Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit


The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 6 to 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.

Results

Round 1

The top eight teams by time advanced to the second round. Bulgaria competed alone in its heat. Italy, Denmark, and Germany each briefly held the Olympic record in turn before France finished the round with it. The Dutch team was close to catching the American team before two riders crashed.
RankHeatNameNationTimeNotes
17Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
4:41.8,
26Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
4:48.6
33Karl Magnussen
Erik Friis
Helge Jacobsen
Hans Christian Nielsen
Arne Pedersen
4:49.4
41Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
4:49.6
57Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
4:50.0
62Jean Alexandre
Frans Cools
Auguste Garrebeek
Armand Putzeyse
4:54.0
73Walter Richli
Ernst Fuhrimann
Albert Kägi
Werner Wägelin
4:56.4
82István Liszkay
Miklós Németh
László Orczán
Ferenc Pelvássy
4:57.8
91Lionel Coleman
George Crompton
Bob McLeod
George Turner
4:58.4
106Josef Genschieder
Josef Moser
Karl Schmaderer
Karl Wölfl
5:02.2
115Albert Byrd
William Logan
Charles Morton
John Sinibaldi
5:07.4
124Marin Nikolov
Bogdan Yanchev
Georgi Velinov
Sava Gerchev
5:10.4
135Chris Kropman
Adrie Zwartepoorte
Ben van der Voort
Gerrit van Wees

Round 2

The teams with the four best times from the second round advanced to the semifinals.
RankHeatNameNationTimeNotes
11Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
4:47.2
24Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
4:47.4
34Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
4:51.0
42Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
4:56.2
52Walter Richli
Ernst Fuhrimann
Albert Kägi
Werner Wägelin
4:58.0
63Jean Alexandre
Frans Cools
Auguste Garrebeek
Armand Putzeyse
4:58.2
71István Liszkay
Miklós Németh
László Orczán
Ferenc Pelvássy
5:03.4
83Karl Magnussen
Erik Friis
Helge Jacobsen
Hans Christian Nielsen
Arne Pedersen

Semifinals

The winning team in each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in the bronze medal final.
; Semifinal 1
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
4:42.4,
2Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
4:54.6

; Semifinal 2
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
4:49.2
2Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
4:53.6

Finals

; Gold medal final
RankNameNationTime
Robert Charpentier
Jean Goujon
Guy Lapébie
Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy
4:45.0
Bianco Bianchi
Mario Gentili
Armando Latini
Severino Rigoni
4:51.0

; Bronze medal final
RankNameNationTime
Harry Hill
Ernest Johnson
Charles King
Ernie Mills
4:53.6
4Erich Arndt
Heinz Hasselberg
Heiner Hoffmann
Karl Klöckner
4:55.0