Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 27 to 29 August 1960. There were 76 participants from 19 nations.^[1]

Men's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa and Marino Vigna
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Date	27–29 August 1960
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Medalists
Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna  Italy Siegfried Köhler, Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme, Bernd Barleben  United Team of Germany Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt  Soviet Union
← 1956 1964 →

Competition format

The team pursuit event consisted of both a time trial (with up to 2 teams on the track at the same time) and a series of head-to-head races between 2 teams. There were a total of four rounds: an elimination round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

• Elimination round: This round was a time trial, with 1 or 2 teams on the track simultaneously. The top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the head-to-head competitions.
• Quarterfinals: There were four quarterfinals. Beginning with the quarterfinals, each round featured a single head-to-head race. The winner of each advanced to the semifinals while the loser was eliminated.
• Semifinals: There two semifinals. The winner of each advanced to the gold medal final, the loser to the bronze medal final.
• Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

Results

Elimination round

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Italy	4:38.41	Q
2	6	France	4:38.46	Q
3	7	United Team of Germany	4:40.33	Q
4	3	Soviet Union	4:40.48	Q
5	4	Netherlands	4:40.64	Q
6	5	Denmark	4:40.80	Q
7	2	Czechoslovakia	4:42.60	Q
8	1	Argentina	4:44.44	Q
9	11	Spain	4:44.87
10	5	Great Britain	4:45.23
11	1	Japan	4:45.87[2]
12	8	Austria	4:47.70
13	10	Uruguay	4:47.83
14	2	Australia	4:48.55
15	10	Belgium	4:49.46
16	9	United States	4:49.92
17	6	Switzerland	4:50.00
18	4	South Africa	4:50.26
19	8	Mexico	4:52.55

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Italy	4:29.98	Q
2	Argentina	4:38.17

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	France	4:30.82	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	4:38.73

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	United Team of Germany	4:29.32	Q
2	Denmark	4:37.44

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	4:29.97	Q
2	Netherlands	4:29.98

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	United Team of Germany	4:33.46	Q
2	France	4:37.17	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Italy	4:28.88	Q
2	Soviet Union	4:33.01	Q

Finals

Bronze medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
	Soviet Union	4:34.05
4	France	4:35.72

Gold medal final

Rank	Nation	Time
	Italy	4:30.90
	United Team of Germany	4:35.78

Final classification

Rank	Cyclists	Nation
	Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna	Italy
	Siegfried Köhler Peter Gröning Manfred Klieme Bernd Barleben	United Team of Germany
	Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov Leonid Kolumbet Arnold Belgardt	Soviet Union
4	Marcel Delattre Jacques Suire Guy Claud Michel Nédélec	France
5	Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto	Argentina
	Slavoj Černý Ferdinand Duchoň Jan Chlístovský Josef Volf	Czechoslovakia
	John Lundgren Leif Larsen Jens Sørensen Kurt vid Stein	Denmark
	Jaap Oudkerk Theo Nikkessen Henk Nijdam Piet van der Lans	Netherlands
9	José María Errandonea Francisco Tortellá Miguel Martorell Miguel Mora Gornals	Spain
10	Barry Hoban Mike Gambrill Charlie McCoy Joseph McClean	Great Britain
11	Tetsuo Osawa Kanji Kubomura Nobuhira Takanuki Katsuya Saito	Japan
12	Günther Kriz Peter Deimböck Kurt Garschal Kurt Schein	Austria
13	Alberto Velázquez Juan José Timón Rubén Etchebarne Rodolfo Rodino	Uruguay
14	Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Robert Whetters Frank Brazier	Australia
15	Romain De Loof Barthélemy Gillard Frans Melckenbeeck Charles Rabaey	Belgium
16	Richard Cortright Charles Hewett Robert Pfarr James Rossi	United States
17	Walter Signer Werner Weckert Hans Heinemann Egon Scheiwiller	Switzerland
18	Syd Byrnes Bobby Fowler Abe Jonker Rowan Peacock	South Africa
19	Mauricio Mata Javier Taboada Jacinto Brito Miguel Pérez	Mexico

References

1. "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. The Official Report lists the time as 4:35.87, clearly a typographical error as Japan is shown in 2nd place in the heat behind Argentina, who finished in 4:44.44. Sports-reference lists the correct time.