title: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
text: # Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
  
  The men's team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 27 to 29 August 1960. There were 76 participants from 19 nations.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The team pursuit event consisted of both a time trial (with up to 2 teams on the track at the same time) and a series of head-to-head races between 2 teams. There were a total of four rounds: an elimination round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.
  
  * Elimination round: This round was a time trial, with 1 or 2 teams on the track simultaneously. The top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the head-to-head competitions.
  * Quarterfinals: There were four quarterfinals. Beginning with the quarterfinals, each round featured a single head-to-head race. The winner of each advanced to the semifinals while the loser was eliminated.
  * Semifinals: There two semifinals. The winner of each advanced to the gold medal final, the loser to the bronze medal final.
  * Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Elimination round
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Italy | 4:38.41 | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | France | 4:38.46 | Q |
  | 3 | 7 | United Team of Germany | 4:40.33 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Soviet Union | 4:40.48 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | Netherlands | 4:40.64 | Q |
  | 6 | 5 | Denmark | 4:40.80 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4:42.60 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Argentina | 4:44.44 | Q |
  | 9 | 11 | Spain | 4:44.87 | |
  | 10 | 5 | Great Britain | 4:45.23 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Japan | 4:45.87 | |
  | 12 | 8 | Austria | 4:47.70 | |
  | 13 | 10 | Uruguay | 4:47.83 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Australia | 4:48.55 | |
  | 15 | 10 | Belgium | 4:49.46 | |
  | 16 | 9 | United States | 4:49.92 | |
  | 17 | 6 | Switzerland | 4:50.00 | |
  | 18 | 4 | South Africa | 4:50.26 | |
  | 19 | 8 | Mexico | 4:52.55 | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 4:29.98 | Q |
  | 2 | Argentina | 4:38.17 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | 4:30.82 | Q |
  | 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4:38.73 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United Team of Germany | 4:29.32 | Q |
  | 2 | Denmark | 4:37.44 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 4**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union | 4:29.97 | Q |
  | 2 | Netherlands | 4:29.98 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United Team of Germany | 4:33.46 | Q |
  | 2 | France | 4:37.17 | B |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 4:28.88 | Q |
  | 2 | Soviet Union | 4:33.01 | Q |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Bronze medal final**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Soviet Union | 4:34.05 |
  | 4 | France | 4:35.72 |
  
  **Gold medal final**
  
  | Rank | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Italy | 4:30.90 |
  | | United Team of Germany | 4:35.78 |
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Rank | Cyclists | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna | Italy |
  | | Siegfried Köhler Peter Gröning Manfred Klieme Bernd Barleben | United Team of Germany |
  | | Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov Leonid Kolumbet Arnold Belgardt | Soviet Union |
  | 4 | Marcel Delattre Jacques Suire Guy Claud Michel Nédélec | France |
  | 5 | Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto | Argentina |
  | 5 | Slavoj Černý Ferdinand Duchoň Jan Chlístovský Josef Volf | Czechoslovakia |
  | 5 | John Lundgren Leif Larsen Jens Sørensen Kurt vid Stein | Denmark |
  | 5 | Jaap Oudkerk Theo Nikkessen Henk Nijdam Piet van der Lans | Netherlands |
  | 9 | José María Errandonea Francisco Tortellá Miguel Martorell Miguel Mora Gornals | Spain |
  | 10 | Barry Hoban Mike Gambrill Charlie McCoy Joseph McClean | Great Britain |
  | 11 | Tetsuo Osawa Kanji Kubomura Nobuhira Takanuki Katsuya Saito | Japan |
  | 12 | Günther Kriz Peter Deimböck Kurt Garschal Kurt Schein | Austria |
  | 13 | Alberto Velázquez Juan José Timón Rubén Etchebarne Rodolfo Rodino | Uruguay |
  | 14 | Warren Scarfe Garry Jones Robert Whetters Frank Brazier | Australia |
  | 15 | Romain De Loof Barthélemy Gillard Frans Melckenbeeck Charles Rabaey | Belgium |
  | 16 | Richard Cortright Charles Hewett Robert Pfarr James Rossi | United States |
  | 17 | Walter Signer Werner Weckert Hans Heinemann Egon Scheiwiller | Switzerland |
  | 18 | Syd Byrnes Bobby Fowler Abe Jonker Rowan Peacock | South Africa |
  | 19 | Mauricio Mata Javier Taboada Jacinto Brito Miguel Pérez | Mexico |
  