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Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit

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Cycling Track – Men's team pursuit
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueAnna Meares Velodrome
Dates5 April
Competitors30 from 7 nations
Winning time3:49.804 WR, GR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Canada
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The men's team pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018. The New Zealand team originally had the third fastest time in the qualifying round, but were disqualified after one of their bikes failed a technical inspection.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record  Great Britain
(Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull, Bradley Wiggins)
3:50.265 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Games record  Australia
(Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson, Glenn O'Shea)
3:54.851 Glasgow, Scotland 24 July 2014

Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[3]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 15:35 Qualifying
20:12 / 20:19 Finals

Results

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Qualifying

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The two fastest teams advance to the gold medal final. The next two fastest teams advance to the bronze medal final.[4]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
1  Australia
Leigh Howard
Jordan Kerby
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
3:52.041 QG, GR
2  England
Kian Emadi
Ethan Hayter
Charlie Tanfield
Oliver Wood
3:55.399 +3.358 QG
3  Canada
Michael Foley
Derek Gee
Adam Jamieson
Jay Lamoureux
4:00.109 +8.068 QB
4  Wales
Rhys Britton
Samuel Harrison
Joe Holt
Ethan Vernon
4:01.489 +9.448 QB
5  South Africa
Gert Fouche
Nolan Hoffman
David Maree
Steven van Heerden
4:11.711 +19.670
6  Malaysia
Muhammad Danie Al Edy Shuaidee
Irwandie Lakasek
Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman
Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli
4:13.033 +20.992
 New Zealand
Regan Gough
Nicholas Kergozou
Tom Sexton
Campbell Stewart
DSQ
3:56.294
+4.253

Finals

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The final classification was determined in the medal finals.[5]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
Michael Foley
Jay Lamoureux
Derek Gee
Aidan Caves
4:00.440
4  Wales
Joe Holt
Ethan Vernon
Samuel Harrison
Rhys Britton
4:01.362 +0.922
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
Alex Porter
Sam Welsford
Leigh Howard
Kelland O'Brien
3:49.804 WR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England
Oliver Wood
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
Ethan Hayter
3:55.310 +5.506

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling New Zealand embarrassed after men's pursuit team disqualified". Stuff. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Cycling boss takes blame for disqualification disaster". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track | Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track | Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Qualifying Results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Cycling Track | Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Final Results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.