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Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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These are the official results of the Men's Team Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Thursady, July 30, and Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta
with a race distance of 4 km.
The twenty-one teams raced against the clock, not against each other. The teams with the eight fastest times advanced to the quarter-final.
In the first round of actual match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The winners of the four heats advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
The winner of the two heats advance to the finals, for the gold medal. The loser with the fastest semi-final time wins the bronze.
Heat 1
Heat 2
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Thursady, July 30, and Friday, July 31, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Horta
Velòdrom d'Horta
Velòdrom d'Horta is a velodrome in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain that was the track cycling venue for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was also the venue for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1984....
with a race distance of 4 km.
Medalists
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Michael Glöckner Jens Lehmann Jens Lehmann (cyclist) Jens Lehmann is a German professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. Despite his many successes , he will probably be remembered best as the person caught by Chris Boardman riding the revolutionary 'Lotus Superbike,... Stefan Steinweg Stefan Steinweg Stefan Steinweg is a retired professional racing cyclist from Germany.A member of Radsportclub Opel Schüler Berlin Steinweg mostly raced on the track, mainly in six day races at the winter.... Guido Fulst Guido Fulst Guido Fulst is a German racing cyclist, who competed for the SG Dynamo Wernigerode, SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- External links :*... Andreas Walzer, |
Brett Aitken Brett Aitken Brett Aitken is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal for his nation. He won gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics. He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.-References:... Stephen McGlede Shaun O’Brien Stuart O’Grady, |
Ken Frost Ken Frost Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM, educated at Dulwich College and Edinburgh University, is a Director of Phoenix Commercial Ventures , an international venture capital firm that marries investors with investment opportunities in the DPRK... Jimmi Madsen Jan Bo Petersen Klaus Kynde Nielsen Michael Sandstød Michael Sandstød Michael Sandstød is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who achieved success on both the road and track. Sandstød represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he rode in the qualification round of the team pursuit where he won a bronze medal.-Track cycling:-Road:- External links :... , |
Results
- Q Qualified for next round.
- ovtk Overtaken by opponent during heat.
- DNS Did not start.
- WR New world record.
Qualifying round
Held July 30The twenty-one teams raced against the clock, not against each other. The teams with the eight fastest times advanced to the quarter-final.
Pos. | Athlete | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. | Notes |
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1 | Brett Aitken Brett Aitken Brett Aitken is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal for his nation. He won gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics. He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.-References:... Stephen McGlede Shaun O’Brien Stuart O’Grady |
4:11.245 | 57.314 km/h | Q | WR | |
2 | Michael Glöckner Jens Lehmann Stefan Steinweg Stefan Steinweg Stefan Steinweg is a retired professional racing cyclist from Germany.A member of Radsportclub Opel Schüler Berlin Steinweg mostly raced on the track, mainly in six day races at the winter.... Guido Fulst Guido Fulst Guido Fulst is a German racing cyclist, who competed for the SG Dynamo Wernigerode, SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.- External links :*... Andreas Walzer |
4:14.934 | 56.485 km/h | Q | ||
3 | Ivan Beltrami Rossano Brasi Ivan Cerioli Fabrizio Trezzi Giovanni Lombardi Giovanni Lombardi Giovanni Lombardi is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006. He started his career as a sprinter, winning multiple stages in the Giro d'Italia. He went on to ride as an important helper for the top sprinter names of Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Most... |
4:15.103 | 56.447 km/h | Q | ||
4 | Ken Frost Ken Frost Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM, educated at Dulwich College and Edinburgh University, is a Director of Phoenix Commercial Ventures , an international venture capital firm that marries investors with investment opportunities in the DPRK... Jimmi Madsen Jan Bo Petersen Klaus Kynde Nielsen Michael Sandstød Michael Sandstød Michael Sandstød is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who achieved success on both the road and track. Sandstød represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he rode in the qualification round of the team pursuit where he won a bronze medal.-Track cycling:-Road:- External links :... |
4:17.719 | 55.874 km/h | Q | ||
5 | Chris Boardman Chris Boardman Christopher "Chris" Boardman MBE is a former English racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times, as well as winning three stages and wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France... Paul Jennings Bryan Steel Bryan Steel Bryan Steel is an English former professional racing cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Steel was born in Nottingham and now lives in Peterborough.... Glen Sword |
4:19.126 | 55.571 km/h | Q | ||
6 | Valery Batura Oleksandr Honchenkov Dmitry Nelyubin Dmitry Nelyubin Dmitry Nelyubin was a Soviet-Russian track cyclist. At the age of 17 Nelyubin, together with teammates Viatcheslav Ekimov, Artūras Kasputis and Gintautas Umaras, won the 4000 meter team pursuit event at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul. Nelyubin was killed in a street fight on the New Year... Roman Saprykin Nikolay Kuznetsov Nikolay Kuznetsov (cyclist) Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov is a retired Russian professional track bicycle racer. His sister is tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova.- Palmares :1996- External links :* *... |
4:19.343 | 55.525 km/h | Q | ||
7 | Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (cyclist) Gary John Anderson is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic Bronze Medal. He finished third in the men's 4000m individual pursuit at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Anderson also won a total of 8 medals at the Commonwealth Games... Nigel Donnelly Carlos Marryatt Stuart Williams Glenn McLeay |
4:21.145 | 55.141 km/h | Q | ||
8 | Svatopluk Buchta Rudolf Juřícký Jan Panáček Pavel Tesař |
4:21.687 | 55.027 km/h | Q | ||
9 | Chris Coletta Chris Coletta Christopher Michael Coletta is a retired professional baseball player who played one season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball. Coletta was also with the Boston Red Sox organization and had an impressive career in the International League... Dirk Copeland ]Matthew Harmon Jim Pollack |
4:22.963 | 54.760 km/h | |||
10 | Adoo Alperi Gabriel Aynat Jonathan Garrido Santos González Santos González Santos González Capilla is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Being a time trial specialist, he won the Spanish National Time Trial Championship in 1999 and 2001. In 2000 he won a stage in Vuelta a España, where he finished fourth.-Palmares:19992000... |
4:23.013 | 54.750 km/h | |||
11 | Hervé Dagorné Philippe Ermenault Philippe Ermenault Philippe Ermenault is a French former track cyclist. Ermenault was twice world champion in individual pursuit and Olympic champion as part of the France team in the team pursuit.-Results:- External links :... Daniel Pandèle Pacal Potié |
4:23.924 | 54.561 km/h | |||
12 | Niels van der Steen Gerben Broeren Erik Cent Servais Knaven Servais Knaven Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Sky. Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 and is the second rider in history to start and finish the race 16 times... |
4:25.693 | 54.197 km/h | |||
13 | Conrado Cabrera Conrado Cabrera Conrado Adalberto Cabrera Marrero is a retired male track cyclist from Cuba. Cabrera represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also claimed two bronze medals at the Pan American Games.... Eugenio Castro Noël de la Cruz Raúl Domínguez Raúl Domínguez Raúl Domínguez Romero is a retired male track cyclist from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, after having won two gold medals in the previous year at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.-References:*... |
4:27.060 | 53.920 km/h | |||
14 | Seung-Hwan Ji Yong-Gyu Kim Min-Su Oark Chang-Yong Won |
4:27.706 | 53.790 km/h | |||
15 | Yasuhiro Ando Masamitsu Ehara Naikiyo Hashisako Makio Madarame |
4:32.484 | 52.847 km/h | |||
16 | Arturo García Arturo García Arturo García Muñoz, aka Arzu , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona in Segunda División, as a defensive midfielder or central defender.... César Muciño Jesús Vázquez Marco Zaragoza |
4:32.834 | 52.779 km/h | |||
17 | Ángel Colla Ángel Colla Ángel Dario Colla Anacoreto is an Argentine professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:20002001Ángel Dario Colla Anacoreto is an Argentine professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:... Gustavo Guglielmone Carlos Pérez Fabio Placanica |
33.860 | 52.581 km/h | |||
18 | Esteban López Fernando Sierra Alberny Vargas José Veláaquez |
4:36.086 | 52.157 km/h | |||
19 | Nima Ebrahim Mehrdad Afsharian Tarshiz Mohamed Reza Banna Najid Naseri |
4:45.745 | 50.394 km/h | |||
20 | Jazy Garcia Manuel García Andrew Martin Martin Santos |
5:23.366 | 44.531 km/h | |||
- | Grzegorz Krejner Marek Leśniewski Wojciech Pawłak Dariusz Baranowski |
DNS |
Quarter-finals
Held July 30In the first round of actual match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The winners of the four heats advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
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1 | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
4:12.270 | 57.081 km/h | Q | |
2 | Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
4:14.350 | 56.614 km/h |
Heat 2
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
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1 | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
4:15.440 | 56.373 km/h | Q | |
2 | Unified Team Unified Team The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée... |
4:16.685 | 56.099 km/h |
Heat 3
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
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1 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
4:10.980 | 57.375 km/h | Q | |
2 | New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
ovtk |
Heat 4
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. | Notes |
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1 | Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
4:10.438 | 57.499 km/h | Q | WR | |
2 | Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
ovtk |
Semi-finals
Held July 31The winner of the two heats advance to the finals, for the gold medal. The loser with the fastest semi-final time wins the bronze.
Heat 1
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
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1 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
4:10.446 | 57.497 km/h | Q | |
2 | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
4:15.860 | 56.280 km/h |
Heat 2
Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Qual. |
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1 | Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
4:15.705 | 56.314 km/h | Q | |
2 | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
4:18.291 | 55.751 km/h |
Final
Held July 31Pos. | Team | NOC | Time | Ave. Speed | Notes |
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1 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
4:08.791 | 57.879 km/h | WR | |
2 | Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
4:10.218 | 57.549 km/h |
Final classification
Final results | ||
Pos. | Team | NOC |
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1. | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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2. | Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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3. | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
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4. | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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5. | Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
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6. | Unified Team Unified Team The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée... |
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7. | New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
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8. | Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
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