Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Cycling - Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Los Angeles
Dates2-3 August
Competitors56 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Grenda
Kevin Nichols
Michael Turtur
Dean Woods
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Hegg
Patrick McDonough
Leonard Nitz
Brent Emery
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reinhard Alber
Rolf Gölz
Roland Günther
Michael Marx
 West Germany
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The men's 4 km team pursuit cycling event at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place from 2 to 3 August and was one of eight cycling events at the 1984 Olympics. The qualification and quarter finals were on 2 August and the semi-finals and finals on 3 August.[1]

Results[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Speed Note
1 Roberto Amadio
Massimo Brunelli
Maurizio Colombo
Silvio Martinello
 Italy 4:28,47 53,637 Q
2 Michael Grenda
Kevin Nichols
Michael Turtur
Dean Woods
 Australia 4:28,79 53,573 Q
3 Reinhard Alber
Rolf Gölz
Roland Günther
Michael Marx
 West Germany 4:28,97 53,537 Q
4 Dan Frost
Michael Markussen
Jørgen V. Pedersen
Brian Holm
 Denmark 4:29,79 53,374 Q
5 Brent Emery
Steve Hegg
Patrick McDonough
Leonard Nitz
 United States 4:29,92 53,349 Q
6 Didier Garcia
Éric Louvel
Pascal Potié
Pascal Robert
 France 4:30,34 53,266 Q
7 Rudi Ceyssens
Roger Ilegems
Peter Roes
Joseph Smeets
 Belgium 4:31,20 53,097 Q
8 Daniel Huwyler
Hans Ledermann
Hansruedi Märki
Jörg Müller
 Switzerland 4:31,86 52,968 Q
9 Pedro Caino
Gabriel Curuchet
Juan Curuchet
Eduardo Trillini
 Argentina 4:32,25 52,892
10 Ralf Elshof
Rik Moorman
Jelle Nijdam
Marco van der Hulst
 Netherlands 4:33,45 52,660
11 Akio Kuwazawa
Harumitsu Okada
Mitsugi Sarudate
Yoshihiro Tsumuraya
 Japan 4:34,39 42,480
12 Steve Bent
Paul Curran
Mark Noble
Adrian Timmis
 Great Britain 4:36,74 52,034
13 Craig Adair
Anthony Cuff
Brian Fowler
Graeme Miller
 New Zealand 4:37,57 51,878
14 Lino Aquea
Eduardo Cuevas
Miguel Droguett
Fernando Vera
 Chile 4:38,57 51,692

Quarter finals[edit]

Heat 1

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
2  Denmark 4:25,16 54,306
1  United States 4:25,15 54,308 Q

Heat 2

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
1  West Germany 4:28 53,723 Q
2  France 4:30,28 53,278

Heat 3

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
1  Australia 4:30,19 53,295 Q
2  Belgium 4:31,53 53,032

Heat 4

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
1  Italy 4:25,07 54,325 Q
2  Switzerland 4:30,47 53,240

Semi finals[edit]

Heat 1

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
1  United States - - Q
2  West Germany - OVT

Heat 2

Rank Nation Time Speed Note
2  Italy 4:25,12 54,315
1  Australia 4:23,56 54,636 Q

Final[edit]

Bronze medal

Rank Nation Time Speed Rank
2  West Germany 4:25,60 54:216 3
1  Italy 4:26,90 53,952 4

Gold medal

Rank Nation Time Speed Rank
1  Australia 4:25,99 54,137 1
2  United States 4:29,85 53,263 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1984 Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2015.