Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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The men's team pursuit was a cycling event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea which was held on 23 and 24 September 1988. There were a total number of 19 participating teams.^[1]

4000 metre time trial, with the top 8 teams advancing.

Rank	Team	Riders	Time
1	Soviet Union	Viatcheslav Ekimov, Artūras Kasputis, Dmitry Nelyubin, Gintautas Umaras, Mindaugas Umaras	4:16.10 WR
2	Australia	Brett Dutton, Wayne McCarney, Stephen McGlede, Dean Woods, Scott McGrory	4:16.32
3	France	Hervé Dagorné, Pascal Lino, Didier Pasgrimaud, Pascal Potié	4:17.19
4	East Germany	Steffen Blochwitz, Roland Hennig, Carsten Wolf, Dirk Meier, Uwe Preißler	4:17.61
5	Czechoslovakia	Svatopluk Buchta, Zbyněk Fiala, Pavel Soukup, Aleš Trčka, Pavel Tesař	4:20.55
6	Poland	Ryszard Dawidowicz, Joachim Halupczok, Andrzej Sikorski, Marian Turowski	4:21.30
7	Denmark	Peter Clausen, Dan Frost, Jimmi Madsen, Lars Olsen, Ken Frost	4:22.37
8	Italy	Ivan Beltrami, Gianpaolo Grisandi, David Solari, Fabrizio Trezzi, Fabio Baldato	4:22.64
9	United States	Dave Lettieri, Michael McCarthy, Leonard Nitz, Carl Sundquist	4:22.96
10	West Germany	Thomas Dürst, Matthias Lange, Uwe Nepp, Michael Rich	4:23.10
11	Spain	Bernardo González, Xavier Isasa, José Antonio Martiarena, Agustín Sebastiá	4:24.90
12	Netherlands	Marcel Beumer, Erik Cent, Leo Peelen, Mario van Baarle	4:25.67
13	Great Britain	Chris Boardman, Robert Coull, Simon Lillistone, Glen Sword	4:25.87
14	New Zealand	Craig Connell, Nigel Donnelly, Andrew Whitford, Stuart Williams	4:26.13
15	Japan	Koichi Azuma, Fumiharu Miyamoto, Kazuaki Sasaki, Kazuo Takikawa	4:28.50
16	Austria	Roland Königshofer, Johann Lienhart, Kurt Schmied, Franz Stocher	4:28.64
17	Argentina	Gabriel Curuchet, Jorge Gaday, Sergio Llamazares, Rubén Priede	4:29.90
18	South Korea	An U-hyeok, Jeong Jeom-sik, Kim Yong-gyu, Park Min-su	4:34.55
19	Brazil	Clóvis Anderson, Paulo Jamur, Fernando Louro, Antônio Silvestre	4:38.21

In the match round, the top 8 teams from the qualification round were matched together, 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 for the Quarterfinal. In the Quarterfinal, the winner of each match advanced to race in the Semifinals.

Match 1 Name Time  East Germany 4:14.45 O  Czechoslovakia 4:19.05 X

Match 2 Name Time  France 4:17.70 O  Poland 4:22.50 X

Match 3 Name Time  Australia 4:17.14 O  Denmark 4:25.30 X

Match 4 Name Time  Soviet Union 4:14.22 O  Italy 4:20.90 X

Match 1 Name Time  East Germany 4:20.65 O  Australia 4:21.83 X

Match 2 Name Time  Soviet Union 4:20.17 O  France 4:29.49 X

Bronze Medal Match Name Time  Australia 4:16.02 O  France 4:22.23 X

Gold Medal Match Name Time  Soviet Union 4:13.31 O  East Germany 4:14.09 X

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