Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Men's team pursuit at the Games of the VII Olympiad
The winning team from Italy (Giorgetti, Ferrario, Carli and Magnani)
Venue	Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
Dates	9–10 August
Competitors	32 from 8 nations
Medalists
Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario, Franco Giorgetti, Primo Magnani  Italy Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White  Great Britain Sammy Goosen, Henry Kaltenbrunn, William Smith, James Walker  South Africa

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Italy (ITA), Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario, Franco Giorgetti, Primo Magnani	6:20.0	Q
2	France (FRA), Georges Enguerrand, Henri Habent, Courder, Lucien Faucheux

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Belgium (BEL), Bernard Janssens, Albert De Bunné, Charles Van Doorselaer, Gustave De Schryver	6:18.4	Q
2	United States (USA), Christopher Dotterweich, Anthony Young, Willie Beck, Fred Taylor

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Great Britain (GBR), Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White	5:23.8	Q
2	Netherlands (NED), Maurice Peeters, Frans de Vreng, Pieter Beets, Piet Ikelaar

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	South Africa (RSA), Sammy Goosen, Henry Kaltenbrunn, William Smith, James Walker	5:21.0	Q
2	Canada (CAN), Herbert McDonald, Harold Bounsall, Norman Webster, William Taylor

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Great Britain (GBR), Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White	5:14.0	Q
2	Belgium (BEL), Bernard Janssens, Albert De Bunné, Charles Van Doorselaer, Gustave De Schryver	5:20.2

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Italy (ITA), Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario, Franco Giorgetti, Primo Magnani	5:10.8	Q
2	South Africa (RSA), Sammy Goosen, Henry Kaltenbrunn, William Smith, James Walker	5:17.8

Final

Italy took first place after a protest of the results of the final. No third place match was held between South Africa and Belgium; instead, their times in the semifinals were used to determine final placings.

Place	Cyclists	Time
1	Italy (ITA), Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario, Franco Giorgetti, Primo Magnani	5:14.2
2	Great Britain (GBR), Cyril Alden, Horace Johnson, William Stewart, Albert White	5:13.8

External links

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2007.