Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Cycling – Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Dates August 2
Competitors 20 (individuals), 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
 Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
 Great Britain

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2. The format was a 4000 metres pursuit.[1]

Results

The top four teams by time advanced to the semifinal.

Qualifying round

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
 Italy4:52.9OR
2Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
 France4:54.4
3Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
 Great Britain4:58.2
4Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
 Canada5:10.4
5Eddie Testa
Ruggero Berti
Harold Ade
Russell Allen
 United States5:17.4

The winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
 France4:53.9
2Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
 Great Britain4:57.4

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
 Italy5:24.9
2Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
 Canada5:34.4

Final

Match 1/2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Marco Cimatti
Paolo Pedretti
Alberto Ghilardi
Nino Borsari
 Italy4:53.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)Amédée Fournier
René Le Grevès
Henri Mouillefarine
Paul Chocque
 France4:55.7

Match 3/4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
 Great Britain4:56.0
4Lew Rush
Glen Robbins
Russ Hunt
Frank Elliott
 Canada6:04.0

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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