| | Event type
Team Pursuit (1,980 yards), Men
| Date | 17 July 1908 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | White City Stadium, London |
| Participants | 20 from 5 countries |
This was the first time a team pursuit race was contested at the Olympics. Britain won fairly comfortably, led by their greatest rider in that era, Leon Meredith.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain |  GBR | – (1 h1) | 2:19.6 (1 h1) | 2:18.6 (1 h1) | Gold | |||||
| Leon Meredith • Ben Jones • Ernie Payne • Clarrie Kingsbury | |||||||||||
| 2 | Germany |  GER | 2:25.4 (1 h4) | 2:31.8 (1 h2) | 2:28.6 (2 h1) | Silver | |||||
| Hermann Martens • Max Goetze • Karl Neumer • Richard Katzer | |||||||||||
| 3 | Canada |  CAN | – (1 h2) | 2:29.6 (2 h1) | – | Bronze | |||||
| William Morton • Walt Andrews • Fred McCarthy • Will Anderson | |||||||||||
| 4 | Netherlands |  NED | – (1 h3) | 2:44.0 (2 h2) | – | ||||||
| Johannes van Spengen • Anton Gerrits • Dorus Nijland • Gerard, Jonkheer Bosch van Drakestein | |||||||||||
| 5 | France |  FRA | 2:32.0 (2 h4) | – | – | ||||||
| André Auffray • Émile Demangel • Émile Maréchal • Maurice Schillès | |||||||||||
Round One
| Date | 17 July 1908 — 17:00 |
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| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | GBR | – | – | 1 | ||||
| Leon Meredith • Ben Jones • Ernie Payne • Clarrie Kingsbury | |||||||||
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | CAN | – | – | 2 | ||||
| William Morton • Walt Andrews • Fred McCarthy • Will Anderson | |||||||||
Heat #3
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | NED | – | – | bye | 3 | |||
| Johannes van Spengen • Anton Gerrits • Dorus Nijland • Gerard, Jonkheer Bosch van Drakestein | |||||||||
Heat #4
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | GER | 2:25.4 | – | |||||
| Hermann Martens • Max Goetze • Karl Neumer • Richard Katzer | |||||||||
| 2 | France | FRA | 2:32.0 | – | |||||
| André Auffray • Émile Demangel • Émile Maréchal • Maurice Schillès | |||||||||
Semi-Finals
| Date | 17 July 1908 — 17:45 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:19.6 | – | |||||
| Leon Meredith • Ben Jones • Ernie Payne • Clarrie Kingsbury | |||||||||
| 2 | Canada | CAN | 2:29.6 | – | |||||
| William Morton • Walt Andrews • Fred McCarthy • Will Anderson | |||||||||
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | GER | 2:31.8 | – | |||||
| Hermann Martens • Max Goetze • Karl Neumer • Richard Katzer | |||||||||
| 2 | Netherlands | NED | 2:44.0 | – | |||||
| Johannes van Spengen • Anton Gerrits • Dorus Nijland • Gerard, Jonkheer Bosch van Drakestein | |||||||||
Final Round
| Date | 17 July 1908 — 17:45-18:15 |
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Heat 1/2
| Time | 18:15 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:18.6 | – | |||||
| Leon Meredith • Ben Jones • Ernie Payne • Clarrie Kingsbury | |||||||||
| 2 | Germany | GER | 2:28.6 | – | |||||
| Hermann Martens • Max Goetze • Karl Neumer • Richard Katzer | |||||||||