Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Men's cycling team pursuit
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMunich, West Germany
Date2–4 September 1972
Competitors90 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, Günther Schumacher, Peter Vonhof  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, Herbert Richter, Uwe Unterwalder  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, William Moore  Great Britain
← 1968
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These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 2 to 4 September 1972. There were 90 participants from 22 nations.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The team pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or second in its heat, though any team that was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round. Teams could change members between rounds.[2]

Results[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
 West Germany 4:23.54 Q
2 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany 4:25.48 Q
3 Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
 Soviet Union 4:26.53 Q
4 Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
 Netherlands 4:27.30 Q
5 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
 Great Britain 4:28.92 Q
6 Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Jerzy Głowacki
 Poland 4:29.00 Q
7 Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
 Switzerland 4:30.56 Q
8 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
 Bulgaria 4:31.43 Q
9 Pietro Algeri
Giacomo Bazzan
Giorgio Morbiato
Luciano Borgognoni
 Italy 4:31.64
10 Steele Bishop
Danny Clark
Remo Sansonetti
Philip Sawyer
 Australia 4:31.85
11 Zdeněk Dohnal
Jiří Mikšík
Anton Tkáč
Milan Zyka
 Czechoslovakia 4:33.39
12 Leon Daelemans
Roger De Beukelaer
Alex Van Linden
Wilfried Wesemael
 Belgium 4:34.26
13 Gunnar Asmussen
Svend Erik Bjerg
Reno Olsen
Bent Pedersen
 Denmark 4:34.78
14 Paul Brydon
Neil Lyster
John Dean
Blair Stockwell
 New Zealand 4:35.11
15 Bernard Bocquet
Jacques Bossis
Michel Zucarelli
Jean-Jacques Fussien
 France 4:35.48
16 Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Raúl Gómez
Raúl Halket
Ismael Torres
 Argentina 4:37.89
17 David Chauner
John Vande Velde
David Mulica
Jim Ochowicz
 United States 4:38.19
18 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Heredero
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
 Cuba 4:44.43
19 Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
 Canada 4:48.90
20 Pat Gellineau
Clive Saney
Anthony Sellier
Vernon Stauble
 Trinidad and Tobago 4:56.59
21 Radcliffe Lawrence
Howard Fenton
Maurice Hugh-Sam
Michael Lecky
 Jamaica 4:59.28
22 Khosro Haghgosha
Mohamed Khodavand
Gholam Hossein Koohi
Behrouz Rahbar
 Iran 5:10.80

Quarterfinals[edit]

Quarterfinal 1[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
 Great Britain 4:25.23 Q
2 Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
 Netherlands 4:26.11

Quarterfinal 2[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
 Poland 4:25.72 Q
2 Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
 Soviet Union 4:26.75

Quarterfinal 3[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany 4:23.26 Q
2 Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
 Switzerland 4:26.44

Quarterfinal 4[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
 West Germany 4:24.49 Q
2 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
 Bulgaria 4:31.55

Semifinals[edit]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
 West Germany Q
2 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
 Great Britain Overtaken B

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany 4:23.14 Q
2 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
 Poland 4:26.39 B

Finals[edit]

Bronze medal match[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
 Great Britain 4:23.78
4 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
 Poland 4:26.06

Final[edit]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
 West Germany 4:22.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany 4:25.25

Final classification[edit]

Rank Name Nationality
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
 Great Britain
4 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Jerzy Głowacki
 Poland
5 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
 Bulgaria
Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
 Netherlands
Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
 Soviet Union
Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
 Switzerland
9 Pietro Algeri
Giacomo Bazzan
Giorgio Morbiato
Luciano Borgognoni
 Italy
10 Steele Bishop
Danny Clark
Remo Sansonetti
Philip Sawyer
 Australia
11 Zdeněk Dohnal
Jiří Mikšík
Anton Tkáč
Milan Zyka
 Czechoslovakia
12 Leon Daelemans
Roger De Beukelaer
Alex Van Linden
Wilfried Wesemael
 Belgium
13 Gunnar Asmussen
Svend Erik Bjerg
Reno Olsen
Bent Pedersen
 Denmark
14 Paul Brydon
Neil Lyster
John Dean
Blair Stockwell
 New Zealand
15 Bernard Bocquet
Jacques Bossis
Michel Zucarelli
Jean-Jacques Fussien
 France
16 Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Raúl Gómez
Raúl Halket
Ismael Torres
 Argentina
17 David Chauner
John Vande Velde
David Mulica
Jim Ochowicz
 United States
18 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Heredero
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
 Cuba
19 Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
 Canada
20 Pat Gellineau
Clive Saney
Anthony Sellier
Vernon Stauble
 Trinidad and Tobago
21 Radcliffe Lawrence
Howard Fenton
Maurice Hugh-Sam
Michael Lecky
 Jamaica
22 Khosro Haghgosha
Mohamed Khodavand
Gholam Hossein Koohi
Behrouz Rahbar
 Iran

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 218–220.