The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps (4 kilometres) in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 16 laps, the times for the distance (based on the third rider of the team to cross the line) were used to determine the victor.
Medalists Gold Silver BronzeChristophe CapellePhilippe ErmenaultJean-Michel MoninFrancis MoreauEduard GritsunNikolay KuznetsovAlexei MarkovAnton ShantyrBrett AitkenStuart O'GradyTimothy O'ShannesseyDean Woods
Results Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.
Qualifying round For the qualifying round, teams did not face each other. Instead, they raced the 4000 metres by themselves. The top eight times qualified for the first competition round, with the other nine teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.
Rank Team Names Time Qualification 1 Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau 4:09.570 q 2 Adler CapelliMauro TrentiniAndrea CollinelliCristiano Citton 4:09.695q 3 Bradley McGeeStuart O'Grady Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods 4:09.750q 4 Bohdan Bondaryev Oleksandr Fedenko Andriy Yatsenko Alexander Simonenko 4:11.545q 5 Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov Anton Chantyr 4:11.665q 6 Dirk CopelandMariano FriedickAdam LaurentMichael McCarthy 4:11.950q 7 Juan Martínez Oliver Juan LlanerasBernardo GonzálezAdolfo Alperi 4:12.780q 8 Gregory HendersonBrendon CameronTimothy CarswellJulian Dean 4:15.140q 9 Robert BartkoGuido FulstDanilo HondoHeiko Szonn 4:15.140 10 Robert HayesMatt IllingworthBryan SteelChris Newton 4:15.510 11 Artūras KasputisRemigijus LupeikisMindaugas UmarasArturas Trumpauskas 4:16.050 12 Jarich BakkerRobertus Michie SlippensRichard RozendaalPeter Schep 4:16.175 13 Frederik BertelsenJimmi MadsenMichael NielsenJacob Piil 4:16.175 14 Walter PérezEdgardo SimónGonzalo GarciaGabriel Curuchet 4:20.840 15 Jeon Dae-heungJeong Yeong-hunKim Jung-moNo Yeong-sik 4:25.215 16 José MedinaLuis Fernando SepúlvedaMarco ArriagadaMarcelo Arriagada 4:25.960 17 Jhon GarcíaMarlon PérezYovani LópezJosé Velásquez 4:26.400
Match round- Quarter Finals In the first round of match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest team faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the third, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.
Heat 1 Team Names Time Qualification Records Overall Place Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr 4:08.785QOR (1st) Bohdan Bondaryev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Andriy Yatsenko, Alexander Simonenko 4:12.794 (7th)
Heat 2 Team Names Time Qualification Overall Place Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods 4:09.650Q (4th) Dirk Copeland, Mariano Friedick,Adam Laurent, Michael McCarthy 4:12.470 (6th)
Heat 3 Team Names Time Qualification Overall Place Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton 4:09.215Q (3rd) Juan Martínez, Juan Llaneras,Bernardo González, Adolfo Alperi 4:11.310 (5th)
Heat 4 Team Names Time Qualification Overall Place Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau 4:08.965Q (2nd) Gregory Henderson, Brendon Cameron,Timothy Carswell, Julian Dean 4:15.610 (8th)
Match round- Semi-Finals
Winners advanced to the medal round while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.
Heat 1 Team Names Time Qualification Records Overall Place Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau 4:06.880QOR (1st) Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini,Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton 4:08.460 (4th)
Heat 2 Team Names Time Qualification Records Overall Place Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr 4:06.885Q (2nd) Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods 4:07.570 (3rd)
Medal round The third fastest team from the semi-finals received the bronze medal. The fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.
Gold medal match Team Names Time Records Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau 4:05.930 OR Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr 4:07.730
Final classification The final classification was:
References
External links Official Olympic Report