Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 19 to 21 October 1968. There were 85 participants from 20 nations.

Competition format

The team pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or second in its heat, though any team that was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round. Teams could change members between rounds.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 627.

Results

Qualifying round

Taiwan (heat 1) and Congo-Kinshasa (heat 2) had teams entered but did not compete.

Rank Heat Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10 Lorenzo BosisioCipriano ChemelloLuigi RoncagliaGiorgio Morbiato 4:16.10 2 11 Stanislav MoskvinVladimir KuznetsovMikhail KolyushevViktor Bykov 4:19.29 3 9 Udo HempelKarl LinkKarl-Heinz HenrichsRainer Podlesch 4:19.90 4 8 Jiří DalerPavel KondrMilan PuzrlaFrantišek Řezáč 4:21.88 5 6 Gunnar AsmussenReno OlsenMogens Frey JensenPer Lyngemark 4:23.58 6 8 Wojciech MatusiakJanusz KierzkowskiWacław LatochaRajmund Zieliński 4:23.77 7 11 Bernard DarmetDaniel RébillardJack MouriouxAlain van Lancker 4:24.45 8 5 Ernest BensRonny VanmarckeWilly DebosscherPaul Crapez 4:26.14 9 5 Ernesto ContrerasJuan Alberto MerlosRoberto BreppeCarlos Miguel Álvarez 4:26.22 10 7 Heinz RichterWolfgang SchmelzerRudolf FranzManfred Ulbricht 4:26.61 11 7 Piet HoekstraHenk NieuwkampKlaas BalkJoop Zoetemelk 4:27.17 12 10 Ian AlsopHarry JacksonIan HallamRonald Keeble 4:28.49 13 9 Walter RichardJürgen SchneiderBruno HubschmidXaver Kurmann 4:28.71 14 4 Gösta PetterssonSture PetterssonErik PetterssonTomas Pettersson 4:30.03 15 6 Heriberto DíazAgustín AlcántaraAdolfo BelmonteRadamés Treviño 4:30.78 16 3 Luis SaldarriagaSevero HernándezMario VanegasMartín Emilio Rodríguez 4:31.98 17 3 David ChaunerSkip CuttingSteve MaaranenJohn Vande Velde 4:32.87 18 2 Sergio MartínezRoberto MenéndezRaúl Marcelo VázquezInocente Lizano 4:34.96 19 4 Robert FarrellPhillip RichardsonSalim MohammedNoel Luces 4:48.64 20 1 Pakanit BoriharnvanakhetSomchai ChantarasamritBoontom PrasongquamdeeChainarong Sophonpong 4:56.80

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Lorenzo BosisioCipriano ChemelloLuigi RoncagliaGiorgio Morbiato 4:22.48 2 Ernest BensRonny VanmarckeWilly DebosscherPaul Crapez 4:26.05

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Stanislav MoskvinVladimir KuznetsovMikhail KolyushevViktor Bykov 4:26.63 2 Bernard DarmetDaniel RébillardJack MouriouxAlain van Lancker 4:30.10

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Udo HempelKarl LinkKarl-Heinz HenrichsRainer Podlesch 4:27.14 2 Wojciech MatusiakJanusz KierzkowskiWacław LatochaRajmund Zieliński 4:38.91

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Gunnar AsmussenReno OlsenMogens Frey JensenPer Lyngemark 4:27.02 2 Jiří DalerPavel KondrMilan PuzrlaFrantišek Řezáč 4:30.76

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Udo HempelKarl LinkKarl-Heinz HenrichsJürgen Kissner 4:15.76 2 Lorenzo BosisioCipriano ChemelloLuigi RoncagliaGino Pancino 4:16.21

Semifinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Gunnar AsmussenReno OlsenMogens Frey JensenPeder Pedersen 4:19.87 2 Dzintars LācisStanislav MoskvinVladimir KuznetsovViktor Bykov 4:20.39

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Lorenzo BosisioCipriano ChemelloLuigi RoncagliaGiorgio Morbiato 4:18.35 4 Dzintars LācisStanislav MoskvinVladimir KuznetsovMikhail Kolyushev 4:33.39

Final

West Germany led throughout. At one point, Kissner's hand appeared to touch teammate Henrichs. East Germany (Henrichs was a defector) protested, resulting in West Germany's disqualification. It was initially announced that Italy and the Soviet Union would move up to silver and bronze medals, respectively, but West Germany protested and the judges determined that Italy would retain bronze and the Soviet Union would be in fourth place; however, the silver medal place was at least temporarily vacant. A decision of the FIAC later awarded West Germany the silver medals.

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Gunnar AsmussenReno OlsenMogens Frey JensenPer Lyngemark 4:22.44 Udo HempelKarl LinkKarl-Heinz HenrichsJürgen Kissner (4:18.94)

Final classification Rank Name Nationality Gunnar AsmussenReno OlsenMogens Frey JensenPer LyngemarkPeder Pedersen Udo HempelKarl LinkKarl-Heinz HenrichsJürgen KissnerRainer Podlesch Lorenzo BosisioCipriano ChemelloLuigi RoncagliaGiorgio MorbiatoGino Pancino 4 Dzintars LācisStanislav MoskvinVladimir KuznetsovMikhail KolyushevViktor Bykov 5 Ernest BensRonny VanmarckeWilly DebosscherPaul Crapez Jiří DalerPavel KondrMilan PuzrlaFrantišek Řezáč Bernard DarmetDaniel RébillardJack MouriouxAlain van Lancker Wojciech MatusiakJanusz KierzkowskiWacław LatochaRajmund Zieliński 9 Pakanit BoriharnvanakhetSomchai ChantarasamritBoontom PrasongquamdeeChainarong Sophonpong Sergio MartínezRoberto MenéndezRaúl Marcelo VázquezInocente Lizano David ChaunerSkip CuttingSteve MaaranenJohn Vande Velde Gösta PetterssonSture PetterssonErik PetterssonTomas Pettersson Heinz RichterWolfgang SchmelzerRudolf FranzManfred Ulbricht Luis SaldarriagaSevero HernándezMario VanegasMartín Rodríguez Robert FarrellPhillip RichardsonSalim MohammedNoel Luces Ernesto ContrerasJuan Alberto MerlosRoberto BreppeCarlos Miguel Álvarez Heriberto DíazAgustín AlcántaraAdolfo BelmonteRadamés Treviño Piet HoekstraHenk NieuwkampKlaas BalkJoop Zoetemelk Walter RichardJürgen SchneiderBruno HubschmidXaver Kurmann Ian AlsopHarry JacksonIan HallamRonald Keeble

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