The men's team pursuit was one of seven track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

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Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven track cycling events were contested, all for men only. The weather was poor, flooding the track on occasion. The track was 660 yards long ; some events used full laps of the track; the others used metric distances.-Medal summary:-Medal...

 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.

Heat 1

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Benjamin Jones Benjamin Jones (cyclist) Benjamin "Ben" Jones was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....   Clarence Kingsbury Clarence Kingsbury Clarence Brickwood Kingsbury was a British track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He belonged to the Paddington and North End cycling clubs....   Leon Meredith  Ernest Payne Ernest Payne Ernest "Ernie" Payne was a British track cycling racer. Born in Worcester, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and went on to play football, including two games as an amateur for Manchester United.-Background:Payne was born in a cottage at 221 London Road,...		Walkover
2	Unknown		Did not start

Heat 2

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	William Anderson  Walter Andrews  Frederick McCarthy  William Morton		Walkover
2	Unknown		Did not start

Heat 3

The Dutch team had a bye in the first round.

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Jonkheer Gerard Dagobert Hendrik Bosch van Drakestein was a track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the three Summer Olympics ....   Antonie Gerrits  Dorus Nijland  Johannes van Spengen		Walkover

Heat 4

In the only contested heat in the first round, the German team eliminated the French.

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Max Götze Max Götze Max Götze was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Rudolf Katzer, and Hermann Martens in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 5000 metres race, but was eliminated in the first round...   Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer Rudolf Katzer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.With his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze and Hermann Martens he won the silver medal in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 660 yards sprint, in the 5000 metres race, and in the 20 kilometres race, but...   Hermann Martens Hermann Martens Hermann Martens was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit...   Karl Neumer Karl Neumer Karl Neumer was a German track cycling racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		2:25.4
2	André Auffray André Auffray André Auffray was a racing cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the tandem sprint event where he finished in first place and in the 5000 metres event where he finished in third place.-References:...   Émile Demangel  Émile Marechal  Maurice Schilles Maurice Schilles Maurice Schilles was a French track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner André Auffray. In the 5000 metres event he won the silver medal.He also competed in the sprint event...		2:32.0

Semifinal 1

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
1	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne		2:19.6
2	William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton		2:29.2

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer		2:31.8
2	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen		2:44.0

Final

Place	Cyclists	Nation	Time
1	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne		2:18.6
2	Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer		2:28.6

Sources

• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .