Men's team pursuit at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venues | Izu Velodrome |
Dates | 2–4 August 2021 |
Competitors | 37 from 8 nations |
Teams | 8 |
Winning time | 3:42.032 WR |
Medalists | |
Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of cyclists Qualification | ||
Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
Sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | women |
Keirin | men | women |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Madison | men | women |
Omnium | men | women |
Mountain biking | ||
Cross-country | men | women |
BMX | ||
BMX racing | men | women |
BMX freestyle | men | women |
The men's team pursuit event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 4 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. [1] 32 cyclists (8 teams of 4) from 8 nations competed. [2]
This was the 25th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since its introduction in 1908 except for 1912, when no track cycling was held.
The reigning Olympic champions were Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull, and Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain; Great Britain had won the last three Olympic events (with Clancy on the team for all three, Wiggins for the first and third, and Burke for the last two). The reigning (2020) World Champions were Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, and Rasmus Pedersen of Denmark.
In a particularly competitive event in 2021, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Italy, and Germany were all tipped to challenge British dominance in the event. [3]
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 4 cyclists in the team pursuit. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification was entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight top nations in the rankings qualify for the team pursuit event. These nations also automatically qualified a team in the Madison. [2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.
The tournament consists of three rounds: [4] [5]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [6]
Date | Time | Round |
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2 August | 17:02 | Qualifying |
3 August | 16:22 | First round |
4 August | 17:45 | Finals |
Rank | Country | Cyclists | Result [7] | Notes |
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1 | Denmark | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen | 3:45.014 | OR |
2 | Italy | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | 3:45.895 | |
3 | New Zealand | Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Regan Gough Jordan Kerby | 3:46.079 | |
4 | Great Britain | Ethan Hayter Ed Clancy Ethan Vernon Oliver Wood | 3:47.507 | |
5 | Australia | Kelland O'Brien Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Alexander Porter | 3:48.448 | |
6 | Canada | Vincent De Haître Michael Foley Derek Gee Jay Lamoureux | 3:50.455 | |
7 | Germany | Theo Reinhardt Felix Groß Leon Rohde Domenic Weinstein | 3:50.830 | |
8 | Switzerland | Robin Froidevaux Stefan Bissegger Mauro Schmid Cyrille Thièry | 3:51.514 |
Rank | Heat | Country | Cyclists | Result [8] | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Italy | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | 3:42.307 | QG, WR |
2 | 4 | Denmark | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen | QG | |
3 | 3 | New Zealand | Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Regan Gough Jordan Kerby | 3:42.397 | QB |
4 | 2 | Australia | Kelland O'Brien Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Luke Plapp | 3:44.902 | QB |
5 | 1 | Canada | Vincent De Haître Michael Foley Derek Gee Jay Lamoureux | 3:46.769 | |
6 | 1 | Germany | Theo Reinhardt Felix Groß Leon Rohde Domenic Weinstein | 3:48.861 | |
7 | 2 | Switzerland | Théry Schir Stefan Bissegger Valère Thiébaud Cyrille Thièry | 3:49.111 | |
8 | 4 | Great Britain | Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield Ethan Vernon Oliver Wood | 4:28.489 |
Denmark caught the team from Great Britain, thereby advancing to the Gold Medal final, but did not record a time as their third rider crashed into the caught third British rider, who had lost contact to the front two of his team. [9]
Rank | Country | Cyclists | Result [10] | Notes |
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Gold medal final | ||||
Italy | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | 3:42.032 | WR | |
Denmark | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen | 3:42.198 | ||
Bronze medal final | ||||
Australia | Kelland O'Brien Sam Welsford Leigh Howard Luke Plapp | |||
4 | New Zealand | Aaron Gate Campbell Stewart Regan Gough Jordan Kerby | OVL | |
Fifth place final | ||||
5 | Canada | Vincent De Haître Michael Foley Derek Gee Jay Lamoureux | 3:46.324 | |
6 | Germany | Roger Kluge Felix Groß Leon Rohde Domenic Weinstein | 3:50.023 | |
Seventh place final | ||||
7 | Great Britain | Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield Ethan Vernon Oliver Wood | 3:45.636 | |
8 | Switzerland | Robin Froidevaux Stefan Bissegger Valère Thiébaud Cyrille Thièry | 3:50.041 |
Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World Championships. She has also won many British national titles and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Houvenaghel is based in Cornwall, England.
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