title: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
text: # Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
  
  The men's team pursuit event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
  
  The field consisted of 10 teams of four, with each team representing a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop. The format was a 4-kilometre (8 lap) team pursuit.
  
  ## Results
  
  Source:
  
  ### First round
  
  The top finisher in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals. All other teams were eliminated. Italy and Denmark received byes.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belgium | Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch | 5:12.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Netherlands | Gerard Bosch Jan Maas Simon van Poelgeest Franciscus Waterreus | | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti | 5:23.2 | Q |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Switzerland | Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann | 5:23.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Czechoslovakia | Jaroslav Brož Oldřich Červinka Miloš Knobloch Karel Pechan | | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Denmark | Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Erik Kjeldsen | 5:27.6 | Q |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud | 5:11.4 | Q |
  | 2 | Great Britain | Frederick Habberfield Thomas Harvey Henry Lee William Stewart | | |
  
  **Heat 6**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Poland | Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk | 5:16.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Latvia | Andrejs Apsītis Roberts Plūme Fridrihs Ukstiņš Artūrs Zeiberliņš | | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  The six winners of the first round competed in the quarterfinals. Again, the winner of each heat advanced; this time, a fastest loser also qualified.
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belgium | Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch | 5:12.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Poland | Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk | 5:16.8 | q |
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud | 5:14.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Switzerland | Ernst Leutert Arnold Nötzli Ernst Richli Gottfried Weilenmann | 5:21.6 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti | 5:13.8 | Q |
  | – | Denmark | Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Erik Kjeldsen | Did not start | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The four remaining teams competed in two semifinals, with the winners advancing to the final and the losers facing off in a bronze medal race.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti | 5:12.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Belgium | Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch | | r |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Poland | Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk | 5:18.0 | Q |
  | 2 | France | Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud | 5:19.6 | r |
  
  ### Bronze medal race
  
  Belgium defeated France.
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Belgium | Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Fernand Saivé Jean Van Den Bosch | |
  | 2 (4) | France | Lucien Choury René Guillemin René Hournon Marcel Renaud | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Italy and Poland competed for the top two spots, with Italy taking the prime honors.
  
  | Place | Team | Cyclists | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Italy | Angelo de Martino Alfredo Dinale Aurelio Menegazzi Francesco Zucchetti | 5:15.0 |
  | | Poland | Józef Lange Jan Lazarski Tomasz Stankiewicz Franciszek Szymczyk | 5:23.0 |
  