Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
Introduction The '''men's team pursuit''' event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a  loop. The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.
Results Source:===First round===The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes. ; Heat 1 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Léonard Daghelinckx  Henri Hoevenaers  Fernand Saivé  Jean Van Den Bosch  5:12.0  '''Q''' 2    Gerard Bosch  Jan Maas  Simon van Poelgeest  Franciscus Waterreus   ; Heat 2 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Angelo de Martino  Alfredo Dinale  Aurelio Menegazzi  Francesco Zucchetti  5:23.2  '''Q'''; Heat 3 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Ernst Leutert  Arnold Nötzli  Ernst Richli  Gottfried Weilenmann  5:23.0  '''Q''' 2    Jaroslav Brož  Oldřich Červinka  Miloš Knobloch  Karel Pechan   ; Heat 4 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Holger Guldager  Edmund Hansen  Willy Hansen  Erik Kjeldsen  5:27.6  '''Q'''; Heat 5 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Lucien Choury  René Guillemin  René Hournon  Marcel Renaud  5:11.4  '''Q''' 2    Frederick Habberfield  Thomas Harvey  Henry Lee  William Stewart   ; Heat 6 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Józef Lange  Jan Lazarski  Tomasz Stankiewicz  Franciszek Szymczyk  5:16.0  '''Q''' 2    Andrejs Apsītis  Roberts Plūme  Fridrihs Ukstiņš  Artūrs Zeiberliņš   ===Quarterfinals===The six winners of the first round competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced; this time, a fastest loser also qualified. ; Quarterfinal 1 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Léonard Daghelinckx  Henri Hoevenaers  Fernand Saivé  Jean Van Den Bosch  5:12.2  '''Q''' 2    Józef Lange  Jan Lazarski  Tomasz Stankiewicz  Franciszek Szymczyk  5:16.8  '''q'''; Quarterfinal 2 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Lucien Choury  René Guillemin  René Hournon  Marcel Renaud  5:14.2  '''Q''' 2    Ernst Leutert  Arnold Nötzli  Ernst Richli  Gottfried Weilenmann  5:21.6  ; Quarterfinal 3 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Angelo de Martino  Alfredo Dinale  Aurelio Menegazzi  Francesco Zucchetti  5:13.8  '''Q''' –    Holger Guldager  Edmund Hansen  Willy Hansen  Erik Kjeldsen  Did not start  ===Semifinals===The four remaining teams competed in two semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers facing off in a bronze medal race. ; Semifinal 1 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Angelo de Martino  Alfredo Dinale  Aurelio Menegazzi  Francesco Zucchetti  5:12.0  '''Q''' 2    Léonard Daghelinckx  Henri Hoevenaers  Fernand Saivé  Jean Van Den Bosch   '''r'''; Semifinal 2 Place  Team  Cyclists  Time  Qual. 1    Józef Lange  Jan Lazarski  Tomasz Stankiewicz  Franciszek Szymczyk  5:18.0  '''Q''' 2    Lucien Choury  René Guillemin  René Hournon  Marcel Renaud  5:19.6  '''r'''===Bronze medal race===Belgium defeated France. Place  Team  Cyclists  Time 1 ()    Léonard Daghelinckx  Henri Hoevenaers  Fernand Saivé  Jean Van Den Bosch   2 (4)    Lucien Choury  René Guillemin  René Hournon  Marcel Renaud  ===Final===Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors. Place  Team  Cyclists  Time     Angelo de Martino  Alfredo Dinale  Aurelio Menegazzi  Francesco Zucchetti  5:15.0     Józef Lange  Jan Lazarski  Tomasz Stankiewicz  Franciszek Szymczyk  5:23.0
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