The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 to 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.
Results
Round 1
The top eight teams by time advanced to the second round. Bulgaria competed alone in its heat. Italy (heat 1), Denmark (heat 3), and Germany (heat 6) each briefly held the Olympic record in turn before France (heat 7) finished the round with it. The Dutch team was close to catching the American team before two riders crashed.
Rank Heat Name Nation Time Notes 1 7 Robert CharpentierJean GoujonGuy LapébieRoger-Jean Le Nizerhy 4:41.8 , 2 6 Erich ArndtHeinz HasselbergHeiner HoffmannKarl Klöckner 4:48.6 3 3 Karl MagnussenErik FriisHelge JacobsenHans Christian NielsenArne Pedersen 4:49.4 4 1 Bianco BianchiMario GentiliArmando LatiniSeverino Rigoni 4:49.6 5 7 Harry HillErnest JohnsonCharles KingErnie Mills 4:50.0 6 2 Jean AlexandreFrans CoolsAuguste GarrebeekArmand Putzeyse 4:54.0 7 3 Walter RichliErnst FuhrimannAlbert KägiWerner Wägelin 4:56.4 8 2 István LiszkayMiklós NémethLászló OrczánFerenc Pelvássy 4:57.8 9 1 Lionel ColemanGeorge CromptonBob McLeodGeorge Turner 4:58.4 10 6 Josef GenschiederJosef MoserKarl SchmadererKarl Wölfl 5:02.2 11 5 Albert ByrdWilliam LoganCharles MortonJohn Sinibaldi 5:07.4 12 4 Marin NikolovBogdan YanchevGeorgi VelinovSava Gerchev 5:10.4 13 5 Chris KropmanAdrie ZwartepoorteBen van der VoortGerrit van Wees
Round 2
The teams with the four best times from the second round advanced to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nation Time Notes 1 1 Robert CharpentierJean GoujonGuy LapébieRoger-Jean Le Nizerhy 4:47.2 2 4 Bianco BianchiMario GentiliArmando LatiniSeverino Rigoni 4:47.4 3 4 Harry HillErnest JohnsonCharles KingErnie Mills 4:51.0 4 2 Erich ArndtHeinz HasselbergHeiner HoffmannKarl Klöckner 4:56.2 5 2 Walter RichliErnst FuhrimannAlbert KägiWerner Wägelin 4:58.0 6 3 Jean AlexandreFrans CoolsAuguste GarrebeekArmand Putzeyse 4:58.2 7 1 István LiszkayMiklós NémethLászló OrczánFerenc Pelvássy 5:03.4 8 3 Karl MagnussenErik FriisHelge JacobsenHans Christian NielsenArne Pedersen
Semifinals
The winning team in each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in the bronze medal final.
Semifinal 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Robert CharpentierJean GoujonGuy LapébieRoger-Jean Le Nizerhy 4:42.4 , 2 Erich ArndtHeinz HasselbergHeiner HoffmannKarl Klöckner 4:54.6
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Bianco BianchiMario GentiliArmando LatiniSeverino Rigoni 4:49.2 2 Harry HillErnest JohnsonCharles KingErnie Mills 4:53.6
Finals
Gold medal final
Rank Name Nation Time Robert CharpentierJean GoujonGuy LapébieRoger-Jean Le Nizerhy 4:45.0 Bianco BianchiMario GentiliArmando LatiniSeverino Rigoni 4:51.0
Bronze medal final Rank Name Nation Time Harry HillErnest JohnsonCharles KingErnie Mills 4:53.6 4 Erich ArndtHeinz HasselbergHeiner HoffmannKarl Klöckner 4:55.0
References
1936 Official Report.