Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2. The format was a 4000 metres pursuit.

Cycling – Men's team pursuit at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Dates	August 2
Competitors	20 (individuals), 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
Marco Cimatti Paolo Pedretti Alberto Ghilardi Nino Borsari  Italy Amédée Fournier René Le Grevès Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque  France Ernest Johnson William Harvell Frank Southall Charles Holland  Great Britain

Results

The top four teams by time advanced to the semifinal.

Qualifying round

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marco Cimatti Paolo Pedretti Alberto Ghilardi Nino Borsari	Italy	4:52.9	OR
2	Amédée Fournier René Le Grevès Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque	France	4:54.4
3	Ernest Johnson William Harvell Frank Southall Charles Holland	Great Britain	4:58.2
4	Lew Rush Glen Robbins Russ Hunt Frank Elliott	Canada	5:10.4
5	Eddie Testa Ruggero Berti Harold Ade Russell Allen	United States	5:17.4

The winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amédée Fournier René Le Grevès Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque	France	4:53.9
2	Ernest Johnson William Harvell Frank Southall Charles Holland	Great Britain	4:57.4

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marco Cimatti Paolo Pedretti Alberto Ghilardi Nino Borsari	Italy	5:24.9
2	Lew Rush Glen Robbins Russ Hunt Frank Elliott	Canada	5:34.4

Final

Match 1/2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marco Cimatti Paolo Pedretti Alberto Ghilardi Nino Borsari	Italy	4:53.0
	Amédée Fournier René Le Grevès Henri Mouillefarine Paul Chocque	France	4:55.7

Match 3/4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ernest Johnson William Harvell Frank Southall Charles Holland	Great Britain	4:56.0
4	Lew Rush Glen Robbins Russ Hunt Frank Elliott	Canada	6:04.0

Key: OR = Olympic record