Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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The Men's Team Pursuit was a cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea which was held on 23 and 24 September, 1988. There were a total number of 19 participating teams. [1]

Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul consisted of two different categories: road cycling and track cycling. Nine events were contested, including the first women's sprint event at the Olympics.

1988 Summer Olympics Games of the XXIV Olympiad, celebrated in Seoul (South Korea) in 1988

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

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Qualification

4000 metre time trial, with the top 8 teams advancing.

Rank Team Riders Time
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov, Artūras Kasputis, Dmitry Nelyubin, Gintautas Umaras, Mindaugas Umaras 4:16.10 WR
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brett Dutton, Wayne McCarney, Stephen McGlede, Dean Woods, Scott McGrory 4:16.32
3Flag of France.svg  France Hervé Dagorné, Pascal Lino, Didier Pasgrimaud, Pascal Potié 4:17.19
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Steffen Blochwitz, Roland Hennig, Carsten Wolf, Dirk Meier, Uwe Preißler 4:17.61
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Svatopluk Buchta, Zbyněk Fiala, Pavel Soukup, Aleš Trčka, Pavel Tesař 4:20.55
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ryszard Dawidowicz, Joachim Halupczok, Andrzej Sikorski, Marian Turowski 4:21.30
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Peter Clausen, Dan Frost, Jimmi Madsen, Lars Olsen, Ken Frost 4:22.37
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ivan Beltrami, Gianpaolo Grisandi, David Solari, Fabrizio Trezzi, Fabio Baldato 4:22.64
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dave Lettieri, Michael McCarthy, Leonard Nitz, Carl Sundquist 4:22.96
10Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Thomas Dürst, Matthias Lange, Uwe Nepp, Michael Rich 4:23.10
11Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Bernardo González, Xavier Isasa, José Antonio Martiarena, Agustín Sebastiá 4:24.90
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcel Beumer, Erik Cent, Leo Peelen, Mario van Baarle 4:25.67
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Chris Boardman, Robert Coull, Simon Lillistone, Glen Sword 4:25.87
14Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Craig Connell, Nigel Donnelly, Andrew Whitford, Stuart Williams 4:26.13
15Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Koichi Azuma, Fumiharu Miyamoto, Kazuaki Sasaki, Kazuo Takikawa 4:28.50
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Roland Königshofer, Johann Lienhart, Kurt Schmied, Franz Stocher 4:28.64
17Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Gabriel Curuchet, Jorge Gaday, Sergio Llamazares, Rubén Priede 4:29.90
18Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea An U-hyeok, Jeong Jeom-sik, Kim Yong-gyu, Park Min-su 4:34.55
19Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Clóvis Anderson, Paulo Jamur, Fernando Louro, Antônio Silvestre 4:38.21

Match round

In the match round, the top 8 teams from the qualification round were matched together, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 for the Quarterfinal. In the Quarterfinal, the winner of each match advanced to race in the Semifinals.

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Finals

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