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Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Cycling - Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueHerne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates7–9 August 1948
Competitors59 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Coste, Serge Blusson, Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arnaldo Benfenati, Guido Bernardi, Anselmo Citterio, Rino Pucci
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Geldard, Tommy Godwin, David Ricketts, Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain
← 1936
1952 →

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place on 7 to 9 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.[1]

Results

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First round

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The first round took place on 7 August. The winning team from each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. Since the number of teams made it impossible for the Finnish team to compete against another team, it was determined that their time must beat that of the fastest losing team in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals. Since Australia's 5:06.05 time beat Finland's 5:17.4 time, Australia advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain 5:12.7
2 Lorne Atkinson
William Hamilton
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
 Canada 5:38.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France 5:03.6
2 Walter Freitag
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Heinrich Schiebel
 Austria 5:18.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland 5:13.8
2 Roberto Guerrero
Julio Alba
Ambrosio Aimar
Enrique Molina
 Argentina 5:17.1

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy 5:10.2
2 Adi Havewala
Jehangoo Amin
Rohinton Noble
Piloo Sarkari
 India 6:00.5

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Jos De Beukelaere
Maurice Blomme
Georges Van Brabant
Raphael Glorieux
 Belgium 5:05.5
2 Al Stiller
Thomas Montemage
Ted Smith
 United States 5:22.5

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark 5:04.1
2 Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia 5:06.05

Quarterfinals

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Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France 5:00.5
2 Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland 5:09.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain 5:02.9
2 Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark 5:05.6

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 Italy 4:59.0
2 Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Belgium 5:05.7

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay 5:03.5
2 Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia 5:07.7

Semifinals

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Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France 4:54.4
2 Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain 4:59.1

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy 5:00.5
2 Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay 5:06.3

Final

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Gold medal race

Rank Name Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France 4:57.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy 5:36.7

Bronze medal race

Rank Name Nationality Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain 4:55.8
4 Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay 5:04.4

Final standings

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Rank Name Nationality
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain
4 Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay
5 Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia
Jos De Beukelaere
Maurice Blomme
Georges Van Brabant
Raphael Glorieux
 Belgium
Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark
Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland
9 Onni Kasslin
Paavo Kuusinen
Erkki Koskinen
Torvald Högström
 Finland
Lorne Atkinson
William Hamilton
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
 Canada
Walter Freitag
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Heinrich Schiebel
 Austria
Roberto Guerrero
Julio Alba
Ambrosio Aimar
Enrique Molina
 Argentina
Adi Havewala
Jehangoo Amin
Rohinton Noble
Piloo Sarkari
 India
Gerrit Voorting
Joop Harmans
Theo Blankenaauw
Henk Faanhof
 Netherlands
Al Stiller
Thomas Montemage
Ted Smith
 United States

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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