Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
File:Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa, Marino Vigna 1960.jpg Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa and Marino Vigna
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Date	27–29 August 1960
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Siegfried Köhler, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme, Bernd Barleben File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

The men's team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 27 to 29 August 1960. There were 76 participants from 19 nations.

Competition format

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.

Results

Elimination round

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:38.41	Q
2	6	File:Flag of France.svg France	4:38.46	Q
3	7	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:40.33	Q
4	3	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:40.48	Q
5	4	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	4:40.64	Q
6	5	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	4:40.80	Q
7	2	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:42.60	Q
8	1	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina	4:44.44	Q
9	11	File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain	4:44.87
10	5	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:45.23
11	1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	4:45.87
12	8	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	4:47.70
13	10	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	4:47.83
14	2	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	4:48.55
15	10	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	4:49.46
16	9	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4:49.92
17	6	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	4:50.00
18	4	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa	4:50.26
19	8	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico	4:52.55

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:29.98	Q
2	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina	4:38.17

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of France.svg France	4:30.82	Q
2	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:38.73

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:29.32	Q
2	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	4:37.44

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:29.97	Q
2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	4:29.98

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:33.46	Q
2	File:Flag of France.svg France	4:37.17	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:28.88	Q
2	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:33.01	Q

Finals

Bronze medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:34.05
4	File:Flag of France.svg France	4:35.72

Gold medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:30.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:35.78

Final classification

Rank	Cyclists	Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Siegfried Köhler Peter Gröning Manfred Klieme Bernd Barleben	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov Leonid Kolumbet Arnold Belgardt	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
4	Marcel Delattre Jacques Suire Guy Claud Michel Nédélec	File:Flag of France.svg France
5	Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina
	Slavoj Černý Ferdinand Duchoň Jan Chlístovský Josef Volf	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
	John Lundgren Leif Larsen Jens Sørensen Kurt vid Stein	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
	Jaap Oudkerk Theo Nikkessen Henk Nijdam Piet van der Lans	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
9	José María Errandonea Francisco Tortellá Miguel Martorell Miguel Mora Gornals	File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain
10	Barry Hoban Mike Gambrill Charlie McCoy Joseph McClean	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
11	Tetsuo Osawa Kanji Kubomura Nobuhira Takanuki Katsuya Saito	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
12	Günther Kriz Peter Deimböck Kurt Garschal Kurt Schein	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
13	Alberto Velázquez Juan José Timón Rubén Etchebarne Rodolfo Rodino	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
14	Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Robert Whetters Frank Brazier	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
15	Romain De Loof Barthélemy Gillard Frans Melckenbeeck Charles Rabaey	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
16	Richard Cortright Charles Hewett Robert Pfarr James Rossi	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
17	Walter Signer Werner Weckert Hans Heinemann Egon Scheiwiller	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
18	Syd Byrnes Bobby Fowler Abe Jonker Rowan Peacock	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa
19	Mauricio Mata Javier Taboada Jacinto Brito Miguel Pérez	File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico