Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place on 7 to 9 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.[1]

Cycling - Men's team pursuit
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueHerne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates7–9 August 1948
Competitors59 from 15 nations
Medalists
Charles Coste, Serge Blusson, Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam
 France
Arnaldo Benfenati, Guido Bernardi, Anselmo Citterio, Rino Pucci
 Italy
Alan Geldard, Tommy Godwin, David Ricketts, Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain

Results

First round

The first round took place on 7 August. The winning team from each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. Since the number of teams made it impossible for the Finnish team to compete against another team, it was determined that their time must beat that of the fastest losing team in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals. Since Australia's 5:06.05 time beat Finland's 5:17.4 time, Australia advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTime
1Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain5:12.7
2Lorne Atkinson
William Hamilton
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
 Canada5:38.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTime
1Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France5:03.6
2Walter Freitag
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Heinrich Schiebel
 Austria5:18.8

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTime
1Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland5:13.8
2Roberto Guerrero
Julio Alba
Ambrosio Aimar
Enrique Molina
 Argentina5:17.1

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTime
1Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy5:10.2
2Adi Havewala
Jehangoo Amin
Rohinton Noble
Piloo Sarkari
 India6:00.5

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTime
1Jos De Beukelaere
Maurice Blomme
Lionel Van Brabant
Raphael Glorieux
 Belgium5:05.5
2Al Stiller
Thomas Montemage
Ted Smith
 United States5:22.5

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTime
1Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark5:04.1
2Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia5:06.05

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTime
1Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France5:00.5
2Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland5:09.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTime
1Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain5:02.9
2Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark5:05.6

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTime
1Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 Italy4:59.0
2Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Belgium5:05.7

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTime
1Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay5:03.5
2Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia5:07.7

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTime
1Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France4:54.4
2Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain4:59.1

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTime
1Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy5:00.5
2Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay5:06.3

Final

Gold medal race

RankNameNationalityTime
Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France4:57.8
Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy5:36.7

Bronze medal race

RankNameNationalityTime
Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain4:55.8
4Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay5:04.4

Final standings

RankNameNationality
Charles Coste
Serge Blusson
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
 France
Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
 Italy
Alan Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Wilfred Waters
 Great Britain
4Atilio François
Juan de Armas
Luis Ángel de los Santos
Waldemar Bernatzky
 Uruguay
5Sid Patterson
Jim Nestor
Jack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
 Australia
Jos De Beukelaere
Maurice Blomme
Lionel Van Brabant
Raphael Glorieux
 Belgium
Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
 Denmark
Walter Bucher
Gaston Gerosa
Eugen Kamber
Hans Pfenninger
 Switzerland
9Onni Kasslin
Paavo Kuusinen
Erkki Koskinen
Torvald Högström
 Finland
Lorne Atkinson
William Hamilton
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
 Canada
Walter Freitag
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Heinrich Schiebel
 Austria
Roberto Guerrero
Julio Alba
Ambrosio Aimar
Enrique Molina
 Argentina
Adi Havewala
Jehangoo Amin
Rohinton Noble
Piloo Sarkari
 India
Gerrit Voorting
Joop Harmans
Theo Blankenaauw
Henk Faanhof
 Netherlands
Al Stiller
Thomas Montemage
Ted Smith
 United States

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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