The men's team pursuit

Team pursuit

The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, start on opposite sides of the velodrome.- Race format :...

event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

 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.

The Australia-Great Britain rivalry continued in an event which saw a new world record.

Medalists

Qualifying round

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
1		Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:... Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (cyclist) Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002... Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006... Stephen Wooldridge Stephen Wooldridge Stephen Wooldridge is an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track.- Palmarès :2002...	4:00.613 Q
2		Steve Cummings Steve Cummings Stephen Philip Cummings is an English racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .-Biography:Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit... Paul Manning Paul Manning (cyclist) Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008... Chris Newton Chris Newton Christopher Malcolm Newton is a successful road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and Olympian.-Biography:Newton is an alumnus of the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough... Bryan Steel Bryan Steel Bryan Steel is an English former professional racing cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Steel was born in Nottingham and now lives in Peterborough....	4:03.985 Q
3		Carlos Castaño Sergi Escobar Sergi Escobar Sergi Escobar Roure is a Spanish world champion track cyclist who specialises in individual and team pursuit.- Career highlights :2001... Asier Maeztu Carlos Torrent	4:04.421 Q
4		Robert Bartko Robert Bartko Robert Bartko is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. He won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit... Guido Fulst Guido Fulst Guido Fulst is a German racing cyclist, who competed for the SG Dynamo Wernigerode, SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- External links :*... Christian Lademann Christian Lademann Christian Lademann is a former German professional racing cyclist.Christian Lademann became world champion at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1999 in the team pursuit with the German team, a year after they had become Military World Champions and Vice World Champions... Leif Lampater Leif Lampater Leif Lampater is a German racing cyclist.He mainly focuses on track cycling and excels in the madison, individual pursuit, team pursuit and six-day racing. In his career so far he has become German national team pursuit and madison champion once each, he has won Track cycling World Cups in team...	4:05.823 Q
5		Levi Heimans Levi Heimans Levi Heimans is a Dutch track cyclist.Heimans represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with Jens Mouris, Peter Schep and Jeroen Straathof. They ended up in fifth position... Jens Mouris Jens Mouris Jens Mouris is a Dutch racing cyclist.Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after being lapped by the Ukraine... Peter Schep Peter Schep Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:... Jeroen Straathof Jeroen Straathof Johannes Nicolaas Maria Straathof is a retired Dutch racing cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics.Straathof started his sports career as a speed skater,...	4:06.286 Q
6		Volodymyr Dyudya Volodymyr Dyudya Volodymyr Dyudya is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team . He competes on both road and track... Roman Kononenko Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer for ISD–NERI team.- Palmares :2000- External links :*... Vitlaiy Popkov	4:07.175 Q
7		Mathieu Ladagnous Mathieu Ladagnous Mathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...   Anthony Langella Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team , and Cofidis... Fabien Sanchez	4:07.336 Q
8		Linas Balciunas Linas Balčiūnas Linas Balčiūnas – Lithuanian road and track cyslist, who represented Lithuania at 1996 and 2004 summer olympics.... Aivaras Baranauskas Tomas Vaitkus Tomas Vaitkus Tomas Vaitkus is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Vaitkus, nicknamed Tomas the Tank Engine, made his Tour de France debut in the 2007 edition but had to abandon after a serious crash at the end of stage two. announced that he would be joining the team in 2010.... Raimondas Vilcinskas	4:08.812 Q
9		Vladislav Borisov Alexander Khatuntsev Alexander Khatuntsev Alexander Khatuntsev is a Russian professional road bicycle racer who rode for Unibet.com and Tinkoff Credit Systems.- Palmares :20022003... Alexei Markov Alexei Markov Alexei Mikhailovich Markov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19961997... Andrey Minashkin	4:09.394
10		Hayden Godfrey Hayden Godfrey Hayden Godfrey is a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Peter Latham and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.-References:... Peter Latham Peter Latham (cyclist) Peter David Latham is a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.He also competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games, where New Zealand... Matthew Randall Matthew Randall Matthew Randall is a New Zealand racing cyclist. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the 4000m team pursuit riding with Greg Henderson, Hayden Roulston and Lee Vertongen.-References:... Marc Ryan Marc Ryan Marc Ryan is a New Zealand racing cyclist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergent....	4:10.820

Match round

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

	4:03.785 Q	(4th)
	4:04.605	(5th)

Heat 2

	4:02.374 Q	(3rd)
	4:05.266	(6th)

Heat 3

	3:59.866 Q	(2nd)
	lapped	(7th)

Heat 4
Australia set a world record time in this match.

	3:56.610 Q	(1st)
	lapped	(8th)

Medal round

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

	4:05.523
	4:07.193

Gold medal match

	3:58.233
	4:01.760

Final classification

The final results are: