title: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
text: # 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 (heat 1), Denmark (heat 3), and Germany (heat 6) each briefly held the Olympic record in turn before France (heat 7) finished the round with it. The Dutch team was close to catching the American team before two riders crashed.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy | France | 4:41.8 | Q, OR |
  | 2 | 6 | Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner | Germany | 4:48.6 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Karl Magnussen Erik Friis Helge Jacobsen Hans Christian Nielsen Arne Pedersen | Denmark | 4:49.4 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni | Italy | 4:49.6 | Q |
  | 5 | 7 | Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills | Great Britain | 4:50.0 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Jean Alexandre Frans Cools Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeyse | Belgium | 4:54.0 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | Walter Richli Ernst Fuhrimann Albert Kägi Werner Wägelin | Switzerland | 4:56.4 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | István Liszkay Miklós Németh László Orczán Ferenc Pelvássy | Hungary | 4:57.8 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Lionel Coleman George Crompton Bob McLeod George Turner | Canada | 4:58.4 | |
  | 10 | 6 | Josef Genschieder Josef Moser Karl Schmaderer Karl Wölfl | Austria | 5:02.2 | |
  | 11 | 5 | Albert Byrd William Logan Charles Morton John Sinibaldi | United States | 5:07.4 | |
  | 12 | 4 | Marin Nikolov Bogdan Yanchev Georgi Velinov Sava Gerchev | Bulgaria | 5:10.4 | |
  | 13 | 5 | Chris Kropman Adrie Zwartepoorte Ben van der Voort Gerrit van Wees | Netherlands | DNF | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  The teams with the four best times from the second round advanced to the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy | France | 4:47.2 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni | Italy | 4:47.4 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills | Great Britain | 4:51.0 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner | Germany | 4:56.2 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Walter Richli Ernst Fuhrimann Albert Kägi Werner Wägelin | Switzerland | 4:58.0 | |
  | 6 | 3 | Jean Alexandre Frans Cools Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeyse | Belgium | 4:58.2 | |
  | 7 | 1 | István Liszkay Miklós Németh László Orczán Ferenc Pelvássy | Hungary | 5:03.4 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Karl Magnussen Erik Friis Helge Jacobsen Hans Christian Nielsen Arne Pedersen | Denmark | DNF | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The winning team in each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in the bronze medal final.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy | France | 4:42.4 | Q, OR |
  | 2 | Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner | Germany | 4:54.6 | B |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni | Italy | 4:49.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills | Great Britain | 4:53.6 | B |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Gold medal final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy | France | 4:45.0 |
  | | Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni | Italy | 4:51.0 |
  
  **Bronze medal final**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King Ernie Mills | Great Britain | 4:53.6 |
  | 4 | Erich Arndt Heinz Hasselberg Heiner Hoffmann Karl Klöckner | Germany | 4:55.0 |
  