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Team Pursuit (4,000 metres), Men

Date	25 – 26 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Velotrek, Sportivny kompleks Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants	53 from 13 countries

By 1980 the best pursuit team in the world was the East German squad. They were World Champions in 1978-79. Their biggest rival was the other German team, the Federal Republic or West Germany, but they were not present in Moskva. After qualifying 1-2, the two best teams were the Soviet Union and East Germany. In the quarters, the Soviets recorded 4:14.64, a world indoor record, to defeat Australia. The final was close, with East Germany staying even with the Soviets for the first half of the race, but after that the Soviets pulled gradually away, especially in the last kilometer, winning by almost four seconds. Despite winning multiple medals at the World Championships, and the world title in 1978-79 and 1981, East Germany would never win this event at the Olympics.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Qualifying	QF	SF	Final
1	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.62 (1)	4:14.64 (1 h4)	4:26.52 (1 h2)	4:15.70 (1 h1)	Gold
	Viktor Manakov • Valery Movchan • Vladimir Osokin • Vitaly Petrakov • Aleksandr Krasnov
2	East Germany	GDR	4:18.24 (2)	4:17.43 (1 h3)	4:18.16 (1 h1)	4:19.67 (2 h1)	Silver
	Gerald Mortag • Uwe Unterwalder • Matthias Wiegand • Volker Winkler
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4:19.56 (4)	4:18.48 (1 h1)	4:32.68 (2 h2)	no time (1 h2)	Bronze
	Teodor Černý • Martin Penc • Jiří Pokorný • Igor Sláma
4	Italy	ITA	4:18.85 (3)	4:18.27 (1 h2)	4:20.13 (2 h1)	– (2 h2)
	Pierangelo Bincoletto • Guido Bontempi • Ivano Maffei • Silvestro Milani
5	France	FRA	4:20.52 (6)	4:18.58 (2 h2)	–	–
	Alain Bondue • Philippe Chevallier • Pascal Poisson • Jean-Marc Rebière
6	Australia	AUS	4:21.76 (8)	4:22.02 (2 h4)	–	–
	Colin Fitzgerald • Kevin Nichols • Kelvin Poole • Gary Sutton
7	Great Britain	GBR	4:19.73 (5)	4:23.45 (2 h1)	–	–
	Tony Doyle • Malcolm Elliott • Glen Mitchell • Sean Yates
8	Switzerland	SUI	4:20.56 (7)	4:23.56 (2 h3)	–	–
	Robert Dill-Bundi • Urs Freuler • Hans Känel • Hans Ledermann
9	Poland	POL	4:28.38 (9)	–	–	–
	Marek Kulesza • Andrzej Michalak • Janusz Sałach • Zbigniew Woźnicki
10	Belgium	BEL	4:29.75 (10)	–	–	–
	Jan Blomme • Diederik Foubert • Jozef Simons • Joseph Smeets
11	Brazil	BRA	4:32.34 (11)	–	–	–
	Hans Fischer • José Carlos de Lima • Fernando Louro • Antônio Silvestre
12	Hungary	HUN	4:36.32 (12)	–	–	–
	Ervin Dér • Csaba Pálinkás • Zsigmond Sarkadi Nagy • Gábor Szűcs
13	Ecuador	ECU	4:50.83 (13)	–	–	–
	Esteban Espinoza • Jhon Jarrín • Edwin Mena • Juan Palacios

Qualifying Round

Date	25 July 1980 — 17:00
Format	Top 8 advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.62	Q
	Aleksandr Krasnov • Viktor Manakov • Valery Movchan • Vitaly Petrakov
2	East Germany	GDR	4:18.24	Q
	Gerald Mortag • Uwe Unterwalder • Matthias Wiegand • Volker Winkler
3	Italy	ITA	4:18.85	Q
	Pierangelo Bincoletto • Guido Bontempi • Ivano Maffei • Silvestro Milani
4	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4:19.56	Q
	Teodor Černý • Martin Penc • Jiří Pokorný • Igor Sláma
5	Great Britain	GBR	4:19.73	Q
	Tony Doyle • Malcolm Elliott • Glen Mitchell • Sean Yates
6	France	FRA	4:20.52	Q
	Alain Bondue • Philippe Chevallier • Pascal Poisson • Jean-Marc Rebière
7	Switzerland	SUI	4:20.56	Q
	Robert Dill-Bundi • Urs Freuler • Hans Känel • Hans Ledermann
8	Australia	AUS	4:21.76	Q
	Colin Fitzgerald • Kevin Nichols • Kelvin Poole • Gary Sutton
9	Poland	POL	4:28.38
	Marek Kulesza • Andrzej Michalak • Janusz Sałach • Zbigniew Woźnicki
10	Belgium	BEL	4:29.75
	Jan Blomme • Diederik Foubert • Jozef Simons • Joseph Smeets
11	Brazil	BRA	4:32.34
	Hans Fischer • José Carlos de Lima • Fernando Louro • Antônio Silvestre
12	Hungary	HUN	4:36.32
	Ervin Dér • Csaba Pálinkás • Zsigmond Sarkadi Nagy • Gábor Szűcs
13	Ecuador	ECU	4:50.83
	Esteban Espinoza • Jhon Jarrín • Edwin Mena • Juan Palacios

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1980 — 17:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4:18.48	Q
	Teodor Černý • Martin Penc • Jiří Pokorný • Igor Sláma
2	Great Britain	GBR	4:23.45
	Tony Doyle • Malcolm Elliott • Glen Mitchell • Sean Yates

Heat #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Italy	ITA	4:18.27	Q
	Pierangelo Bincoletto • Guido Bontempi • Ivano Maffei • Silvestro Milani
2	France	FRA	4:18.58
	Alain Bondue • Philippe Chevallier • Pascal Poisson • Jean-Marc Rebière

Heat #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	East Germany	GDR	4:17.43	Q
	Gerald Mortag • Uwe Unterwalder • Matthias Wiegand • Volker Winkler
2	Switzerland	SUI	4:23.56
	Robert Dill-Bundi • Urs Freuler • Hans Känel • Hans Ledermann

Heat #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Soviet Union	URS	4:14.64	QOR
	Aleksandr Krasnov • Viktor Manakov • Valery Movchan • Vitaly Petrakov
2	Australia	AUS	4:22.02
	Colin Fitzgerald • Kevin Nichols • Kelvin Poole • Gary Sutton

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1980 — 16:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	East Germany	GDR	4:18.16	Q
	Gerald Mortag • Uwe Unterwalder • Matthias Wiegand • Volker Winkler
2	Italy	ITA	4:20.13
	Pierangelo Bincoletto • Guido Bontempi • Ivano Maffei • Silvestro Milani

Heat #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Soviet Union	URS	4:26.52	Q
	Viktor Manakov • Valery Movchan • Vladimir Osokin • Vitaly Petrakov
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4:32.68
	Teodor Černý • Martin Penc • Jiří Pokorný • Igor Sláma

Final Round

Date	26 July 1980 — 16:00

Heat 1/2

Time	16:00

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Soviet Union	URS	4:15.70
	Viktor Manakov • Valery Movchan • Vladimir Osokin • Vitaly Petrakov
2	East Germany	GDR	4:19.67
	Gerald Mortag • Uwe Unterwalder • Matthias Wiegand • Volker Winkler

Heat 3/4

Time	16:00

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	Czechoslovakia	TCH	no time
	Teodor Černý • Martin Penc • Jiří Pokorný • Igor Sláma
2	Italy	ITA	–	overtaken
	Pierangelo Bincoletto • Guido Bontempi • Ivano Maffei • Silvestro Milani