Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Hachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo
Date	18-20 October 1964
Competitors	72 from 18 nations
Medalists
01 ! Lothar Claesges, Karl Link, Karl-Heinz Henrichs and Ernst Streng  United Team of Germany 02 ! Luigi Roncaglia, Carlo Rancati, Vincenzo Mantovani and Franco Testa  Italy 03 ! Gerard Koel, Jaap Oudkerk, Henk Cornelisse and Cor Schuuring  Netherlands
← 1960 1968 →

01 !		Lothar Claesges, Karl Link, Karl-Heinz Henrichs and Ernst Streng	United Team of Germany
02 !		Luigi Roncaglia, Carlo Rancati, Vincenzo Mantovani and Franco Testa	Italy
03 !		Gerard Koel, Jaap Oudkerk, Henk Cornelisse and Cor Schuuring	Netherlands

The men's team pursuit was a track cycling event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The course was 4000 metres. It was held on 19 October and 21 October 1964 at the Hachioji Velodrome. 18 teams of 4 cyclists each competed.

In the first round of heats, the 18 teams were divided into 9 pairs. Placing in the heats was not used to advance; rather, the 8 fastest teams from across the heats advanced to the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals paired off the 8 remaining teams into 4 heats. Winners advanced, losers were eliminated.

The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal match, while the loser was sent to the bronze medal match.