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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates July 26–27
Competitors 40 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Angelo de Martino, Alfredo Dinale, Aurelio Menegazzi, Francesco Zucchetti
 Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Józef Lange, Jan Lazarski, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Franciszek Szymczyk
 Poland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Léonard Daghelinckx, Henri Hoevenaers, Fernand Saivé, Jean van den Bosch
 Belgium
← 1920
1928 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Angelo de Martino, Alfredo Dinale, Aurelio Menegazzi, Francesco Zucchetti
 Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Józef Lange, Jan Lazarski, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Franciszek Szymczyk
 Poland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Léonard Daghelinckx, Henri Hoevenaers, Fernand Saivé, Jean van den Bosch
 Belgium

The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop. The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.

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The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes.

The six winners of the first round competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced; this time, a fastest loser also qualified.

The four remaining teams competed in two semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers facing off in a bronze medal race.

Belgium defeated France.

Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors.


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