The men's team pursuit at the

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took place between August 17 and 18, at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Qualification

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automatically qualified a team because of their victory at the

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. They also won the late 2007

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event in Sydney, affording another place based on UCI rankings. This extra place was given to

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. No B World Championship was held in this event.

Competition format

The men's team pursuit race consists of a 4 km race between two teams of four cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over. The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four teams in the qualifying round remained in contention for the gold medal, the 5th to 8th place teams could compete for a possible bronze, and the remaining teams were eliminated. 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 seventh, and so forth. Winners advanced to the finals while losers in each match received a final ranking based on their time in the round. Advancement to the bronze medal final was based solely on time, with the fastest two teams among the six qualifiers who had not advanced to the gold medal final reaching the bronze medal final.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Qualification

Match round

Semifinals

Qualification rule: Two fastest teams advance to the gold medal match (Q), while the next two to the bronze medal match (q).

Medal round

;Bronze medal match ;Gold medal match

References

External links

NBC Olympics: Cycling
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