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

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	5:12.7
2	Lorne Atkinson William Hamilton Lance Pugh Laurent Tessier	Canada	5:38.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	5:03.6
2	Walter Freitag Hans Goldschmid Josef Pohnetal Heinrich Schiebel	Austria	5:18.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Switzerland	5:13.8
2	Roberto Guerrero Julio Alba Ambrosio Aimar Enrique Molina	Argentina	5:17.1

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:10.2
2	Adi Havewala Jehangoo Amin Rohinton Noble Piloo Sarkari	India	6:00.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jos De Beukelaere Maurice Blomme Lionel Van Brabant Raphael Glorieux	Belgium	5:05.5
2	Al Stiller Thomas Montemage Ted Smith	United States	5:22.5

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Denmark	5:04.1
2	Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Australia	5:06.05

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	5:00.5
2	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Switzerland	5:09.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	5:02.9
2	Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Denmark	5:05.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	Italy	4:59.0
2	Walter Bucher Gaston Gerosa Eugen Kamber Hans Pfenninger	Belgium	5:05.7

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:03.5
2	Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Australia	5:07.7

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	4:54.4
2	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	4:59.1

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:00.5
2	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:06.3

Gold medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	France	4:57.8
	Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Italy	5:36.7

Bronze medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Great Britain	4:55.8
4	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Waldemar Bernatzky	Uruguay	5:04.4