# Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps (4 kilometres) in which to catch the other cyclist. If neither was caught before one had gone 16 laps, the times for the distance (based on the third rider of the team to cross the line) were used to determine the victor.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| France (FRA) Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau | Russia (RUS) Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Alexei Markov Anton Shantyr | Australia (AUS) Brett Aitken Stuart O'Grady Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods |

## Results

* Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
* q denotes qualification by overall place.
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* DQ denotes disqualification.
* NR denotes national record.
* OR denotes Olympic record.
* WR denotes world record.
* PB denotes personal best.
* SB denotes season best.

### Qualifying round

For the qualifying round, teams did not face each other. Instead, they raced the 4000 metres by themselves. The top eight times qualified for the first competition round, with the other nine teams receiving a rank based on their time in this round.
| Rank | Team | Names | Time | Qualification |
| 1 | France | Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau | 4:09.570 | q |
| 2 | Italy | Adler Capelli Mauro Trentini Andrea Collinelli Cristiano Citton | 4:09.695 | q |
| 3 | Australia | Bradley McGee Stuart O'Grady Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods | 4:09.750 | q |
| 4 | Ukraine | Bohdan Bondaryev Oleksandr Fedenko Andriy Yatsenko Alexander Simonenko | 4:11.545 | q |
| 5 | Russia | Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov Anton Chantyr | 4:11.665 | q |
| 6 | United States | Dirk Copeland Mariano Friedick Adam Laurent Michael McCarthy | 4:11.950 | q |
| 7 | Spain | Juan Martínez Oliver Juan Llaneras Bernardo González Adolfo Alperi | 4:12.780 | q |
| 8 | New Zealand | Gregory Henderson Brendon Cameron Timothy Carswell Julian Dean | 4:15.140 | q |
| 9 | Germany | Robert Bartko Guido Fulst Danilo Hondo Heiko Szonn | 4:15.140 | |
| 10 | Great Britain | Robert Hayes Matt Illingworth Bryan Steel Chris Newton | 4:15.510 | |
| 11 | Lithuania | Artūras Kasputis Remigijus Lupeikis Mindaugas Umaras Arturas Trumpauskas | 4:16.050 | |
| 12 | Netherlands | Jarich Bakker Robertus Michie Slippens Richard Rozendaal Peter Schep | 4:16.175 | |
| 13 | Denmark | Frederik Bertelsen Jimmi Madsen Michael Nielsen Jacob Piil | 4:16.175 | |
| 14 | Argentina | Walter Pérez Edgardo Simón Gonzalo Garcia Gabriel Curuchet | 4:20.840 | |
| 15 | South Korea | Jeon Dae-heung Jeong Yeong-hun Kim Jung-mo No Yeong-sik | 4:25.215 | |
| 16 | Chile | José Medina Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Marco Arriagada Marcelo Arriagada | 4:25.960 | |
| 17 | Colombia | Jhon García Marlon Pérez Yovani López José Velásquez | 4:26.400 | |

### Match round- Quarter Finals

In the first round of match competition, teams were seeded into matches based on their times from the qualifying round. The fastest team faced the eighth-fastest, the second-fastest faced the third, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

#### Heat 1

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Records | Overall Place |
| Russia | Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr | 4:08.785 | Q | OR | (1st) |
| Ukraine | Bohdan Bondaryev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Andriy Yatsenko, Alexander Simonenko | 4:12.794 | | | (7th) |

#### Heat 2

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Overall Place |
| Australia | Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods | 4:09.650 | Q | (4th) |
| United States | Dirk Copeland, Mariano Friedick, Adam Laurent, Michael McCarthy | 4:12.470 | | (6th) |

#### Heat 3

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Overall Place |
| Italy | Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini, Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton | 4:09.215 | Q | (3rd) |
| Spain | Juan Martínez, Juan Llaneras, Bernardo González, Adolfo Alperi | 4:11.310 | | (5th) |

#### Heat 4

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Overall Place |
| France | Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau | 4:08.965 | Q | (2nd) |
| New Zealand | Gregory Henderson, Brendon Cameron, Timothy Carswell, Julian Dean | 4:15.610 | | (8th) |

### Match round- Semi-Finals

Winners advanced to the medal round while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round.

#### Heat 1

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Records | Overall Place |
| France | Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau | 4:06.880 | Q | OR | (1st) |
| Italy | Adler Capelli, Mauro Trentini, Andrea Collinelli, Cristiano Citton | 4:08.460 | | | (4th) |

#### Heat 2

| Team | Names | Time | Qualification | Records | Overall Place |
| Russia | Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr | 4:06.885 | Q | | (2nd) |
| Australia | Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Timothy O'Shannessey, Dean Woods | 4:07.570 | | | (3rd) |

### Medal round

The third fastest team from the semi-finals received the bronze medal. The fastest two teams competed for the gold and silver medals.

#### Gold medal match

| Team | Names | Time | Records |
| France | Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau | 4:05.930 | OR |
| Russia | Eduard Gritsun, Nikolay Kuznetsov, Aleksey Markov, Anton Chantyr | 4:07.730 | |

## Final classification

The final classification was:
* France (FRA)
* Russia (RUS)
* Australia (AUS)
* Italy (ITA)
* Spain (ESP)
* United States (USA)
* Ukraine (UKR)
* New Zealand (NZL)