# 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit

The Men's team pursuit event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 and 3 March 2016. Australia beat Great Britain in the final to win gold.

## Results
### Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 2 March 2016 at 13:00.
| Rank | Athletes | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Jonathan Dibben Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | 3:55.664 | | Q |
| 2 | Sam Welsford Michael Hepburn Alexander Porter Miles Scotson | Australia | 3:55.867 | +0.203 | Q |
| 3 | Aaron Gate Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou | New Zealand | 3:57.050 | +1.386 | Q |
| 4 | Elia Viviani Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Francesco Lamon | Italy | 3:57.800 | +2.136 | Q |
| 5 | Lasse Norman Hansen Frederik Madsen Rasmus Quaade Casper von Folsach | Denmark | 3:59.196 | +3.532 | Q |
| 6 | Leif Lampater Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein | Germany | 4:00.127 | +4.463 | Q |
| 7 | Sergei Shilov Dmitri Sokolov Dmitrii Strakhov Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia | 4:00.812 | +5.148 | Q |
| 8 | Dion Beukeboom Roy Eefting Wim Stroetinga Jan-Willem van Schip | Netherlands | 4:01.847 | +6.163 | Q |
| 9 | Olivier Beer Silvan Dillier Frank Pasche Théry Schir | Switzerland | 4:02.066 | +6.402 | |
| 10 | Fan Yang Liu Hao Qin Chenlu Shen Pingan | China | 4:03.900 | +8.236 | |
| 11 | Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis Julien Duval Florian Maitre | France | 4:05.102 | +9.438 | |
| 12 | Adam Jamieson Sean MacKinnon Rémi Pelletier-Roy Ed Veal | Canada | 4:05.641 | +9.977 | |
| 13 | Julio Amores Xavier Cañellas Vicente García de Mateos Illart Zuazubiskar | Spain | 4:09.909 | +14.245 | |
| 14 | Vitaliy Hryniv Roman Gladysh Vladyslav Kreminskyi Taras Shevchuk | Ukraine | 4:13.977 | +18.313 | |

### First round

The winners of the first two heats advanced to the final. After that, the results were used to determine the placement rounds. It was started on 3 March 2016 at 15:34.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind |
| 1 vs 4 |||||
| 1 | Steven Burke Owain Doull Andy Tennant Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | 3:54.267 | |
| 2 | Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Francesco Lamon Michele Scartezzini | Italy | 3:58.902 | +4.635 |
| 2 vs 3 |||||
| 1 | Sam Welsford Luke Davison Michael Hepburn Miles Scotson | Australia | 3:54.029 | |
| 2 | Aaron Gate Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Marc Ryan | New Zealand | 4:00.280 | +6.251 |
| 5 vs 8 |||||
| 1 | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach | Denmark | 3:54.940 | |
| 2 | Dion Beukeboom Roy Eefting Wim Stroetinga Jan-Willem van Schip | Netherlands | 4:01.651 | +6.711 |
| 6 vs 7 |||||
| 1 | Alexander Serov Sergei Shilov Dmitri Sokolov Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia | 3:59.921 | |
| 2 | Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Domenic Weinstein | Germany | 4:00.032 | +0.111 |

### Finals

The finals were started on 3 March 2016 at 21:45.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind |
| Gold medal race ||||
| | Sam Welsford Michael Hepburn Callum Scotson Miles Scotson | Australia | 3:52.727 | |
| | Jonathan Dibben Ed Clancy Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | 3:53.856 | +1.129 |
| Bronze medal race ||||
| | Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach | Denmark | 3:55.936 | |
| 4 | Elia Viviani Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna | Italy | 3:58.262 | +2.326 |
| Fifth place race ||||
| 5 | Alexander Serov Sergei Shilov Dmitri Sokolov Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia | 3:59.833 | |
| 6 | Leif Lampater Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele | Germany | 4:01.725 | +1.912 |
| Seventh place race ||||
| 7 | Aaron Gate Pieter Bulling Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou | New Zealand | 3:55.875 | |
| 8 | Roy Eefting Wim Stroetinga Joost van der Burg Jan-Willem van Schip | Netherlands | 4:03.486 | +7.611 |