The men's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 12 August. Team GB established new Olympic and World Records in both their heat and in the final; their gold medal made Sir Bradley Wiggins Britain's most decorated Olympian.
The medals were presented by James Tomkins, IOC member, Australia and Brian Cookson, President of the UCI.
Schedule All times are Brasília Time
Date RoundThursday 11 August 2016 HeatsFriday 12 August 2016 SemifinalsFriday 12 August 2016 Final
Results Qualifications The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final. Rank Country Cyclists Result Notes 1 Ed ClancySteven BurkeOwain DoullBradley Wiggins 3:51.943 Q 2 Lasse Norman HansenNiklas LarsenFrederik MadsenCasper von Folsach 3:55.396 Q 3 Alexander EdmondsonJack BobridgeMichael HepburnSam Welsford 3:55.606 Q 4 Pieter BullingAaron GateDylan KennettRegan Gough 3:55.977 Q 5 Simone ConsonniLiam BertazzoFilippo GannaFrancesco Lamon 3:59.708 q 6 Henning BommelNils SchomberKersten ThieleDomenic Weinstein 4:00.911 q 7 Olivier BeerSilvan DillierThéry SchirCyrille Thièry 4:03.845 q 8 Fan YangLiu HaoQin ChenluShen Pingan 4:05.152 q Tim VeldtWim StroetingaJan-Willem van SchipJoost van der Burg DNF
Q = qualified; in contention for gold medal final q = qualified; in contention for bronze medal final
First round First round heats are held as follows: Heat 1: 6th v 7th qualifier Heat 2: 5th v 8th qualifier Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd qualifier Heat 4: 1st v 4th qualifier
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place. Rank Heat Country Cyclists Result Notes 1 4 Ed ClancySteven BurkeOwain DoullBradley Wiggins 3:50.570 QG, WR, OR 2 3 Alexander EdmondsonMichael HepburnCallum ScotsonSam Welsford 3:53.429 QG 3 3 Lasse Norman HansenNiklas LarsenFrederik MadsenRasmus Quaade 3:53.542 QB 4 4 Pieter BullingAaron GateDylan KennettRegan Gough 3:55.654 QB 5 2 Simone ConsonniLiam BertazzoFilippo GannaFrancesco Lamon 3:55.724 Q5 6 1 Theo ReinhardtNils SchomberKersten ThieleDomenic Weinstein 3:56.903 Q5 7 1 Olivier BeerSilvan DillierThéry SchirCyrille Thièry 4:03.580 Q7 8 2 Fan YangLiu HaoQin ChenluShen Pingan 4:04.420 Q7
QG = qualified for gold medal final QB = qualified for bronze medal final Q5 = qualified for 5th place final Q7 = qualified for 7th place final
Finals The final classification is determined in the ranking finals. Rank Country Cyclists Result Notes Final for 7th place 7 Olivier BeerSilvan DillierThéry SchirCyrille Thièry 4:01.786 8 Fan YangLiu HaoQin ChenluShen Pingan 4:03.687Final for 5th place 5 Theo ReinhardtNils SchomberKersten ThieleDomenic Weinstein 3:59.485 6 Simone ConsonniFilippo GannaFrancesco LamonMichele Scartezzini 4:02.360Bronze medal final Lasse Norman HansenNiklas LarsenFrederik MadsenCasper von Folsach 3:53.789 4 Pieter BullingAaron GateDylan KennettRegan Gough 3:56.753Gold medal final Ed ClancySteven BurkeOwain DoullBradley Wiggins 3:50.265 WR, OR Alexander EdmondsonJack BobridgeMichael HepburnSam Welsford 3:51.008
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