Men's team pursuit at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||
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Date | July 17 | ||||||
Competitors | 20 from 5 nations | ||||||
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1920» |
Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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Track cycling |
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660 yards | men | |
5000 metres | men | |
20 kilometres | men | |
100 kilometres | men | |
Sprint | men | |
Tandem | men | |
Team pursuit | men |
The men's team pursuit was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams started at opposite sides of the track. Each team raced three laps of the track, comprising 1980 yards (1810.5 m). The third cyclist in each four-man team to finish set the time for the team.
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Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne |
Great Britain | Walkover |
2 | Unknown | Belgium | Did not start |
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Canada | Walkover |
2 | Unknown | United States | Did not start |
The Dutch team had a bye in the first round.
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen |
Netherlands | Walkover |
In the only contested heat in the first round, the German team eliminated the French.
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
Germany | 2:25.4 |
2 | André Auffray Émile Demangel Émile Marechal Maurice Schilles |
France | 2:32.0 |
The Canadians received third place overall as the faster of the two semifinal losers, while the British team moved on to the final.
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne |
Great Britain | 2:19.6 |
2 | William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Canada | 2:29.2[1] |
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
Germany | 2:31.8 |
2 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen |
Netherlands | 2:44.0 |
Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
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1 | Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne |
Great Britain | 2:18.6 |
2 | Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
Germany | 2:28.6 |