Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's team pursuit

These are the official results of the Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.-Medal summary:-Medal...

at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal, Canada, held on July 23 and July 24, 1976. There were 64 participant from 16 nations. In the first round each team raced alone, with the first eight teams qualifying for the quarterfinals.

Final classification

RANK		Gregor Braun Gregor Braun Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen... Günther Schumacher Günther Schumacher Günther Schumacher is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984... Hans Lutz Hans Lutz Hans Lutz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Peter Vonhof and Günther Schumacher... Peter Vonhof Peter Vonhof Peter Vonhof is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher.-References:*...
	Aleksandr Perov Viktor Sokolov Vitaly Petrakov Vladimir Osokin
	Ian Hallam Ian Banbury Michael Bennett Robin Croker
4.	Matthias Wiegand Norbert Dürpisch Thomas Huschke Uwe Unterwalder
5.	Cesare Cipollini Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni , also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.-Biography:Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races... Rino de Candido Sandro Callari
6.	Gerrit Möhlmann Gerrit Slot Herman Ponsteen Herman Ponsteen Herman Ponsteen is a retired track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 . Four years later he won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, in the Men's 4.000m Individual... Peter Nieuwenhuis
7.	Czesław Lang Jan Jankiewicz Krzysztof Sujka Zbigniew Szczepkowski
8.	Jirí Pokorný Michal Klasa Petr Kocek Zdenek Dohnal
9.	Jean Marc Brouzes Jean-Jacques Rebière Paul Bonno Pierre Trentin Pierre Trentin Pierre Trentin was a French professional racing cyclist and double Olympic champion.Trentin began competing when he was 14. He continued racing when he began training and then established his own business as a leather craftsman and became one of the world's leading cyclists on the track. At 17 he...
10.	Leonard Nitz Leonard Nitz Leonard Harvey Nitz is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He won the silver medal in the 4000m team pursuit and bronze in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-References:*... Paul Deem Ralph Therrio Ronald Skarin
11.	Adrian Prosser Hugh Walton Jocelyn Lovell Jocelyn Lovell Jocelyn Bjorn Lovell is a former cyclist from Canada.Lovell dominated Canadian cycling in the 1960s and 1970s; winning dozens of national titles as well as gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games... Ron Hayman Ron Hayman Ron Hayman was one of the first Canadian cyclists to turn professional in the late 1970s, inspiring those following like fellow Canadian Alex Stieda...
12.	Geoff Skaines John Thorsen Kevin Nichols Kevin Nichols Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.-Career:At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:* , from sports-reference.com;... Stephen Goodall
13.	Bjarne Sørensen Ivar Jakobsen Kim Refshammer Kim Svendsen
14.	Tadashi Ogasawara Tsutomu Okabori Yoichi Machishima Yoshiaki Ogasawara
15.	Carlos Mesa John Quiceno Jorge Hernández José Jaime Galeano
16.	Miguel Margelef Víctor González Waldemar Pedrazzi Washington Díaz

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