2016 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Track Team Pursuit (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Team pursuit
gender	Men
Attendees	40 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Velódromo Municipal do Rio
Competition phase	August 11th to 12th, 2016
Winning time	3: 50.265 min (world record)
Medalist  Great Britain Ed Clancy , Steven Burke , Owain Doull , Bradley Wiggins  Australia Alexander Edmondson , Jack Bobridge , Michael Hepburn , Sam Welsford , Callum Scotson  Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen , Niklas Larsen , Frederik Madsen , Casper von Folsach , Rasmus Quaade
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Cycling competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint	Women	Men
Keirin	Women	Men
Omnium	Women	Men
Team pursuit	Women	Men
Mountain bike
run	Women	Men
BMX
run	Women	Men

The men's track cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place from August 11 to 12, 2016.

Olympic champion was in the team from Great Britain. The silver medal went to the Australians and the bronze to the Danish team.

Results

qualification

The eight fastest pairs qualified for the first round. The four fastest teams competed for two starting positions for the gold race. The other four teams only had a chance of winning the bronze medal.

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
1	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins	3: 51.943	Q
2	Denmark	Let Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach	3: 55.396	Q
3	Australia	Alexander Edmondson Jack Bobridge Michael Hepburn Sam Welsford	3: 55.606	Q
4th	New Zealand	Pieter Bulling Aaron Gate Dylan Kennett Regan Gough	3: 55.977	Q
5	Italy	Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon	3: 59.708	q
6th	Germany	Henning Bommel Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein	4: 00.911	q
7th	Switzerland	Olivier Beer Silvan Dillier Théry Schir Cyrille Thièry	4: 03.845	q
8th	China	Fan Yang Liu Hao Qin Chenlu Shen Pingan	4: 05.152	q
	Netherlands	Tim Veldt Wim Stroetinga Jan-Willem van Schip Joost van der Burg	DNF

• Q = qualification for the runs for the race for gold
• q = qualification for the runs for the race for bronze

First round

The matches of the first round resulted from the placements of the qualification, the teams competed as follows:

Run 1: 6th against 7th

Run 2: 5th against 8th

Run 3: 2nd versus 3rd

Run 4: 1st against 4th

The winners of runs 3 and 4 qualified for the race for gold. The remaining 6 teams were sorted according to their time, and depending on their position, they finished 3rd to 7th.

rank	Run	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
1	4th	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins	3: 50.570	QG, WR
2	3	Australia	Alexander Edmondson Michael Hepburn Callum Scotson Sam Welsford	3: 53.429	QG
3	3	Denmark	Let Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Rasmus Christian Quaade	3: 53.542	QB
4th	4th	New Zealand	Pieter Bulling Aaron Gate Dylan Kennett Regan Gough	3: 55.654	QB
5	2	Italy	Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon	3: 55.724	Q5
6th	1	Germany	Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein	3: 56.903	Q5
7th	1	Switzerland	Olivier Beer Silvan Dillier Théry Schir Cyrille Thièry	4: 03.580	Q7
8th	2	China	Fan Yang Liu Hao Qin Chenlu Shen Pingan	4: 04.420	Q7

• QG = qualification for the race for gold
• QB = qualification for the race for bronze
• Q5 = qualification for the race for 5th place
• Q7 = qualification for the race for 7th place

final

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)	Remarks
Race for 7th place
7th	Switzerland	Olivier Beer Silvan Dillier Théry Schir Cyrille Thièry	4: 01.786
8th	China	Fan Yang Liu Hao Qin Chenlu Shen Pingan	4: 03.687
Race for 5th place
5	Germany	Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein	3: 59.485
6th	Italy	Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Michele Scartezzini	4: 02.360
Race for bronze
bronze	Denmark	Let Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach	3: 53.789
4th	New Zealand	Pieter Bulling Aaron Gate Dylan Kennett Regan Gough	3: 56.753
Race for gold
gold	Great Britain	Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins	3: 50.265	WR
silver	Australia	Alexander Edmondson Jack Bobridge Michael Hepburn Sam Welsford	3: 51.008

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qualifying . In: Rio 2016 . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
2. ^ First Round . In: Rio 2016 . Retrieved October 8, 2016.