# 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit

The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February and 1 March 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

## Results
### Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.
| Rank | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
| 1 | Great Britain Ed Clancy Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield | 3:55.714 | | Q |
| 2 | Italy Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | 3:56.406 | +0.692 | Q |
| 3 | Denmark Niklas Larsen Julius Johansen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach | 3:56.740 | +1.026 | Q |
| 4 | Germany Maximilian Beyer Felix Groß Theo Reinhardt Kersten Thiele | 3:57.447 | +1.733 | Q |
| 5 | New Zealand Campbell Stewart Regan Gough Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou | 3:57.622 | +1.908 | q |
| 6 | Russia Mamyr Stash Alexander Evtushenko Ivan Smirnov Kirill Sveshnikov | 3:59.362 | +3.648 | q |
| 7 | Switzerland Claudio Imhof Cyrille Thièry Frank Pasche Valère Thiébaud | 3:59.543 | +3.829 | q |
| 8 | Canada Michael Foley Derek Gee Adam Jamieson Jay Lamoureux | 4:00.584 | +4.870 | q |
| 9 | Japan Ryo Chikatani Shogo Ichimaru Shunsuke Imamura Keitaro Sawada | 4:01.753 | +6.039 | |
| 10 | Poland Szymon Sajnok Alan Banaszek Szymon Krawczyk Adrian Tekliński | 4:01.963 | +6.249 | |
| 11 | France Benjamin Thomas Adrien Garel Florian Maitre Louis Pijourlet | 4:02.415 | +6.701 | |
| 12 | Belgium Lindsay De Vylder Kenny De Ketele Moreno De Pauw Robbe Ghys | 4:03.367 | +7.653 | |
| 13 | United States Eric Young Gavin Hoover Ashton Lambie Daniel Summerhill | 4:04.203 | +8.489 | |
| 14 | Belarus Raman Tsishkou Yauheni Akhramenka Yauheni Karaliok Mikhail Shemetau | 4:06.629 | +10.915 | |
| 15 | China Hou Ya Ke Jiang Zhihui Shen Pingan Wang Fengnian | 4:08.266 | +12.552 | |
| 16 | Spain Eloy Teruel Xavier Cañellas Vicente García de Mateos Illart Zuazubiskar | 4:10.677 | +14.963 | |

### First round

First round heats were held as follows: Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Denmark Niklas Larsen Julius Johansen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach | 3:54.496 | QG |
| 2 | 3 | Italy Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | 3:54.884 | QB |
| 3 | 4 | Great Britain Ed Clancy Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield | 3:56.335 | QG |
| 4 | 4 | Germany Maximilian Beyer Felix Groß Theo Reinhardt Kersten Thiele | 3:58.047 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | New Zealand Campbell Stewart Regan Gough Dylan Kennett Nicholas Kergozou | 3:58.932 | |
| 6 | 1 | Switzerland Claudio Imhof Cyrille Thièry Gaël Suter Valère Thiébaud | 3:59.648 | |
| 7 | 1 | Russia Lev Gonov Alexander Evtushenko Ivan Smirnov Sergei Shilov | 4:00.320 | |
| 8 | 2 | Canada Michael Foley Derek Gee Adam Jamieson Jay Lamoureux | 4:02.235 | |
* QG = qualified for gold medal final
* QB = qualified for bronze medal final

### Finals

The final was held at 19:23.
| Rank | Nation | Time | Behind |
| Gold medal final |||||
| | Great Britain Ed Clancy Kian Emadi Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield | 3:53.389 | |
| | Denmark Niklas Larsen Julius Johansen Frederik Madsen Casper von Folsach | 3:55.232 | +1.843 |
| Bronze medal final |||||
| | Italy Simone Consonni Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | 3:54.606 | |
| 4 | Germany Nils Schomber Felix Groß Theo Reinhardt Kersten Thiele | 3:56.594 | 1.988 |