Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. The New Zealand team originally had the third fastest time in the qualifying round, but were disqualified after one of their bikes failed a technical inspection.^[1][2]

Cycling Track – Men's team pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates	5 April
Competitors	30 from 7 nations
Winning time	3:49.804 WR, GR
Medalists
Alex Porter Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Kelland O'Brien Jordan Kerby    Australia   Oliver Wood Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield Ethan Hayter    England   Michael Foley Jay Lamoureux Derek Gee Aidan Caves Adam Jamieson    Canada
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull, Bradley Wiggins)	3:50.265	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Games record	Australia (Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson, Glenn O'Shea)	3:54.851	Glasgow, Scotland	24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[3]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	15:35	Qualifying
	20:12 / 20:19	Finals

Results

Qualifying

The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final.^[4]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Australia Leigh Howard Jordan Kerby Alex Porter Sam Welsford	3:52.041	–	QG, GR
2	England Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield Oliver Wood	3:55.399	+3.358	QG
3	Canada Michael Foley Derek Gee Adam Jamieson Jay Lamoureux	4:00.109	+8.068	QB
4	Wales Rhys Britton Samuel Harrison Joe Holt Ethan Vernon	4:01.489	+9.448	QB
5	South Africa Gert Fouche Nolan Hoffman David Maree Steven van Heerden	4:11.711	+19.670
6	Malaysia Muhammad Danie Al Edy Shuaidee Irwandie Lakasek Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli	4:13.033	+20.992
–	New Zealand Regan Gough Nicholas Kergozou Tom Sexton Campbell Stewart	DSQ 3:56.294	+4.253

Finals

The final classification was determined in the medal finals.^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Bronze medal final
	Canada Michael Foley Jay Lamoureux Derek Gee Aidan Caves	4:00.440	–
4	Wales Joe Holt Ethan Vernon Samuel Harrison Rhys Britton	4:01.362	+0.922
Gold medal final
	Australia Alex Porter Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Kelland O'Brien	3:49.804	–	WR, GR
	England Oliver Wood Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield Ethan Hayter	3:55.310	+5.506