Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on Sunday, 17 September, and Monday, 18 September 2000 at the Dunc Gray Velodrome. The competition consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps (4 kilometres) in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 16 laps, the times for the distance (based on the third rider of the team to cross the line) were used to determine the victor.

Medalists Gold Silver BronzeGuido FulstRobert BartkoDaniel BeckeJens LehmannSerhii CherniavskyiSerhiy MatvyeyevOleksandr SymonenkoOleksandr FedenkoPaul ManningChris NewtonBryan SteelBradley Wiggins

Records + World and Olympic records prior to the Games. World Record 4:00.958 Italy Manchester, Great Britain 31 August 1996 Olympic Record 4:05.930 France Atlanta, USA 27 July 1996

Results Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Qualifying round Held 18 September For the qualifying round, teams did not face each other. Instead, they raced the 4000 metres by themselves. The top eight times qualified for the first competition round, with the other two teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.

Rank Team Names Time Qualification Record 1 Bryan SteelPaul ManningBradley WigginsChris Newton 4:04.030 qOR 2 Oleksandr FedenkoOleksandr SymonenkoSerhiy MatvyeyevSerhii Cherniavskyi 4:04.078q 3 Cyril BosPhilippe ErmenaultFrancis MoreauJerome Neuville 4:05.155q 4 Guido FulstOlaf PollackDaniel BeckeJens Lehmann 4:05.750q 5 Brett AitkenGraeme BrownBrett LancasterMichael Rogers 4:06.361q 6 Tim CarswellLee VertongenGary AndersonGreg Henderson 4:08.463q 7 John den Braber Robert SlippensJens MourisWilco Zuijderwijk 4:09.590q 8 Vladimir KarpetsAlexey MarkovVladislav BorisovDenis Smyslov 4:09.910q 9 Walter Fernando PerezEdgardo SimónGonzalo Martin GarciaGuillermo Brunetta 4:10.940 10 Derek Bouchard-HallMariano FriedickTommy MulkeyErin Hartwell 4:12.494 11 Mario BenettonAdler CapelliCristiano CittonMarco Villa 4:15.451 12 Miguel AlzamoraIsaac GálvezAntonio TaulerJosé Francisco Jarque 4:15.547

Match round- Quarter Finals Held 18 September. In the first round of match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest team faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the third, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

Heat 1 Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 4:01.810QOR (4th) Brett Aitken, Graeme BrownBrett Lancaster, Michael Rogers 4:03.209 (5th)

Heat 2 Cyril Bos, Philippe ErmenaultFrancis Moreau, Jerome Neuville 4:05.224Q (3rd) Tim Carswell, Lee VertongenGary Anderson, Greg Henderson 4:06.495 (6th)

Heat 3 Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr SymonenkoSerhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi 4:03.359Q (2nd) John den Braber, Robert SlippensJens Mouris, Wilco Zuijderwijk lapped (7th)

Heat 4 Bryan Steel, Paul ManningBradley Wiggins, Chris Newton 4:04.143 Q (1st) Vladimir Karpets, Alexey MarkovVladislav Borisov, Denis Smyslov lapped (8th)

Match round- Semi-Finals Held 19 September.

Winners advanced to the medal round while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

Heat 1 Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr SymonenkoSerhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi 4:00.830QWR (2nd) Jon Clay, Paul ManningBradley Wiggins, Rob Hayles 4:02.387 (3rd)

Heat 2 Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 4:05.930Q (1st) Cyril Bos, Philippe ErmenaultFrancis Moreau, Jerome Neuville 4:11.549 (4th)

Medal round Held 19 September Teams were again re-seeded, this time based on their times in the match round. The third- and fourth-fastest teams faced off in the bronze medal match, while the fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.

Bronze medal match Bryan Steel, Paul ManningBradley Wiggins, Chris Newton 4:01.979 Cyril Bos, Philippe ErmenaultFrancis Moreau, Jerome Neuville 4:05.991

Gold medal match Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko,Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 3:59.710 Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr SymonenkoSerhiy Matvyeyev, Serhii Cherniavskyi 4:04.520

Final classification The final classification was:

References

External links Official Olympic Report