title: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
text: # Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
  
  The men's team pursuit was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of a pursuit-style event. Each nation could enter 1 team of 4 cyclists.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  In the team pursuit competition, teams started at opposite sides of the track. Each team raced three laps of the track, comprising 1980 yards (1810.5 m). The third cyclist in each four-man team to finish set the time for the team. The competition consisted of three rounds (heats, semifinals, and a final); in each round, 2 teams would compete in each heat. The winner of each heat would advance. The bronze medal was awarded based on the time of the two semifinal losers rather than a direct competition.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### First round
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Benjamin JonesClarence KingsburyLeon MeredithErnest Payne | Great Britain | Walkover | Q |
  | – | Unknown | Belgium | DNS | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | William AndersonWalter AndrewsFrederick McCarthyWilliam Morton | Canada | Walkover | Q |
  | 2 | Unknown | United States | DNS | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  The Dutch team had a bye in the first round.
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gerard Bosch van DrakesteinAntonie GerritsDorus NijlandJohannes van Spengen | Netherlands | Walkover | Q |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  In the only contested heat in the first round, the German team eliminated the French.
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Max GötzeRudolf KatzerHermann MartensKarl Neumer | Germany | 2:25.4 | Q |
  | 2 | André AuffrayÉmile DemangelÉmile MarechalMaurice Schilles | France | 2:32.0 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  The Canadians received third place overall as the faster of the two semifinal losers, while the British team moved on to the final.
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Benjamin JonesClarence KingsburyLeon MeredithErnest Payne | Great Britain | 2:19.6 | Q |
  | 2 | William AndersonWalter AndrewsFrederick McCarthyWilliam Morton | Canada | 2:29.2 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Max GötzeRudolf KatzerHermann MartensKarl Neumer | Germany | 2:31.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Gerard Bosch van DrakesteinAntonie GerritsDorus NijlandJohannes van Spengen | Netherlands | 2:44.0 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Benjamin JonesClarence KingsburyLeon MeredithErnest Payne | Great Britain | 2:18.6 |
  | | Max GötzeRudolf KatzerHermann MartensKarl Neumer | Germany | 2:28.6 |
  