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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Cesare Facciani, Giacomo Gaioni, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands
Johannes Maas, Piet van der Horst, Janus Braspennincx, Jan Pijnenburg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
George Southall, Harry Wyld, Leonard Wyld, Percy Wyld
← 1924
1932 →

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)

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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. ^ a b "Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Cycling - Track 1928". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  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.

External links

  • Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
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Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit