Cycling At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Pursuit

There were 76 participants from 19 nations.

Men's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa and Marino Vigna
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Date	27–29 August 1960
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Medalists
Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna  Italy Siegfried Köhler, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme, Bernd Barleben  United Team of Germany Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt  Soviet Union
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The team pursuit event consisted of both a time trial (with up to 2 teams on the track at the same time) and a series of head-to-head races between 2 teams. There were a total of four rounds: an elimination round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

• Elimination round: This round was a time trial, with 1 or 2 teams on the track simultaneously. The top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the head-to-head competitions.
• Quarterfinals: There were four quarterfinals. Beginning with the quarterfinals, each round featured a single head-to-head race. The winner of each advanced to the semifinals while the loser was eliminated.
• Semifinals: There two semifinals. The winner of each advanced to the gold medal final, the loser to the bronze medal final.
• Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

Elimination round

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Italy	4:38.41	Q
2	6	France	4:38.46	Q
3	7	United Team of Germany	4:40.33	Q
4	3	Soviet Union	4:40.48	Q
5	4	Netherlands	4:40.64	Q
6	5	Denmark	4:40.80	Q
7	2	Czechoslovakia	4:42.60	Q
8	1	Argentina	4:44.44	Q
9	11	Spain	4:44.87
10	5	Great Britain	4:45.23
11	1	Japan	4:45.87
12	8	Austria	4:47.70
13	10	Uruguay	4:47.83
14	2	Australia	4:48.55
15	10	Belgium	4:49.46
16	9	United States	4:49.92
17	6	Switzerland	4:50.00
18	4	South Africa	4:50.26
19	8	Mexico	4:52.55

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Italy	4:29.98	Q
2	Argentina	4:38.17

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	France	4:30.82	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	4:38.73

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	United Team of Germany	4:29.32	Q
2	Denmark	4:37.44

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	4:29.97	Q
2	Netherlands	4:29.98

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	United Team of Germany	4:33.46	Q
2	France	4:37.17	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Italy	4:28.88	Q
2	Soviet Union	4:33.01	Q

Finals

Bronze medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
	Soviet Union	4:34.05
4	France	4:35.72

Gold medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
	Italy	4:30.90
	United Team of Germany	4:35.78