Time Cyclists Location Track Date Meet Ref 6:18.4* Belgium (BEL) Jean Janssens Albert De Bunné Charles Van Doorselaer Gustave De Schryver Antwerp (BEL), Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg 9 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Quarter finals5:10.8* Italy (ITA) Arnaldo Carli Ruggero Ferrario Franco Giorgetti Primo Magnani Antwerp (BEL), Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics Semifinals5:01.6* Great Britain (GBR) Harry Wyld Lew Wyld Percy Wyld Monty Southall Amsterdam (NED), Olympisch Stadion 5 August 1928 1928 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:52.9* Italy (ITA) Marco Cimatti Paolo Pedretti Alberto Ghilardi Nino Borsari Los Angeles (USA), Rose Bowl 2 August 1932 1932 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:41.8* France (FRA) Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie Roger Le Nizerhy Berlin (GER)2 August 1936 1936 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:38.4* Italy (ITA) Melbourne (AUS), Olympic Park Velodrome4 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Semifinals4:37.4* Italy (ITA) Melbourne (AUS), Olympic Park Velodrome4 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Gold medal race4:29.32* United Team of Germany (EUA) Siegfried Köhler Peter Gröning Manfred Klieme Bernd Barleben Rome (ITA), Olympic Velodrome 27 August 1960 1960 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:28.88* Italy (ITA) Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna Rome (ITA), Olympic Velodrome 29 August 1960 1960 Summer Olympics Semifinals4:16.10* Italy (ITA) Mexico City (MEX), Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome 19 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:15.76* West Germany (FRG) Mexico City (MEX), Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome 20 October 1968 1968 Summer Olympics Semifinals4:14.64* Soviet Union (URS) Moscow (URS), Olympic Velodrome 25 July 1980 1980 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:14.22* Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras Seoul (KOR)23 September 1988 1988 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:13.31* Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov Artūras Kasputis Dmitry Nelyubin Gintautas Umaras Seoul (KOR)24 September 1988 1988 Summer Olympics Gold medal race4:11.245* Australia Brett Aitken Stephen McGlede Shaun O’Brien Stuart O'Grady Barcelona (ESP)Open air track 30 July 1992 1992 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:10.438* Australia Brett Aitken Stephen McGlede Shaun O’Brien Stuart O'Grady Barcelona (ESP)Open air track 30 July 1992 1992 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:08.791 Germany Michael Glockner Jens Lehmann Stefan Steinweg Guido Fulst Barcelona (ESP)Open air track 31 July 1992 1992 Summer Olympics Gold medal race4:08.785* Russia Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov Anton Chantyr Atlanta (USA)Open air track 26 July 1996 1996 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:06.880* France Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau Atlanta (USA)Open air track 27 July 1996 1996 Summer Olympics Semifinals4:05.930 France Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau Atlanta (USA)Open air track 27 July 1996 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medal race4:04.030* Great Britain Bryan Steel Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins Chris Newton Sydney (AUS)Indoor track 18 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Qualifying4:01.810* Germany Guido Fulst Robert Bartko Daniel Becke Jens Lehmann Sydney (AUS)Indoor track 18 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Quarter finals4:00.830* Ukraine Oleksandr Fedenko Oleksandr Symonenko Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Chernyavskyy Sydney (AUS)Indoor track 19 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Semifinals3:59.710 Germany Guido Fulst Robert Bartko Daniel Becke Jens Lehmann Sydney (AUS)Indoor track 19 September 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Gold medal race3:56.610 Australia Luke Roberts Brett Lancaster Brad Mcgee Graeme Brown Athens (GRE)Indoor track 22 August 2004 2004 Summer Olympics Semifinals3:55.202* Great Britain Edward Clancy Paul Manning Thomas Geraint Bradley Wiggins Beijing (CHN)Indoor track 18 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics Semifinals3:53.314 Great Britain Edward Clancy Paul Manning Thomas Geraint Bradley Wiggins Beijing (CHN)Indoor track 18 August 2008 2008 Summer Olympics Gold medal race3:52.499* Great Britain Edward Clancy Geraint Thomas Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh London (GBR), London Velopark Indoor track 2 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifying3:51.659 Great Britain Edward Clancy Geraint Thomas Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh London (GBR), London Velopark Indoor track 3 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics Gold medal race3:50.570 Great Britain Edward Clancy Owain Doull Steven Burke Bradley Wiggins Rio de Janeiro (BRA)Indoor track 12 August 2016 2016 Olympics First round3:50.265 Great Britain Edward Clancy Owain Doull Steven Burke Bradley Wiggins Rio de Janeiro (BRA)Indoor track 12 August 2016 2016 Olympics Gold medal race[2] 3:45.895 Italy Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Izu Velodrome , Izu Indoor track 2 August 2021 2020 Olympics Qualifying[3] 3:45.014 Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Rodenberg Rasmus Pedersen Izu Velodrome , Izu Indoor track 2 August 2021 2020 Olympics Qualifying[4] 3:42.307 Italy Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Izu Velodrome , Izu Indoor track 3 August 2021 2020 Olympics First round[5] 3:42.032 Italy Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan Izu Velodrome , Izu Indoor track 4 August 2021 2020 Olympics Finals[6]