Gold: France (Christophe Capelle, Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, Francis Moreau) Silver: Russia (Eduard Gritsun, Nikolai Kusnezov, Alexej Markov, Anton Chantyr) Bronze: Australia (Bret Aitken, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Dean Woods) 4. Italy 4.08,317 5. Spain 4.11,324 6. USA 4.12,510 7. Ukraine 4.12,794 8. New Zealand 4.15,635 1/2-final: France 4.06,836 - Italy 4.08,317 Russia 4.06,487 - Australia 4.07,570 Final: France 4.05,930 - Russia 4.07,730
Qualifying (top 8 to quarter-finals): 1. Antonella Bellutti (Italy) 3:34.130 2. Marion Clignet (France) 3:35.774 3. Yvonne Mcgregor (Britain) 3:39.545 4. Rebecca Twigg (U.S.) 3:39.849 5. Judith Arndt (Germany) 3:40.335 6. Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) 3:43.176 7. Rasa Mazeikyte (Lithuania) 3:43.590 8. Kathryn Watt (Australia) 3:43.658 9. May Hartwell (Norway) 3:43.824 10. Natalya Karimova (Russia) 3:45.246 11. Qingzhi Wang (China) 3:49.823 12. Seiko Hashimoto (Japan) 3:52.745
Antonella Bellutti (ITA) 3:33.59 bt Marion Clignet (FRA) 3:38.57 Bronze medallist: Judith Arndt (GER)
Qualification round (first eight to quarterfinals)
1. Andrea Collinelli (Italy) 4:19.699 (world record)
2. Philippe Ermenault (France) 4:21.295
3. Aleksey Markov (Russia) 4:27.074
4. Juan Martinez (Spain) 4:27.909
5. Bradley McGee (Australia) 4:27.954
6. Heiko Szonn (Germany) 4:29.931
7. Walter Perez (Argentina) 4:30.715
8. Andriy Yatsenko (Ukraine) 4:30.751
9. Kent Bostick (USA) 4:33.008
10. Arturas Kasputis (Lithuania) 4:33.478
11. Graeme Obree (Britain) 4:34.297
12. Robert Karsniki (Poland) 4:35.193
13. Gary Anderson (New Zealand) 4:36.918
14. Vadim Kravchenko (Kazakhstan) 4:37.212
15. David George (South Africa) 4:39.531
16. Phillip Collins (Ireland) 4:41.207
. Jukka Heinikainen (Finland) overtaken
. Peter Pieters (Netherlands) overtaken
Quarter Finals:
Heat 1
Bradley McGee (Australia) 4:24.943 beat Juan Martinez (Spain)
4:28.310
Heat 2
Aleksey Markov (Russia) 4:24.863 beat Heiko Szonn (Germany)
4:31.583
Heat 3
Phillipe Ermenault (France) 4:22.826 beat Walter Perez
(Argentina) overtaken
Heat 4
Andrea Collinnelli (Italy) 4:19.153 (world record) beat Andriy
Yatsenko (UKraine) overtaken
Semifinals:
Philippe Ermenault, France, def. Aleksey Markov, Russia, 4
minutes, 24.082 seconds to 4:26.828.
Andrea Collinelli, Italy, def. x-Bradley McGee, Australia,
4:22.775 to 4:26.121.
McGee wins bronze by virtue of better time than Markov.
Final: Collinelli def. Ermenault, 4:20.893 to 4:22.714.
Andrea Collinelli beat Philippe Ermenault for the gold in men's individual pursuit on the Olympic cycling track, where wet weather mixed with another batch of fast times.
Collinelli was clocked in 4 minutes, 20.893 seconds. Ermenault finished in 4:22.714 and Australia's Bradley McGee took the bronze in 4:26.121 in a race staged just after a rainstorm. The rain hit again as the medalists went to the victory stand.
``I cried so much before the ceremony that when I arrived at the podium, the emotion was almost gone,'' Collinelli said.
Ermenault was trying to join compatriot gold-medal winners Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (women's road race) and Florian Rousseau (kilometer time trial).
But he couldn't overcome Collinelli, who broke the world record twice on Wednesday in the qualifications. Collinelli and Ermenault both use the ``Superman'' style introduced by Britain's Graeme Obree, where cyclists extend their arms straight ahead from their crouch.
The race was delayed about one hour by the rain. Once the race got under way, conditions were relatively good, with virtually no wind, and an overcast sky that kept the temperature below 90s Fahrenheit (low 30s Celsius) that prevailed in recent days.
Collinelli, 27, is from Ravenna and races for Coppo Forestale of Rome. He was silver medalist at the 1995 world championships in Bogota, Colombia, and has been a successful racer on the national team for eight years.