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Team Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men

Date	17 – 18 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Laoshan Zixingcheguan, Beijing
Participants	44 from 10 countries

Since 2004, Australia and Great Britain had traded titles in the team pursuit. Australia won the gold medal in 2004 and the World Championships in 2004 and 2006, while Britain was World Champion in 2005, 2007, and 2008. But Great Britain had been dominating track cycling in Beijing and it continued in the team pursuit. They led the qualifying round 3:57.101 and the fourth heat of the quarter-finals overtook Russia as they broke the world record with 3:55.202. Australia qualified in third place behind New Zealand but did not advance to the gold medal race. The gold medal went to Great Britain as it easily defeated the Danish team and again broke the world record, this time with 3:53.314. New Zealand outrode Australia to win the bronze.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Qualifying	R1	Final
1	Great Britain	GBR	3:57.101 (1)	3:55.202 (1 h4)	3:53.314 (1 h1)	Gold
	Ed Clancy • Paul Manning • Geraint Thomas • Bradley Wiggins
2	Denmark	DEN	4:02.191 (4)	3:56.831 (1 h1)	4:00.040 (2 h1)	Silver
	Michael Mørkøv • Casper Jørgensen • Jens-Erik Madsen • Alex Rasmussen • Michael Færk Christensen
3	New Zealand	NZL	3:59.277 (2)	3:57.536 (1 h3)	3:57.776 (1 h2)	Bronze
	Sam Bewley • Hayden Roulston • Marc Ryan • Jesse Sergent • Westley Gough
4	Australia	AUS	4:02.041 (3)	3:58.633 (1 h2)	3:59.006 (2 h2)
	Jack Bobridge • Graeme Brown • Mark Jamieson • Luke Roberts • Brad McGee
5	Netherlands	NED	4:04.806 (6)	caught (2 h2)	–
	Levi Heimans • Jens Mouris • Robert Slippens • Wim Stroetinga
6	Russian Federation	RUS	4:06.518 (8)	caught (2 h4)	–
	Yevgeny Kovalyov • Aleksey Markov • Aleksandr Petrovsky • Aleksandr Serov • Nikolay Trusov
7	Spain	ESP	4:06.509 (7)	caught (2 h3)	–
	Sergi Escobar • Asier Maeztu • David Muntaner • Antonio Miguel
8	France	FRA	4:03.679 (5)	– (DQ h1)	–
	Damien Gaudin • Matthieu Ladagnous • Christophe Riblon • Nicolas Rousseau
9	Ukraine	UKR	4:07.883 (9)	–	–
	Volodymyr Diudia • Liubomyr Polataiko • Maksym Polishchuk • Vitaliy Shchedov
10	Colombia	COL	4:11.397 (10)	–	–
	Juan Arango • Arles Castro • Juan Pablo Forero • Jairo Pérez

Qualifying Round

Date	17 August 2008 — 10:00

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Great Britain	GBR	3:57.101	Q
	Ed Clancy • Paul Manning • Geraint Thomas • Bradley Wiggins
2	New Zealand	NZL	3:59.277	Q
	Sam Bewley • Westley Gough • Marc Ryan • Jesse Sergent
3	Australia	AUS	4:02.041	Q
	Jack Bobridge • Mark Jamieson • Brad McGee • Luke Roberts
4	Denmark	DEN	4:02.191	Q
	Michael Færk Christensen • Casper Jørgensen • Jens-Erik Madsen • Alex Rasmussen
5	France	FRA	4:03.679	Q
	Damien Gaudin • Matthieu Ladagnous • Christophe Riblon • Nicolas Rousseau
6	Netherlands	NED	4:04.806	Q
	Levi Heimans • Jens Mouris • Robert Slippens • Wim Stroetinga
7	Spain	ESP	4:06.509	Q
	Sergi Escobar • Asier Maeztu • David Muntaner • Antonio Miguel
8	Russian Federation	RUS	4:06.518	Q
	Aleksey Markov • Aleksandr Petrovsky • Aleksandr Serov • Nikolay Trusov
9	Ukraine	UKR	4:07.883
	Volodymyr Diudia • Liubomyr Polataiko • Maksym Polishchuk • Vitaliy Shchedov
10	Colombia	COL	4:11.397
	Juan Arango • Arles Castro • Juan Pablo Forero • Jairo Pérez

Round One

Date	17 August 2008 — 18:25
Format	Fastest two winners advance to final; next fastest two winners advance to bronze medal race.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Denmark	DEN	3:56.831	Q
	Michael Mørkøv • Casper Jørgensen • Jens-Erik Madsen • Alex Rasmussen
DQ	France	FRA	–
	Damien Gaudin • Matthieu Ladagnous • Christophe Riblon • Nicolas Rousseau

Heat #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Australia	AUS	3:58.633	q
	Jack Bobridge • Graeme Brown • Mark Jamieson • Brad McGee
2	Netherlands	NED	caught
	Levi Heimans • Jens Mouris • Robert Slippens • Wim Stroetinga

Heat #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	New Zealand	NZL	3:57.536	q
	Sam Bewley • Hayden Roulston • Marc Ryan • Jesse Sergent
2	Spain	ESP	caught
	Sergi Escobar • Asier Maeztu • David Muntaner • Antonio Miguel

Heat #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Great Britain	GBR	3:55.202	QWR
	Ed Clancy • Paul Manning • Geraint Thomas • Bradley Wiggins
2	Russian Federation	RUS	caught
	Yevgeny Kovalyov • Aleksey Markov • Aleksandr Petrovsky • Aleksandr Serov

Final Round

Date	18 August 2008

Heat 1/2

Time	18:20

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Great Britain	GBR	3:53.314	WR
	Ed Clancy • Paul Manning • Geraint Thomas • Bradley Wiggins
2	Denmark	DEN	4:00.040
	Michael Mørkøv • Casper Jørgensen • Jens-Erik Madsen • Alex Rasmussen

Heat 3/4

Time	18:15

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	New Zealand	NZL	3:57.776
	Sam Bewley • Hayden Roulston • Marc Ryan • Jesse Sergent
2	Australia	AUS	3:59.006
	Jack Bobridge • Graeme Brown • Mark Jamieson • Luke Roberts