Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's cycling team pursuit
|games = 1960 Summer
|venue = Olympic Velodrome, Rome
|date = 27–29 August 1960
|image=Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa, Marino Vigna 1960.jpg
|image_size=280px
|caption=Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa and Marino Vigna
|competitors = 76
|nations = 19
|win_value =
|gold = Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna
|goldNOC = ITA
|silver = Siegfried Köhler, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme, Bernd Barleben
|silverNOC = EUA
|bronze = Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt
|bronzeNOC = URS
|prev= 1956
|next= 1964
}}
{{CyclingAt1960SummerOlympics}}
The men's team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 27 to 29 August 1960. There were 76 participants from 19 nations.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124623/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres |access-date=28 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}
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Competition format
The team pursuit event consisted of both a time trial (with up to 2 teams on the track at the same time) and a series of head-to-head races between 2 teams. There were a total of four rounds: an elimination round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.
- Elimination round: This round was a time trial, with 1 or 2 teams on the track simultaneously. The top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the head-to-head competitions.
- Quarterfinals: There were four quarterfinals. Beginning with the quarterfinals, each round featured a single head-to-head race. The winner of each advanced to the semifinals while the loser was eliminated.
- Semifinals: There two semifinals. The winner of each advanced to the gold medal final, the loser to the bronze medal final.
- Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.
Results
=Elimination round=
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! Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 7 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} | 4:38.41 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 2 | 6 | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} | 4:38.46 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 3 | 7 | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} | 4:40.33 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 4 | 3 | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 4:40.48 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 5 | 4 | align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} | 4:40.64 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 6 | 5 | align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} | 4:40.80 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 7 | 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} | 4:42.60 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 8 | 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer}} | 4:44.44 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
| 9 | 11 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}} | 4:44.87 | |
| 10 | 5 | align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}} | 4:45.23 | |
| 11 | 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}} | 4:45.87The Official Report lists the time as 4:35.87, clearly a typographical error as Japan is shown in 2nd place in the heat behind Argentina, who finished in 4:44.44. Sports-reference lists the correct time. | |
| 12 | 8 | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} | 4:47.70 | |
| 13 | 10 | align=left| {{flagIOC|URU|1960 Summer}} | 4:47.83 | |
| 14 | 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} | 4:48.55 | |
| 15 | 10 | align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1960 Summer}} | 4:49.46 | |
| 16 | 9 | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} | 4:49.92 | |
| 17 | 6 | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1960 Summer}} | 4:50.00 | |
| 18 | 4 | align=left| {{flagIOC|RSA|1960 Summer}} | 4:50.26 | |
| 19 | 8 | align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1960 Summer}} | 4:52.55 |
=Quarterfinals=
==Quarterfinal 1==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} | 4:29.98 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer}} | 4:38.17 |
==Quarterfinal 2==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} | 4:30.82 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} | 4:38.73 |
==Quarterfinal 3==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} | 4:29.32 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} | 4:37.44 |
==Quarterfinal 4==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 4:29.97 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} | 4:29.98 |
=Semifinals=
==Semifinal 1==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} | 4:33.46 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for gold medal final}} |
| bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} | 4:37.17 | {{abbr|B|Qualified for bronze medal final}} |
==Semifinal 2==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
| bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} | 4:28.88 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for gold medal final}} |
| bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 4:33.01 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for bronze medal final}} |
=Finals=
==Bronze medal final==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 4:34.05 |
| 4 | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} | 4:35.72 |
==Gold medal final==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Nation | Time |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} | 4:30.90 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} | 4:35.78 |
Final classification
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Cyclists !! Nation | ||
| {{gold1}} | align=left| Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} |
| {{silver2}} | align=left| Siegfried Köhler Peter Gröning Manfred Klieme Bernd Barleben | align=left| {{FlagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} |
| {{bronze3}} | align=left| Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov Leonid Kolumbet Arnold Belgardt | align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} |
| 4 | align=left| Marcel Delattre Jacques Suire Guy Claud Michel Nédélec | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} |
| rowspan=4| 5 | align=left| Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ARG|1960 Summer}} |
| align=left| Slavoj Černý Ferdinand Duchoň Jan Chlístovský Josef Volf | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} | |
| align=left| John Lundgren Leif Larsen Jens Sørensen Kurt vid Stein | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} | |
| align=left| Jaap Oudkerk Theo Nikkessen Henk Nijdam Piet van der Lans | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} | |
| 9 | align=left| José María Errandonea Francisco Tortellá Miguel Martorell Miguel Mora Gornals | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}} |
| 10 | align=left| Barry Hoban Mike Gambrill Charlie McCoy Joseph McClean | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}} |
| 11 | align=left| Tetsuo Osawa Kanji Kubomura Nobuhira Takanuki Katsuya Saito | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}} |
| 12 | align=left| Günther Kriz Peter Deimböck Kurt Garschal Kurt Schein | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} |
| 13 | align=left| Alberto Velázquez Juan José Timón Rubén Etchebarne Rodolfo Rodino | align=left| {{FlagIOC|URU|1960 Summer}} |
| 14 | align=left| Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Robert Whetters Frank Brazier | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} |
| 15 | align=left| Romain De Loof Barthélemy Gillard Frans Melckenbeeck Charles Rabaey | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BEL|1960 Summer}} |
| 16 | align=left| Richard Cortright Charles Hewett Robert Pfarr James Rossi | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} |
| 17 | align=left| Walter Signer Werner Weckert Hans Heinemann Egon Scheiwiller | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1960 Summer}} |
| 18 | align=left| Syd Byrnes Bobby Fowler Abe Jonker Rowan Peacock | align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|1960 Summer}} |
| 19 | align=left| Mauricio Mata Javier Taboada Jacinto Brito Miguel Pérez | align=left| {{FlagIOC|MEX|1960 Summer}} |
References
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