Italy will face Switzerland in the bronze medal match, while Denmark and Great Britain will compete for gold. This is the outcome of the first round of the men's team pursuit, which saw the Italian quartet (Boscaro, Galli, Favero, and Lamon) finish with a time of 3:54.022 (improving on their qualifying time of 3:55.760) and bow to the extremely strong Danish team of Hansen, Larsen, Leth, and Skivild, who dominated the event with a final time of 3:47.758.

Great Britain, facing Switzerland (3:53.625), recorded a time of 3:49.813 and will indeed face the Danish team.