min
10	6th	Austria	Josef Genschieder Josef Moser Karl Schmaderer Karl Wölfl	5: 02.2 min
11	5	United States	Albert Byrd William Logan Charles Morton John Sinibaldi	5: 07.4 min
12	4th	Bulgaria	Marin Nikolov Bogdan Yanchev Georgi Velinov Sava Gerchev	5: 10.4 min
13	5	Netherlands	Chris Kropman Adrie Zwartepoorte Ben van der Voort Gerrit van Wees	DNF

2nd round

The four fastest teams qualified for the semi-finals.

rank	Run	nation	Athletes	time	annotation
1	1	France	Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy	4: 47.2 min	Qualified for the semifinals
2	4th	Italy	Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni	4: 47.4 min	Qualified for the semifinals
3	4th	Great Britain	Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills	4: 51.0 min	Qualified for the semifinals
4th	2	German Empire	Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner	4: 56.2 min	Qualified for the semifinals
5	2	Switzerland	Walter Richli Ernst Fuhrimann Albert Kägi Werner Wägelin	4: 58.0 min
6th	3	Belgium	Jean Alexandre Frans Cools Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeyse	4: 58.2 min
7th	1	Hungary	István Liszkay Miklós Németh László Orczán Ferenc Pelvássy	5: 03.4 min
8th	3	Denmark	Karl Magnussen Erik Friis Helge Jacobsen Hans Christian Nielsen Arne W. Pedersen	DNF

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	nation	Athletes	time	annotation
1	France	Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy	4: 42.4 min	Qualified for the final, OR
2	German Empire	Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner	4: 54.6 min	Qualified for the race for bronze

Semi-final 2

rank	nation	Athletes	time	annotation
1	Italy	Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni	4: 49.2 min	Qualified for the finals
2	Great Britain	Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills	4: 53.6 min	Qualified for the race for bronze

Final round

final

rank	nation	Athletes	time
1	France	Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy	4: 45.0 min
2	Italy	Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni	4: 51.0 min

Race for bronze

rank	nation	Athletes	time
3	Great Britain	Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills	4: 53.6 min
4th	German Empire	Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner	4: 55.0 min

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