The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a loop.Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.
Results
Source:Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 Metres
First round
The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes.
Heat 1
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch 5:12.0 Q 2 Gerard Bosch Jan Maas Simon van Poelgeest Franciscus Waterreus
Heat 2
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti 5:23.2 Q
Heat 3
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann 5:23.0 Q 2 Jaroslav Brož Oldřich Červinka Miloš Knobloch Karel Pechan
Heat 4
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Erik Kjeldsen 5:27.6 Q
Heat 5
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud 5:11.4 Q 2 Frederick Habberfield Thomas Harvey Henry Lee William Stewart
Heat 6
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk 5:16.0 Q 2 Andrejs Apsītis Roberts Plūme Fridrihs Ukstiņš Artūrs Zeiberliņš
Quarterfinals
The six winners of the first round competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced; this time, a fastest loser also qualified.
Quarterfinal 1
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch 5:12.2 Q 2 Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk 5:16.8 q
Quarterfinal 2
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud 5:14.2 Q 2 Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann 5:21.6
Quarterfinal 3
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti 5:13.8 Q – Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Erik Kjeldsen Did not start
Semifinals
The four remaining teams competed in two semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers facing off in a bronze medal race.
Semifinal 1
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti 5:12.0 Q 2 Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch r
Semifinal 2
Place Team Cyclists Time Qual. 1 Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk 5:18.0 Q 2 Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud 5:19.6 r
Bronze medal race
Belgium defeated France.
Place Team Cyclists Time 1 () Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch 2 (4) Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud
Final
Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors.
Place Team Cyclists Time Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti 5:15.0 Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk 5:23.0
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