Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place on 7 to 9 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.^[1]

Cycling - Men's team pursuit at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Herne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates	7–9 August 1948
Competitors	59 from 15 nations
Medalists
Charles Coste, Serge Blusson, Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam  France Arnaldo Benfenati, Guido Bernardi, Anselmo Citterio, Rino Pucci  Italy Alan Geldard, Tommy Godwin, David Ricketts, Wilfred Waters  Great Britain
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Results

First round

The first round took place on 7 August. The winning team from each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. Since the number of teams made it impossible for the Finnish team to compete against another team, it was determined that their time must beat that of the fastest losing team in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals. Since Australia's 5:06.05 time beat Finland's 5:17.4 time, Australia advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	5:12.7
2	Lorne Atkinson William Hamilton Lance Pugh Laurent Tessier	Canada	5:38.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	5:03.6
2	Walter Freitag Hans Goldschmid Josef Pohnetal Heinrich Schiebel	Austria	5:18.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Switzerland	5:13.8
2	Roberto Guerrero Julio Alba Ambrosio Aimar Enrique Molina	Argentina	5:17.1

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:10.2
2	Adi Havewala Jehangoo Amin Rohinton Noble Piloo Sarkari	India	6:00.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jos De Beukelaere Maurice Blomme Georges Van Brabant Raphael Glorieux	Belgium	5:05.5
2	Al Stiller Thomas Montemage Ted Smith	United States	5:22.5

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Denmark	5:04.1
2	Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Australia	5:06.05

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	5:00.5
2	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Switzerland	5:09.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	5:02.9
2	Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Denmark	5:05.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	Italy	4:59.0
2	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Belgium	5:05.7

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:03.5
2	Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Australia	5:07.7

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	4:54.4
2	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	4:59.1

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:00.5
2	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:06.3

Final

Gold medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	4:57.8
	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:36.7

Bronze medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	4:55.8
4	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:04.4

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality
	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France
	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy
	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain
4	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay
5	Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Australia
	Jos De Beukelaere Maurice Blomme Georges Van Brabant Raphael Glorieux	Belgium
	Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Denmark
	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Switzerland
9	Onni Kasslin Paavo Kuusinen Erkki Koskinen Torvald Högström	Finland
	Lorne Atkinson William Hamilton Lance Pugh Laurent Tessier	Canada
	Walter Freitag Hans Goldschmid Josef Pohnetal Heinrich Schiebel	Austria
	Roberto Guerrero Julio Alba Ambrosio Aimar Enrique Molina	Argentina
	Adi Havewala Jehangoo Amin Rohinton Noble Piloo Sarkari	India
	Gerrit Voorting Joop Harmans Theo Blankenaauw Henk Faanhof	Netherlands
	Al Stiller Thomas Montemage Ted Smith	United States