Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 to 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.[1]

Cycling - Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Cycling Stadium, Berlin
Dates6-8 August 1936
Competitors53 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robert Charpentier, Jean Goujon, Guy Lapébie, Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili, Armando Latini, Severino Rigoni
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Hill, Ernest Johnson, Charles King, Ernie Mills
 Great Britain
← 1932
1948 →

Results edit

Round 1 edit

The top eight teams by time advanced to the second round. Bulgaria competed alone in its heat. Italy (heat 1), Denmark (heat 3), and Germany (heat 6) each briefly held the Olympic record in turn before France (heat 7) finished the round with it. The Dutch team was close to catching the American team before two riders crashed.

Rank Heat Name Nation Time Notes
1 7 Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
  France 4:41.8 Q, OR
2 6 Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
  Germany 4:48.6 Q
3 3 Karl Magnussen
Erik Friis
Helge Jacobsen
Hans Christian Nielsen
Arne Pedersen
  Denmark 4:49.4 Q
4 1 Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
  Italy 4:49.6 Q
5 7 Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
  Great Britain 4:50.0 Q
6 2 Jean Alexandre
Frans Cools
Auguste Garrebeek
Armand Putzeyse
  Belgium 4:54.0 Q
7 3 Walter Richli
Ernst Fuhrimann
Albert Kägi
Werner Wägelin
  Switzerland 4:56.4 Q
8 2 István Liszkay
Miklós Németh
László Orczán
Ferenc Pelvássy
  Hungary 4:57.8 Q
9 1 Lionel Coleman
George Crompton
Bob McLeod
George Turner
  Canada 4:58.4
10 6 Josef Genschieder
Josef Moser
Karl Schmaderer
Karl Wölfl
  Austria 5:02.2
11 5 Albert Byrd
William Logan
Charles Morton
John Sinibaldi
  United States 5:07.4
12 4 Marin Nikolov
Bogdan Yanchev
Georgi Velinov
Sava Gerchev
  Bulgaria 5:10.4
13 5 Chris Kropman
Adrie Zwartepoorte
Ben van der Voort
Gerrit van Wees
  Netherlands DNF

Round 2 edit

The teams with the four best times from the second round advanced to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nation Time Notes
1 1 Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
  France 4:47.2 Q
2 4 Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
  Italy 4:47.4 Q
3 4 Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
  Great Britain 4:51.0 Q
4 2 Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
  Germany 4:56.2 Q
5 2 Walter Richli
Ernst Fuhrimann
Albert Kägi
Werner Wägelin
  Switzerland 4:58.0
6 3 Jean Alexandre
Frans Cools
Auguste Garrebeek
Armand Putzeyse
  Belgium 4:58.2
7 1 István Liszkay
Miklós Németh
László Orczán
Ferenc Pelvássy
  Hungary 5:03.4
8 3 Karl Magnussen
Erik Friis
Helge Jacobsen
Hans Christian Nielsen
Arne Pedersen
  Denmark DNF

Semifinals edit

The winning team in each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in the bronze medal final.

Semifinal 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
  France 4:42.4 Q, OR
2 Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
  Germany 4:54.6 B
Semifinal 2
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
  Italy 4:49.2 Q
2 Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
  Great Britain 4:53.6 B

Finals edit

Gold medal final
Rank Name Nation Time
  Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
  France 4:45.0
  Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
  Italy 4:51.0
Bronze medal final
Rank Name Nation Time
  Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
  Great Britain 4:53.6
4 Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
  Germany 4:55.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  • 1936 Official Report.