Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Men's team pursuit at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates	July 26–27
Competitors	40 from 10 nations
Medalists
Angelo de Martino, Alfredo Dinale, Aurelio Menegazzi, Francesco Zucchetti  Italy Józef Lange, Jan Lazarski, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Franciszek Szymczyk  Poland Léonard Daghelinckx, Henri Hoevenaers, Fernand Saivé, Jean Van Den Bosch  Belgium
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The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country.^[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.^[2] The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.

Results

Source:^[1][3]

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	Belgium	Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch	5:12.0	Q
2	Netherlands	Gerard Bosch Jan Maas Simon van Poelgeest Franciscus Waterreus

Heat 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Italy	Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti	5:23.2	Q

Heat 3

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Switzerland	Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann	5:23.0	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	Jaroslav Brož Oldřich Červinka Miloš Knobloch Karel Pechan

Heat 4

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Denmark	Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Erik Kjeldsen	5:27.6	Q

Heat 5

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	France	Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud	5:11.4	Q
2	Great Britain	Frederick Habberfield Thomas Harvey Henry Lee William Stewart

Heat 6

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Poland	Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk	5:16.0	Q
2	Latvia	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	Belgium	Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch	5:12.2	Q
2	Poland	Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk	5:16.8	q

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	France	Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud	5:14.2	Q
2	Switzerland	Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann	5:21.6

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Italy	Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti	5:13.8	Q
–	Denmark	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	Italy	Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti	5:12.0	Q
2	Belgium	Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch		r

Semifinal 2

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Poland	Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk	5:18.0	Q
2	France	Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud	5:19.6	r

Bronze medal race

Belgium defeated France.

Place	Team	Cyclists	Time
1 ()	Belgium	Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch
2 (4)	France	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
	Italy	Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti	5:15.0
	Poland	Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk	5:23.0

References

1. Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
2. Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games
3. Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 Metres