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
Venue Munich, West Germany
Date2–4 September 1972
Competitors90 from 22 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, Günther Schumacher, Peter Vonhof Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, Herbert Richter, Uwe Unterwalder Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, William Moore Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1968
1976  

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]

Contents

Competition format

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

Qualifying round

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:23.54Q
2 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:25.48Q
3 Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:26.53Q
4 Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:27.30Q
5 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:28.92Q
6 Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Jerzy Głowacki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:29.00Q
7 Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 4:30.56Q
8 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:31.43Q
9 Pietro Algeri
Giacomo Bazzan
Giorgio Morbiato
Luciano Borgognoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:31.64
10 Steele Bishop
Danny Clark
Remo Sansonetti
Philip Sawyer
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:31.85
11 Zdeněk Dohnal
Jiří Mikšík
Anton Tkáč
Milan Zyka
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:33.39
12 Leon Daelemans
Roger De Beukelaer
Alex Van Linden
Wilfried Wesemael
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:34.26
13 Gunnar Asmussen
Svend Erik Bjerg
Reno Olsen
Bent Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:34.78
14 Paul Brydon
Neil Lyster
John Dean
Blair Stockwell
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:35.11
15 Bernard Bocquet
Jacques Bossis
Michel Zucarelli
Jean-Jacques Fussien
Flag of France.svg  France 4:35.48
16 Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Raúl Gómez
Raúl Halket
Ismael Torres
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:37.89
17 David Chauner
John Vande Velde
David Mulica
Jim Ochowicz
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:38.19
18 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Heredero
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:44.43
19 Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:48.90
20 Pat Gellineau
Clive Saney
Anthony Sellier
Vernon Stauble
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 4:56.59
21 Radcliffe Lawrence
Howard Fenton
Maurice Hugh-Sam
Michael Lecky
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4:59.28
22 Khosro Haghgosha
Mohamed Khodavand
Gholam Hossein Koohi
Behrouz Rahbar
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 5:10.80

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:25.23Q
2 Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4:26.11

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:25.72Q
2 Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:26.75

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:23.26Q
2 Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 4:26.44

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:24.49Q
2 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:31.55

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Q
2 Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain OvertakenB

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistsNationTimeNotes
1 Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:23.14Q
2 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:26.39B

Finals

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistsNationTime
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:23.78
4 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:26.06

Final

RankCyclistsNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:22.14
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:25.25

Final classification

RankNameNationality
Gold medal icon.svg Jürgen Colombo
Günter Haritz
Udo Hempel
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Huschke
Heinz Richter
Herbert Richter
Uwe Unterwalder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Bennett
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
William Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
4 Bernard Kręczyński
Paweł Kaczorowski
Janusz Kierzkowski
Mieczysław Nowicki
Jerzy Głowacki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5 Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Ad Dekkers
Gerard Kamper
Herman Ponsteen
Roy Schuiten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Viktor Bykov
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Anatoly Stepanenko
Aleksandr Yudin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Martin Steger
Xaver Kurmann
René Savary
Christian Brunner
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
9 Pietro Algeri
Giacomo Bazzan
Giorgio Morbiato
Luciano Borgognoni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
10 Steele Bishop
Danny Clark
Remo Sansonetti
Philip Sawyer
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
11 Zdeněk Dohnal
Jiří Mikšík
Anton Tkáč
Milan Zyka
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
12 Leon Daelemans
Roger De Beukelaer
Alex Van Linden
Wilfried Wesemael
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
13 Gunnar Asmussen
Svend Erik Bjerg
Reno Olsen
Bent Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
14 Paul Brydon
Neil Lyster
John Dean
Blair Stockwell
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
15 Bernard Bocquet
Jacques Bossis
Michel Zucarelli
Jean-Jacques Fussien
Flag of France.svg  France
16 Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Raúl Gómez
Raúl Halket
Ismael Torres
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
17 David Chauner
John Vande Velde
David Mulica
Jim Ochowicz
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Roberto Heredero
Roberto Menéndez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
19 Jocelyn Lovell
Brian Keast
Ron Hayman
Ed McRae
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
20 Pat Gellineau
Clive Saney
Anthony Sellier
Vernon Stauble
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
21 Radcliffe Lawrence
Howard Fenton
Maurice Hugh-Sam
Michael Lecky
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
22 Khosro Haghgosha
Mohamed Khodavand
Gholam Hossein Koohi
Behrouz Rahbar
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran

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